Children's activities in Alna

Cricket · Furuset

A cricket club for children and teenagers in the Alna district, running training camps both indoors and outdoors. The offering is split between those who want an introduction to cricket and those who already play and want to progress. The club is young and does not yet have its own website, so contact goes through the city's leisure card page. Approved for the Oslo leisure card.

Fotball · Ellingsrud

Children's football at Ellingsrud sports park, which the club runs itself along with courts for beach handball and tennis. Ellingsrud IL was founded on 14 November 1974 and has handball, football, tennis, floorball and all-round sport under one roof. The facility sits in the middle of the neighbourhood. Equal playing time and no tables up to age twelve.

Håndball · Ellingsrudhallen

The handball section at Ellingsrud IL has around 200 active players across thirteen teams for children, youth and seniors, and its own modern handball hall at Ellingsrudflaten.

Innebandy · Ellingsrudhallen

Floorball at Ellingsrud IL, with around 200 active players across fourteen teams for children, youth and seniors. Home matches are played in Ellingsrudhallen, shared with the handball section. The club also runs OBOS-sommer, six weeks of free summer activities for children and young people.

Håndball · Furuset Forum

The handball group at Furuset IF, with children's and youth handball for girls and boys and a home venue at Furuset Forum.

Fotball · Furuset idrettspark

Children's football at Furuset sports park. Furuset IF was founded on 10 January 1914 by four boys who loved football but had nowhere to play. Today the club is an alliance with separate associations for all-round sport, football, handball, ice hockey and tennis. Equal playing time and no tables up to age twelve.

Ishockey · Furuset Forum

A large ice-hockey club in the Groruddalen valley with its home rink at Furuset Forum. The skating and hockey school welcomes the youngest from age four with no experience needed, and the club has teams up through the age groups from U7.

Fotball · Haugerud

Children's football on the Haugerud artificial pitch. Haugerud IF was founded on 26 November 1970 and grew out of the red blocks of the housing estate, and today has these sports: badminton, basketball, capoeira, cricket, dance, football, handball, floorball, orienteering, chess, tennis and its own swimming for women.

Basket · Haugerudhallen

EasyBasket for the youngest in four groups from six to twelve, and league teams for boys and girls up to sixteen. Haugerudhallen is the home court, all teams train there, and matches are at weekends.

Cricket · Haugerudhallen

Cricket from age eight, and one of the club's largest activities by membership. For children and youth there are teams at U12, U15, U18 and U23 level, everything from recreational sides to top-level ones, plus a dedicated girls' and women's team. Training runs all year, indoors in Haugerudhallen in winter and outdoors on the Haugerud cricket nets in summer.

Håndball · Haugerudhallen

The handball group has only children's teams, no seniors, and takes players from the age of eight, for girls born between 2014 and 2017. According to the club, enjoying the game matters more than results.

Innebandy · Haugerudhallen

Floorball for children from six. The group is small in 2026, training once a week.

Fotball · Jerikobanen

A parent-run football club at Lindeberg, founded in 1983, with around 350 active members from age 6 upwards. Training is mostly at Jerikobanen, the club's own artificial pitch with a clubhouse beside it, while the oldest players also train on nearby pitches. The pitch is a short walk from Lindeberg metro station. Being parent-run means contributions are expected, whether as a coach, team manager or on shared duties. Approved for the Oslo leisure card.

Cricket · Tvetenveien 162

The country's first indoor cricket facility, opened on 19 January 2024 on the second floor of Tvetenveien 162 at Tveita. Run by the Norwegian Cricket Federation, it is where Oslo's clubs train through the winter months. The federation runs league cricket for children and youth in the U13, U15, U17 and U19 classes, and the academy is where the youngest teams get to work on technique year-round. Contact the federation or a local club to join.

Fotball · Ole Deviks vei 17

Children's and youth football at Teisen, with teams for boys and girls from the age of six and up. The club runs the artificial pitch at Bryn and the clubhouse in Ole Deviks vei, and has been the neighbourhood football club since 1971.

Fritidsklubb · Tvetenveien 217

A rock workshop for young people at Drengestua, with rehearsal rooms, instruments and amplifiers. Here the room and the equipment are provided free, and you do not need your own instrument to begin. Courses and lessons do require signing up.

Fritidsklubb · Harald Sohlbergs vei 7

A youth club in Harald Sohlbergs vei at Ellingsrud, for children and young people in Bydel Alna. The junior club takes members from year 4, the youth club from year 8 to age 18, and there is an after-school programme for both. Membership follows the school year and is free.

Fritidsklubb · Trygve Lies plass 1

A library and activity house in one at Furuset, where the reading room, workshops and meeting place sit under the same roof, so children who come to borrow books also find the activities. It is free.

Fritidsklubb · Lindebergåsen 10

A youth club in Lindebergåsen, with a junior club for grades 4 to 7 and a youth club from grade 8 up to eighteen. Everyone can use the club free of charge, and you turn up without having signed up for anything.

Fritidsklubb · Tvetenveien 217

A youth club in Tvetenveien at Trosterud, with a junior club for years 4 to 7 and a youth club from year 8 through upper secondary. It is one of three municipal clubs in Alna, and covers the neighbourhoods around Trosterud and Haugerud. Free and drop-in.

Fritidsklubb · Tvetenveien 101

A youth club behind the hut at Tveten farm in Tvetenveien, split into a junior club for years 5 to 7 and a youth club for years 8 to 10. The junior club has group activities on Tuesday and an outdoor club on Thursday, plus its own Friday opening for year 7; the youth club has a girls' club on Wednesday and an open evening on Friday. Free.

