Children's activities in Stovner

Basket · Høybråten

A local basketball club at Høybråten in the north-east of the city, with teams for children and youth.

Fotball · Idrettens Hus Nordbyen

Children's football at Høybråten og Stovner IL, with teams in every year group for girls and boys alike. As in all Norwegian children's football there is equal playing time and no league tables up to age twelve.

Håndball · Idrettens Hus Nordbyen

The handball group at Høybråten og Stovner IL, with teams for girls and boys from primary school age. An indoor team sport in the club's own hall at Rommen.

Baseball · Rommen Baseballpark

A baseball club from 1991 with its own field at Rommen Baseballpark in summer and indoor training in winter. The junior team is U13, for children aged 8 to 13, and the children's practices are held on Sundays at Tøyen Arena. There they learn to pitch, bat and field.

Fotball · Vestli idrettsplass

Children's football at Vestli sports ground. Vestli IL was founded on 19 October 1972, at the same time as the Vestli housing estate was being built, to give local children and young people somewhere to do sport. Note: in 2021 the club merged with Rommen SK and is now called Stovner SK. That is where children's football at Vestli is organised today, and the link points there.

Basket · Stovnerhallen

The basketball group at Stovner Sportsklubb, in Stovnerhallen, with teams for children and youth.

Volleyball · Stovnerhallen

The volleyball group at Stovner Sportsklubb, in Stovnerhallen, with teams for children and youth. The club also runs the Diamant team, an adapted volleyball programme, in the same hall. The club runs free autumn-holiday activities for children and young people.

Håndball · Stovnerhallen

The handball group at Stovner Sportsklubb, with groups for girls and boys aged 6-7 and 8-11 at Stovnerhallen. For the 2026/27 season the J9, J10, J11 and G10 teams are entered in the league, and the youngest play their own match days. The club runs free autumn-holiday activities for children and young people.

Innebandy · Rommenhallen

A floorball club founded in 1994, with its own hall at Rommen. Teams for girls and boys in every age group, and a grassroots programme alongside the elite teams.

Cricket · Tokerud flerbrukshall

Cricket for children and youth at Tamil Sangam IL. The club runs its own tournaments.

Cricket · Vestli

A cricket club at Vestli with youth teams alongside senior and women's sides. The club takes players at all levels. Approved for the Oslo leisure card.

Korps · Haugen skole

A school band at Haugen school with its own drill troop alongside the musicians, rehearsing on Tuesdays. The band takes new members from Year 2 upwards, and you can choose between playing an instrument and drilling. Get in touch for a trial session. Approved for the Oslo leisure card.

Kor · Høybråten skole

A school choir founded in 1994, organised as an independent association affiliated with Ung i Kor Oslo, not as part of the school's teaching. Every boy and girl at the school can take part. The choir passed thirty years in 2024 and is based in Bergtunveien at Høybråten.

Korps · Høybråten skole

A school band for children at Høybråten which turned a hundred in 2026, with around 64 members. The band lends out instruments, and its beginner intake means you can start with no prior knowledge. The band is a fixture of the district's 17 May celebrations.

Orkester · Høybråten skole

A children's string orchestra rehearsing at Høybråten skole, with members also from other schools and districts. Tuition on violin and cello and playing together in an orchestra, with separate junior and senior rehearsals.

Orkester · Stovner skole

A children's orchestra rehearsing at Stovner skole, a member of the Norwegian youth orchestra federation (UNOF). Tuition on an orchestral instrument and playing together in an orchestra.

Kor · Stovner skole

A school choir with around 50 singers from years 1 to 7 at Stovner school. The choir sings at school assemblies, puts on its own concerts and holds choir discos, and performs at Rommen Scene, the district's main stage. A member of Ung i Kor Oslo.

Fritidsklubb · Stovner senter 24-B

A youth house at Stovner shopping centre with two strands: a junior offering for children aged 9 to 12 and a youth offering for those between 13 and 18. Blokk 58 came about through cooperation between the district, Stovner senter and Stovner upper secondary school, and has also been used for work training for older youth. The club is open 363 days a year. Free.

Fritidsklubb · Haavard Martinsens vei 1

A municipal skate hall for young people in Rommen, with ramps both indoors and outdoors at varying levels of difficulty. Indoors you can skate right through the winter, when the outdoor parks lie under snow and ice. The hall is staffed by a youth worker or instructor most days, and has its own skate club.

Fritidsklubb · Tokeruddalen 105

The Rockefabrikk at Stovner gives young people rehearsal rooms, instruments and recording equipment. Free and drop-in.

Fritidsklubb · Ole Brummsvei 1

A multi-purpose house at Haugenstua run by the Stovner district, with activities seven days a week. The basement holds both a junior club and a youth club, and elsewhere in the building there is a boxing club, dance courses and girls' groups, run partly by the district, partly by voluntary organisations. Free.

Fritidsklubb · Vestlisvingen 188

A youth club in Vestlisvingen at Vestli, with a junior programme for school years 4-7 and a youth programme for ages 13-18. Free and drop-in.

Fisking · Høybråten

A local chapter of the Norwegian Hunters' and Anglers' Association with its own programme for children and youth in the north-east of the city. Children get to try fishing in the forest, and in summer the chapter takes part in the national 'Fiskesommer', free fishing days where children learn from experienced anglers, with no registration needed. Bring a life vest.

Speider · Høybråten kirke, Høybråtenveien 37

KFUK-KFUM scouts meeting at Høybråten church. Oppdagere and stifinnere in years 2 to 4 meet on Wednesdays from 18:00 to 19:15 at Normisjonens hus in Bergtunveien, and the vandrere in years 5 to 10 on Wednesdays from 18:30 to 20:00 in the basement of Høybråten church. The scarf changes colour at each step.

