Storskola

Ambulatory schooling was a scheme that came into being after the first Norwegian school law was passed in 1739. Where it was not suitable to gather students in a schoolroom, teachers travelled around and taught. In the early 1850s, the schools commission discussed whether there should instead be permanent school buildings, but this was found unthinkable, as only the rich could afford to send their children away to school, and local schools were considered of little use as the children had to herd the animals in the summer, among other things. In 1860, a new school law was passed. Permanent school was to be be the rule, ambulatory schooling the exception. In 1863, this school in Kirkebygda school district was completed. The children here were the first students in Numedal to have a purpose-built schoolhouse. The school was in use until 1965, in its last years exclusively for older students. At the door to the classroom you will find an overview of all the district schools that were eventually built. School material from different periods is exhibited in the classroom. Several former students have recounted 'a day at school', and these stories are available in paper copies in the classroom.