Solør Videregående Skole avd Sønsterud

What Solør Videregående Skole avd Sønsterud does

Solør Videregående Skole is a public upper secondary school (videregående skole) operated by Innlandet fylkeskommune (Innlandet County Municipality), serving 16-19 year-old students in the Solør region of Innlandet County, Norway, with an additional adult-learner (voksenopplæring) cohort. The school's main campus is at Nordhagamoen 220, Braskereidfoss in Våler municipality, and it operates a boarding facility (internat) at Sønsterud 11, Gjesåsen, with capacity for approximately 50 students who cannot commute daily. The school delivers six educational programmes — bygg- og anleggsteknikk, elektro og datateknologi, helse- og oppvekstfag, naturbruk, teknologi- og industrifag, and studiespesialisering — plus påbygging til generell studiekompetanse, ADK1-kurs, and a weekend-based voksenagronom (adult agronomy) programme. Leadership comprises rektor Kjersti Støre and seven avdelingsledere (department heads) covering academic, student services, IT/administrative, and canteen functions, supported by IKT, traffic-instructor, teaching, and cleaning staff (approximately 18 employees disclosed).

The school's technology stack is the standard Innlandet county digital infrastructure: Visma InSchool for schedules, attendance, grades, leave requests, and digital student ID cards (with the Min InSchool mobile app); Microsoft 365 productivity; Feide for national education identity and access management; and Safe Exam Browser (SEB), mandated by Utdanningsdirektoratet for secure written examinations. Students access a tiered county-subsidised laptop programme (Lenovo ThinkPad E14/E16/P16s) at a 1,398 NOK annual co-payment over three years. The school made a notable 2026 capital investment in Norway's first electric Mercedes heavy truck (approximately 5 million NOK, partly funded by Klimasats support from Miljødirektoratet) for yrkessjåfør training in the technology and industry programme.

Commercially, the school is not a market participant in the conventional sense. Core tuition is free under Norwegian law, with funding flowing from Innlandet fylkeskommune (organisation number 920717152), which in turn receives national government education allocations. The only direct revenue streams are internat boarding fees (5,000 NOK/month shared room, 5,200 NOK/month single room, including four daily meals) and the student-PC co-payment; tilleggsstipend and Lånekassen borteboerstipend are pass-through financial support rather than school revenue. Student recruitment is administered centrally through the national Vigo system (vigo.no) and the Innlandet County shared application portal, with no paid marketing or commercial sales motion. Outreach is limited to the school's website (soloer.vgs.no), Instagram, Facebook, and YouTube channels, plus InSchool as the ongoing student/parent digital relationship platform.

Name

Solør Videregående Skole avd Sønsterud

Legal name

Solør videregående skole

Website

https://soloer.vgs.no

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Solør Videregående Skole is a publicly funded Norwegian upper secondary school operated by Innlandet County Municipality, offering six vocational and academic programmes plus adult learning to youth and adult students in the Solør region, with a 50-place boarding facility at Sønsterud.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Secondary Education Services

NAICS

Elementary and Secondary Schools (6111), Elementary and Secondary Schools (611110)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Nonsectarian Independent Boarding Schools (EDAJABAB)

akta.pro secondary industry

Youth & Young Adult Workforce Programs (Out-of-School Youth) (EDAAAOAD)

Keywords

• Upper secondary education
• Vocational training programs
• Boarding school services
• Adult education programs
• Public secondary school

Headquarters

HQ city

Våler

HQ country

Norway

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Others

Revenue model

1. Government Funding (Innlandet Fylkeskommune): Funded entirely by Innlandet County Municipality (Innlandet fylkeskommune), which receives its funding from national government allocations. Core operations including teaching staff, facilities, and programmes are publicly funded. The county municipality's organisational number is 920717152.
2. Internat (Boarding Facility) Fees: The school operates an internat (boarding facility) at Sønsterud with approximately 50 student placements. Boarding fees are charged monthly: 5200 NOK for single rooms and 5000 NOK for shared rooms. Fees include 4 meals per day. Students can apply for borteboerstipend (boarding stipend) from Lånekassen to cover living costs.
3. Elev-PC Programme Fees: Students who opt for the county-provided student PC (elev-PC) pay an annual co-payment (egenandel) over three years, equivalent to the lowest equipment grant rate from Lånekassen: 1398 NOK for school year 2025/2026. The county covers the remaining value of the PC. This generates modest fee revenue to partially offset hardware procurement costs.
4. Tilleggsstipend (Supplementary Grants for Boarding Students): Innlandet County Municipality offers supplementary stipends (tilleggsstipend) for students who live away from home to attend school. These grants are funded by the county and are in addition to borteboerstipend from Lånekassen, reducing the financial barrier for students needing to board during their studies.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Solør videregående skole is a public upper secondary school providing tuition-free vocational and academic education to youth (16–19) and adult learners in the Solør region of Innlandet County, Norway. It delivers six vocational programmes (Building and Construction, Electrical and Data Technology, Health and Childhood Studies, Agriculture, Technology and Industry), academic Studiespesialisering, Påbygging to generell studiekompetanse, adult agronomy, and ADK1 certification, supported by a ~50-bed boarding facility (internat) at Sønsterud, an Elev-PC student laptop programme, and student services including counselling and digital examinations.

