Children's activities in Frogner

Bandy · Frogner stadion

Frigg runs bandy at Frogner stadion in winter. The bandy school welcomes the youngest children who want to learn to skate and play with stick and ball.

Fotball · Frogner stadion

Football for girls and boys at any level from age six, played at Frogner stadion and Tørteberg. Frigg also runs bandy.

Fotball · Bygdøy

A football club on Bygdøy focused on children's football. Approved for the Oslo leisure card.

Fotball · Bygdøy

Football in the neighbourhood club on Bygdøy, and the club's largest section. The teams cover the 2012 to 2019 birth years for boys and 2009 to 2019 for girls, that is from the age of seven upwards, with separate teams for the oldest youth as well. Monolitten is a multi-sport club that also has handball, floorball, tennis and all-round sports, so trying something else alongside is easy. Training times and team lists are under «Våre lag» on the club's site.

Håndball · Majorstuen flerbrukshall

Handball at Monolitten IL, with teams for children by birth year and handball schools for the youngest, including during the winter break. Sessions are held at Majorstuen multi-purpose hall and Skøyenhallen.

Roller derby · Skur 13, Filipstad

Roller derby is a team sport on roller skates, and the club runs a youth course for thirteen to seventeen where beginners learn to skate first and the game afterwards. Equipment can be rented, so there is no need to buy a helmet and skates to try. The hall is in Skur 13 at Filipstad.

Amerikansk fotball · Frogner stadion

An American-football club with its home ground at Frogner stadion and teams in all youth classes (U14, U17). For the youngest the way in is flag football, a version without tackling.

Basket · Løkkeveien 15

Basketball in a low-threshold club where the annual fee is 50 kroner and everyone is welcome. Girls and boys train together on Tuesdays from 17:00 to 18:30 in the school gym on Løkkeveien, and the coach splits the group by age and level. Sessions follow the school year and pause during school holidays.

Innebandy · Løkkeveien 15

Floorball in a low-threshold club where the annual fee is 50 kroner and everyone is welcome. Sessions on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday in the school gym on Løkkeveien; girls and boys mostly train separately but sometimes join up. Sessions follow the school year and pause during school holidays.

Volleyball · Løkkeveien 15

Volleyball for teenagers in a low-threshold club where the annual fee is 50 kroner and everyone is welcome. Girls and boys train together on Wednesdays from 20:00 to 21:00 in the school gym on Løkkeveien. Sessions follow the school year and pause during school holidays.

Kor · Ruseløkka skole

A choir school for girls who love to sing, from age 7 and up, with around 120 members across four choirs by age: the recruitment group (grades 2-3), the aspirant choir (grades 4-6), the main choir (grades 7-10) and the studio choir for the oldest. Admission is by audition, and the singers get thorough training with weekly rehearsals, individual lessons, concerts, recordings and tours at home and abroad. Rehearsals are at Ruseløkka school; the office is at Sentralen.

Kulturskole · Josefines gate 17 (Majorstuen) og Munkedamsveien 66 (Sentrum)

A private music school with branches in Josefines gate near Majorstuen and Munkedamsveien in the centre, teaching children and adults piano, guitar and singing. The school splits pupils into three age groups, from four and five year olds via six to eighteen and on to adults. Tuition is one-to-one with dedicated teachers, adapted to the pupil's age and level, and dedicated summer courses run in the holidays.

Korps · Majorstuen skole

The school band for Skøyen and Majorstua schools, celebrating its centenary in 2028. New players are recruited from years 2 to 6, and children start as beginners with no prior experience. Peik is made up of three bands and a jazz group, so players move up over time.

Korps · Ruseløkka skole

The school marching band at Ruseløkka school, with joint rehearsal on Thursdays from 17:00 to 19:00. Pupils from year 3 can apply for a place, and tuition happens in small groups or one-to-one lessons with a regular teacher in addition to the joint rehearsal. The fee is 1000 kroner per year, and the band follows the school year.

Kor · Bygdøy skole, Strømsborgveien 12

The school choir at Bygdøy, with members from years 2 to 7 and age-divided projects and groups for older youth as well. Conductor Silje Worquenesh Østby Kleiven was named children's choir conductor of the year in 2021, and the choir performs both at the school and beyond, including Lucia concerts. The school sits on the Bygdøy peninsula, surrounded by sea, fields and forest.