Korps · Teisenveien 40

School band at Bryn school in Teisen, rehearsing on Tuesdays during after-school hours. The band takes beginners and lets each child start at their own level, so no prior experience is needed. Instruments are lent out by the band.

Korps · Trosterud skole

Drum group for teenagers in Groruddalen, rehearsing every Friday from 13:30 to 15:30 in the assembly hall at Trosterud school. Drumline is ensemble marching percussion, newly started and open to youth aged 12 to 16. The fee is 50 kroner.

Korps · Furuset skole

A school band for pupils at Furuset school. Children start as beginners with no prior experience and learn the instrument by playing with others.

Orkester · Haugerud skole

A string orchestra for children rehearsing at Haugerud school, affiliated with the Norwegian youth orchestra federation. It teaches violin, viola and cello with ensemble playing from the start. You learn the instrument in the orchestra, not before you arrive.

Kor · Jeriko skole

The school choir for pupils at Jeriko school in Alna, a member of Ung i Kor Oslo. No audition, and nothing you need to know beforehand.

Korps · Lindeberg skole

A school band since 1976, rehearsing at Lindeberg school. It recruits pupils from Jeriko, Lindeberg and Skjønnhaug schools. Group teaching on Wednesdays and individual lessons on Tuesdays.

Kampsport · Jerikoveien

A martial arts centre teaching Thai boxing and kickboxing, with separate groups for children, teenagers and adults. The club takes children from the age of five, and alongside Jerikoveien has branches at Stenbråten school and Forandringshuset at Holmlia. Approved for the Oslo leisure card.

Judo · Haugerud skole

Toddler judo for children from three to six, and beginners' judo from seven to fourteen. Both intakes start twice a year, in January and August, so it is worth coming just before term begins. The club trains in the gym at Haugerud school.

Kampsport · Haugerudhallen

A capoeira club training at Haugerudhallen on Mondays and Thursdays. Capoeira is a Brazilian martial art combining music, acrobatics and dance in the same movement. The club has groups for both children and adults, and offers free trial sessions.

Tennis · Furuset Forum

The tennis section of Furuset IF, with a tennis school split into classes for ages 3-6, 6-12 and 13-19. The youngest attend «blue tennis», where the exercises are as much about coordination, balance and ball control as about tennis, and an adult takes part actively alongside the child.

Badminton · Haugerudhallen

Badminton school for children from six, training at Haugerudhallen and Oppsal Arena.

Tennis · Haugerudhallen

Tennis for children from six on the club's own courts, two outdoor clay courts and one hard court. The courts are by the clubhouse.

Speider · Thygesons vei 32 (ved Hellerud T-bane og Skøyenparken)

A scout group at Høyenhall, part of Oslospeiderne, with the number 1 in its name from the Bryn area. It sits on the boundary between Alna and Østensjø and recruits children from both sides.

Speider · Furuset kirke, Ulsholtveien 37

KFUK-KFUM scouts meeting at Furuset church. The oppdagere take children from five up to and including year 2 and meet every other Thursday, the stifinnere are years 3 and 4 and also meet every other Thursday, and the vandrere from years 5 to 10 meet every Thursday. The groups welcome everyone, whatever their faith or background.

Speider · Haugerud

A scout group at Haugerud in Alna, part of Oslospeiderne. Østmarka lies just east of Haugerud, so the terrain is close.

Teater · Ellingsrud

A free offering for children and young people who want to do singing, dance and acting. Note that places can be limited at times, so it is worth asking about availability before turning up.

Dans · Haugerudhallen

Dance with groups all the way up: ballet from four, gym play for four and five, children's dance from five to seven, dance mix in two levels from eight to twelve, and K-pop for ten to twelve and for thirteen and up.

Ridning · Alnaparken

A riding centre in Alnaparken with courses for almost every level, from toddler courses for the youngest around age three to regular riding-school groups. The centre offers drop-in riding at weekends (book ahead) and runs day camps in every school holiday, including Easter.

Ridning · Alna Ridesenter

The riding club attached to Alna Ridesenter, and a different thing from the riding school itself. The club is the route into competition: it runs show jumping, dressage and carriage driving, keeps its own calendar and lends equipment to members. It also has outdoor arenas at Ellingsrud. If a child simply wants to learn to ride, the riding centre is the place; if they want to compete, it is the club. The club has its own code of conduct for parents and a scheme for entry and training support.

Svømming · Furuset bad

A swimming club for Groruddalen with courses at Furuset bad for children from age six, from water familiarisation and floating to all four strokes. The club also trains at Økern, Sinsen school, Manglerud and the Norwegian School of Sport Sciences.

Svømming · Furuset bad

Swimming courses for children aged four to eight at Furuset bad, run by Sportsklubben Speed. Håbrann Svømmeklubb also runs courses in the same pool, so there are two clubs to choose between here.

Allidrett · Furuset Forum

All-round sports school for children aged two to six, Wednesdays 17.00 to 17.55 at Furuset Forum. Play comes first, and the children try a different sport most weeks rather than specialising early.

Kunst · Trygve Lies plass

A leisure and development programme at Furuset for children and young people, with a gathering every Sunday for the youngest children and separate workshops for teenagers the same day. For autumn 2026 the activities run over three months and cost 500 kroner a month, with squash and fruit or biscuits served at each gathering. Approved for the Oslo leisure card.

Sjakk · Haugerud

The chess section of Haugerud IF, with sessions for children on Thursday evenings and members from Haugerud, Tveita and Hellerud.

Parkour · Furuset Forum

A parkour club at Furuset, attached to the parkour park outside Furuset Forum. In winter and bad weather the club trains inside Furuset Forum. Parkour needs no equipment, and the annual fee is low. The city district lists the club in its own guide to leisure activities for children and young people, marked as suitable for all ages.