Product overview

Solør videregående skole is a public upper secondary school operated by Innlandet County Municipality, offering a unified portfolio of educational programs across vocational tracks (building and construction, electrical engineering, healthcare and child development, agriculture, technology and industry) and general studies. The school integrates its programs with Visma InSchool as the central administrative platform for student management, provides a county-subsidized student PC program with Lenovo hardware, operates boarding facilities at the Sønsterud location, and utilizes Safe Exam Browser for secure digital examinations.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Utdanningstilbud (Educational Programs)

Quantifiable outcome

• The electric truck used in professional driver training is expected to save 20,000 litres of diesel per year, equivalent to 54 tonnes CO2-equivalent reduction annually (per Miljødirektoratet calculation).

Named customers2 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Mercedes-Benz Norge / Bertel O. SteencoreTechnology or Integration · 20 February 2026Mercedes-Benz Norway, represented by Bertel O. Steen (the authorised Mercedes-Benz dealer in Norway), delivered the first electric heavy truck in Norway approved as a driving school vehicle to Solør videregående skole. The truck (Mercedes electric truck) was co-funded through a Klimasats-støtte (climate funding) grant from Miljødirektoratet. The acquisition required an open public procurement process where Mercedes was selected as the winning bidder. The truck is used specifically for professional driver (yrkessjåfør) training in the technology and industry programme. This is a landmark partnership as it is the first such electric truck delivery in Norway for driver training purposes. The truck costs approximately 5 million NOK — roughly double the price of a comparable diesel vehicle.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Hamar katedralskole: Public upper secondary school under Innlandet fylkeskommune, offering both vocational and studiespesialisering tracks. Same county funding, regulatory framework, and Visma InSchool stack as Solør vgs — a directly comparable operating model.
• Ringsaker videregående skole: Public upper secondary school in Innlandet operating the same county-level framework. Offers a mix of vocational and academic programmes with shared back-office infrastructure.
• Jønsberg videregående skole: Innlandet county public upper secondary school with a notable vocational/agriculture focus similar to Solør's naturbruk offering. Comparable programme mix and governance structure.
• Valdres videregående skole: Public upper secondary school under Innlandet fylkeskommune serving a rural mountain region with vocational and academic tracks. Most structurally comparable peer in terms of rural geography, programme breadth, and catchment constraints.
• Lillehammer videregående skole: Larger public upper secondary school under Innlandet fylkeskommune offering an extended vocational and studiespesialisering portfolio. Comparable in governance and funding model, but contrasts on scale and urban catchment.
• Nord-Østerdal videregående skole: Rural Innlandet county public upper secondary school with vocational focus, sharing the same funding model and administrative stack as Solør vgs. Useful rural-operating benchmark.
• Storhamar videregående skole: Public upper secondary school under Innlandet fylkeskommune offering both vocational and studiespesialisering tracks. Operates within the same funding and platform framework, providing a regional operating benchmark.
• Stange videregående skole: Innlandet county public upper secondary school providing vocational and academic programmes with the same governance, funding, and platform stack as Solør vgs. Useful comparator for programme mix and rural-vs-suburban positioning.
• Elverum videregående skole: Sister public upper secondary school under the same Innlandet fylkeskommune umbrella, located ~50 km from Solør. Offers overlapping vocational and academic programmes using the same Visma InSchool platform and county funding model, making it the closest direct structural and operational peer.
• Trysil videregående skole: Public upper secondary school in the eastern Innlandet region operating under the same county framework. Rural catchment similar to Solør's, with comparable vocational programme offerings.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UCt3C6V9mG7bl4mt4Cgo6csw
• Facebookfacebook.com/solorvgs
• Instagraminstagram.com/solorvgs
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/sol%C3%B8r-videreg%C3%A5ende-skole-avd-s%C3%B8nsterud

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Number of profiles

Profiles9 records

Funding overview

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