Sør-Odal –
“….a district with life quality”
Sør-Odal lies in the heart of Eastern Norway. The distances are short to the sentral area of Norway: 50min. to Oslo, 35min. to Gardermoen and 45min. to Sweden.
Harmony and environment characterizes the district with its seven district centers, kindergartens, elementary schools, high school and sports facilities.
The “capital” of Sør-Odal, Skarnes, is the second biggest district center in the Glåmdal-region, and has a variety of goods, services and activities for both children and adults.
Sør-Odal offers accommodations which include single-apartments and terrace houses, a rich culture life, and the “life quality” is set in focus.
Today, Sør-Odal has a positive population growth-curve and a total of 7700 inhabitants.
25% of the inhabitants are working in industry, 11% in agriculture, 11% in construction, 15% in business and 29% in other areas.
Children in Kindergarten.
We have 8 kindergartens for children age 1 to 6 years.
Elementary schools
We have 5 elementary schools for childeren 6-12 years and 1 school for childeren 13-15 years (secondary school). The children have 10 years of elementary and junior high school and 3 years in the high school.
Skarnes Upper Secondary School
This new and modern school is placed close to the activity hall and swimming pool, and offers four lines of study: economy studies, construction, hairdressing and music and art.
Solbakken Folkhighschool
Skarnes also has a Folkhighschool for young people 18-21 years old, Solbakken, which has a very popular “theater line”.
Culture and outdoorlife
Activity hall: | 1 |
Iceskating rink: | 1 |
Swimming pool | 1 |
Football fields: | 7 |
Shooting range: | 3 |
Boat dock: | 1 |
Ski lodges: | 4 |
Fishing and hunting
The district has 3 lakes and 2 rivers with excellent fishing opportunities, and good hunting areas.
Music education and sports
The music educationprogram in Sør- and Nord-Odal is available to children from 0 to 18 years. Here children can learn how to play an instrument, dance or sing in a choir. There is also a special program for mothers and babies from 0 to 3 years.
The local athletic club has activities for children from 7 to 12 years. This is a special program designed to help young children become active and more socially involved.
Sør-Odal Young people hous
The Young people hous is a supervised “hang out” located in Skarnes and is available to children between 12 and 16 years and to teenagers between 14 and 19 years.
The Library
The library lies next to the activity hall, the swimming pool, Skarnes High School and Skarnes Junior High School. The library has a wide selection of books, both scientific literature, novels, newspapers and magazines.
Sør-Odal Activity hall
Skarnes has a new and modern activity hall with a very popular climbing-wall. The hall has activities such as handball. The hall is also used for other arrangements, and not far from the hall is a 4km long flood-lit track.
The Swimming pool
The swimming pool is used by the schools during daytime, and is open for the public in the afternoon. The hall has a 25m long pool and a sauna.
Glomma/Storsjøen
The longest river in Norway, Glomma, runs through Sør-Odal and is a must for boat-lovers. The river is also a very popular place to fish, and is led by Odal’s biggest lake, Storsjøen. Storsjøen has got its own little boat dock and a nunber of great places to go swimming in the summer. The district has also got several small streams and lakes where you can go fishing and swimming. Dølisjøen and Sæterlisjøen are also two very popular lakes to go swimming during summertime.
The famous Norwegian painter “Kåre Tveter”
In Skarnes we have an “Art galleri” of Kåre Tveter with 130 paintings.
Waterski
A new, national waterski center is built close to Skarnes.
Cultural activities
Choir, sports, band, folkmusic, dance, swimming, waterski, hunting, fishing, horse back riding and climbing are just some of the activities Sør-Odal can offer. In other words, there is something for everyone.
Welcome to Sør-Odal
Knut Hvithammer
Mayor
Sist oppdatert 22.04.2009 |
postmottak@sor-odal.kommune.no
Telefon: 62 96 80 00
Faks: 62 96 80 88
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