Kor · Uranienborg kirke

The children's choir in Uranienborg church's choir school, for years 2 to 6, split into two groups that both rehearse on Wednesdays, Choir 1 in the early afternoon and Choir 2 later on. The choir school has a long tradition and gives children systematic vocal training.

Fritidsklubb · Huk aveny 45

A youth club in the basement of Bygdøhus in Huk aveny, for pupils in years 5 to 7 in the Frogner district. Free and drop-in.

Fritidsklubb · Bogstadveien 76

A youth club in Bogstadveien, split in two: junior for school years 5 to 7 and youth for years 7 to 10. On Saturdays it is open for young people from year 8 through upper secondary, and from Monday to Wednesday free food is served at the junior session straight after school.

Fritidsklubb · Pilestredet 84B

A youth club in Pilestredet, for young people between thirteen and nineteen, that is from year 8. The house sits close to both Bislett and the student quarter. Free and drop-in.

Fritidsklubb · Munkedamsveien 64

A youth club in Munkedamsveien at Ruseløkka, for children and young people from ten to eighteen. It is close to Aker Brygge and Vika. Free and drop-in.

Fritidsklubb · Filipstad

An indoor skatepark in an old harbour shed at Filipstad. Here children and teenagers can skate all year whatever the weather, in a self-organised community where older skaters teach the younger ones. Bring a board and helmet, or just come and watch first.

Roing · Kongen, Frognerkilen

A rowing club from 1878, with the Kongen clubhouse in Frognerkilen and training water at Bogstadvannet. The rowing school takes in youth with no prior experience, including a dedicated U15 group for ages 12-14.

Seiling · Dronningen, Frognerkilen

KNS runs sailing courses for children and youth from its sailing centre on Bygdøy, in the Dronningen clubhouse by Frognerkilen. The youngest (from age 7) start in the little Optimist dinghy and learn to rig, steer and stay safe on the water, while older children move on to two-person boats and boards.

Roing · Huk aveny 2B, Bygdøy

A rowing club founded in 1897, with a boathouse on Bygdøy and activity across all age groups. The club has its own youth programme and runs summer activities for children and young people with rowing on the schedule.

Seiling · Lille Herbern, Herbernveien 1

A sailing club with its clubhouse on the island of Lille Herbern off Bygdøynes, which the club has owned since 1926. The children's and youth programme is dinghy-based: Optimist for the youngest and RS Feva for the older ones, and in summer there is a sailing camp with sailing and water sports for everyone aged seven to sixteen.

Badminton · Huk aveny 45

A neighbourhood badminton club on Bygdøy with its own programme for children and youth. Training follows the school year and pauses for the whole summer holiday, starting again in mid-August.

Tennis · Bygdøy

A tennis club on Bygdøy with offerings for children from as young as four, including tennis for kindergarten children and at the after-school programme in the afternoon. The tennis school has a long tradition in the local area and takes everyone from first-graders to upper secondary pupils, in groups or private lessons.

Tennis · Madserud

A tennis school for children and youth aged 5 to 18 at Madserud, between Frognerparken and Skøyen. Teaching follows the club's own ROGY system, where children are divided into blue, red, orange, green and yellow levels with court, ball and challenge matched to each stage, so they play real tennis from the first lesson. Blue is kindergarten tennis, and yellow is the full court with standard balls from age twelve.

Curling · Bygdøy

A curling hall on Bygdøy, with its own junior programme for players from around age twelve.

Skøyter · Frogner stadion og Sonja Henie ishall

A skating school for children and youth at Frogner stadium and in the new Sonja Henie ice hall, with programmes in both short-track speed skating and figure skating. The skating school welcomes beginners who have barely stood on skates before, and the club usually lends out skates for the first sessions. Two disciplines in one club let children try both.

Kunstløp · Sonja Henie ishall og Frogner stadion

Figure skating courses for children and young people in the Sonja Henie ice hall and at Frogner stadium. The club is one of Norway's oldest, founded in 1864, and welcomes beginners who have barely stood on skates. Figure skating is spins, jumps and edge work on ice, and asks more of technique than of speed. The groups are split by age: a skating school for ages 3-5, and figure skating for 6-8, 9-12, 13-15 and 16-17. The club usually lends out skates for the first few sessions.

