Akademiet Norge
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| Company type | Public |
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| Industry | Education |
| Founded | 2010 |
| Headquarters | 59°44′25″N 10°10′55″E / 59.7402°N 10.1819°E, , |
Area served | Norway |
Key people | Kjetil Eide (Chairman) |
Number of employees | Apx. 500 (Jul 2020)[1][2] |
| Website | akademiet.no |
Akademiet Norge is a Norwegian private education institution. Consisting of several schools in several cities, it is the largest private school chain of this type in the country.[3]
Akademiet was originally established as a private vocational school in Oslo in 1997. In 2004 and 2005, six upper secondary schools were established in the cities of Oslo, Drammen, Stavanger, Bergen, Ålesund and Molde. As the (social democratic) government subsequently passed laws[4] preventing the establishment of new private schools,[5] Akademiet focused instead on developing alternatives such as Montessori schools, which did not fall under these regulations. In the summer of 2015, five new schools became a part of Akademiet. In the last 4 years Akademiet Drammen has been the school with best results in Utdanningsdirektoratets elevundersøkelse. In July 2020 it was announced that Akademiet had passed 500 employees and 8000 students.[6]