Speider · Bygdøy

A scout group on Bygdøy, part of Oslospeiderne. The group takes children from year 3 and up, with a pack for years 3 and 4 and a troop of two or three patrols for years 5 to 10. All meetings are currently on Wednesdays.

Speider · Frogner

81. Oslo Frogner, a KFUK-KFUM scout group in the Frogner district. Scouts are divided into oppdagere, stifinnere and vandrere by year group, and the scarf changes colour at each step.

Speider · Eilert Sundts gate (Uranienborg)

A bilingual scout group (Norwegian and German), set up in autumn 2024. They meet in Eilert Sundts gate at Uranienborg, in the basement of the German-speaking congregation, with the younger section on Fridays from 6 to 7pm and the older on Wednesdays from 6 to 7pm. The younger section is for school years 2 to 4 and the older for years 5 and 6. Part of Oslospeiderne.

Allidrett · Bygdøhus, Huk Aveny 45

Supplementary training for children who already play a sport. The aim is not to teach a new sport but to build what underlies them all: speed, coordination, balance, changes of direction, footwork and body control. Sessions run as play, ball drills, obstacle courses, sprints, jumps and small competitions, adapted to age and level. Two groups in the fencing hall at Bygdøhus: those born in 2018 and 2019 train on Mondays, those born in 2016 and 2017 on Thursdays, both from 16:00 to 17:00. Maximum twelve children per group. Led by Filip Broniszewski, Head Coach at Bygdø Fekteklubb.

Allidrett · Løkkeveien 15

All-round sports in a low-threshold club where the annual fee is 50 kroner and everyone is welcome. Wednesdays in the school gym on Løkkeveien, split by age: 17:00 to 18:00 for school years 2 to 4 and 19:00 to 20:00 for years 5 to 7. Girls and boys train together, and sessions follow the school year.

Sjakk · Majorstuen

A chess club founded in 1884, with its own premises centrally at Majorstuen and a dedicated children's chess programme. Children learn chess from scratch in a club setting, and for the more experienced there is the youth section OSSU, which trains every other week and plays tournaments with long thinking time.

Sjakk · Bogstadveien

The youth section of Oslo Schakselskap. This is not the beginners' group: training is aimed at experienced players aged 9 to 19 who want to progress and are ready for adult tournaments and long time controls. Training runs every other Wednesday from 6pm until about 7.30pm, and both training and playing evenings are free for members. If your child is learning chess from scratch, the same club's children's chess is the better fit. Approved for the Oslo leisure card.

Dans · Majorstuen

A dance school in Professor Dahls gate at Majorstuen with a broad programme for children and youth, from a parent-and-child group for ages 2-4 and dance play for 3- and 4-year-olds to classical ballet, jazz and hip hop. The institute has groups divided by age and level, with performances, and also runs classes at Løren and in Lillestrøm.

Fekting · Bygdøhus, Huk Aveny 45

A fencing club with its training venue in Bygdøhus on the Bygdøy peninsula, welcoming beginners of all ages: children, youth and adults. Equipment is usually borrowed from the club to begin with.

Paraidrett · Niels Juels gate 33B

A para-sports club with nine sports adapted for children and young people with disabilities: basic training, football, handball, floorball, volleyball, martial arts, bowling, climbing and wheelchair handball. The club has offered sport for people with disabilities since 2003. Historically aimed at developmental disabilities, it added wheelchair handball for people with mobility impairments in 2023, and a dedicated training group for children on the autism spectrum in 2024.

Ridning · Bygdø Kongsgård

A riding school at the King's own farm on Bygdøy, run by the Norwegian Folk Museum. The programme is an introduction to horses and riding as a hobby, for beginners to slightly experienced riders, with all riding on three outdoor arenas and in the area around the farm. The youngest course, Knøttekurs, takes children from 3 to 6/7, and an accompanying adult has to lead the horse. Terms follow the school year, and the farm also runs riding camps in the summer holidays.

Turn · Uranienborg skole

A gymnastics club with a broad children's programme in the gyms at Uranienborg school, from playful gymnastics for the youngest to groups for older children. Registration is per group ahead of each term, and those who want to go further can be selected for the club's competition squad.