Speider · Fossum kirke, Stovner senter 12

KFUK-KFUM scouts meeting at Fossum church in Stovner. Children start as oppdagere in year 1, move on to stifinnere in year 3 and become vandrere from year 5.

Friluft · Høybråten

A multicultural outdoor organisation based at Høybråten which for nearly twenty years has recruited young people to outdoor life, hunting and fishing. They run fishing trips, mountain hikes, canoeing, cabin trips and first aid courses, and run hunting licence courses. Activities are free for members aged 12 to 25, and membership costs 100 kroner. The programme is aimed particularly at young people without an outdoor tradition at home.

Friidrett · Smiuvegen 253

An athletics club for the Groruddalen valley, with training groups for children and youth and a base in Smiuvegen at Stovner. The club emphasises that everyone should get to try running, jumping and throwing, whatever their level. Training times and venues are updated continuously on the website.

Turn · Høybråten skole

A gymnastics association founded in 1923, training in the gym at Høybråten school. Despite the name it has groups for children and youth of both sexes, and a competition team that takes part in gymnastics festivals.

Turn · Idrettens Hus Nordbyen

The gymnastics group at Høybråten og Stovner IL, with the motto 'gymnastics for everyone' and offerings from age two. Play, acrobatics and competition at all levels, in a dedicated hall at Idrettens Hus Nordbyen.

Friidrett · Tokerud flerbrukshall

Athletics for children and youth at Tamil Sangam IL. Running, jumping and throwing indoors at Tokerud multi-purpose hall in winter and outdoors in summer, with the emphasis on all-round skills rather than early specialisation.

Svømming · Stig skole

Baby swimming and swimming courses in a warm pool at 32 to 35 degrees, from the smallest babies up to children around ten years old. Barn i vann builds water confidence through play and regular courses, with a parent in the water for the youngest. The pool is at Stig skole in the Groruddalen valley.

Svømming · Stovner bad

The swimming club for Groruddalen has started training at Stovner bad, which opened in August 2026. The club says its training group is made up of children who have completed all the levels of the PirayaSwim school.

Stuping · Stovner bad

Diving school every Wednesday from 18.30 to 19.30 at Stovner bad, which opened in August 2026. No previous experience is needed, and the pool has springboards at 1 and 3 metres. The club otherwise trains at Tøyenbadet and Manglerud, so this is the diving option in Groruddalen.

Svømming · Høybråten skole

A swimming school running courses for children from age three in the pool at Høybråten school, Monday to Thursday. Small groups and progression from water familiarisation upwards.

Dans · Idrettens Hus Nordbyen

The dance groups at Høybråten og Stovner IL, for children and youth. Dance is one of nine sports in the club.

Dans · Idrettens Hus Nordbyen

The Rommen branch of Norsk Ballettinstitutt, with classical ballet, hip hop and jazz dance for children and youth. The same progression as at the main branch, without families in Groruddalen having to travel into the centre.

Dans · Stovnerhallen

The dance groups at Stovner Sportsklubb, in Stovnerhallen. The club runs free autumn-holiday activities for children and young people.

Bordtennis · Idrettens Hus Nordbyen

Table tennis for children and youth at Høybråten og Stovner IL. The club also runs an adapted table tennis programme.

Badminton · Stovnerhallen

Badminton for children and youth at Stovnerhallen. The club runs free autumn-holiday activities for children and young people.

Badminton · Tokerud flerbrukshall

Badminton for children and youth at Tamil Sangam IL's own hall at Tokerud. The club runs Tokerud multi-purpose hall on an agreement with the city, and badminton is one of the sports it has run longest. A low threshold for the youngest: you can borrow a racket the first few times.

Taekwondo · Nye Stovner Bad

A local taekwondo club in the north of Groruddalen, with children's groups from age 6 and training up to five days a week. The club lists three training venues of its own: Nye Stovner Bad, Tiurleiken school at Romsås and VerdensHUSET at Haugenstua senter, and you may pick both weekday and venue at the same price. Taekwondo is a Korean martial art known for its kicks and spring, where children can grade up through the belt system.

Boksing · Idrettens Hus Nordbyen

A boxing club at Rommen with around 700 members. A boxing school for the youngest from age five teaching guard, footwork, punching and defence, with separate groups for girls and boys further up.

Sjakk · Stovner Senteret

The youth section of Stovner og Omegn chess club, registered with the Norwegian Chess Federation and part of the children's and youth chess scene in Oslo. The club runs jointly with Vestli Sjakklubb Ungdom, with separate time slots for children under eleven and those older, and the two are based at Stovner Senteret.

Sjakk · Tokerud flerbrukshall

Chess for children and young people at Tamil Sangam IL at Tokerud.

Langrenn · Idrettens Hus Nordbyen

Cross-country skiing for children and youth at Høybråten og Stovner IL, right by Lillomarka, based at Idrettens Hus Nordbyen.

Alpint · Idrettens Hus Nordbyen

The alpine skiing group at Høybråten og Stovner IL, with groups for children and youth. The club sits next to Lillomarka, and alpine skiing is one of five sports the district itself highlights in its overview of what is on offer for children.

Allidrett · Stovnerhallen

All-round sport for the youngest at Stovner Sportsklubb: children get to try many sports through play, with the emphasis on motor skills and the joy of moving rather than competition.

Bowling · Stovnerhallen

Bowling for children and youth at Stovner Sportsklubb.

Diskgolf og golf · Groruddalen golfbane

A nine-hole par 3 course at Rommen, built in 1988, with northern Europe's longest par 3 hole. The course is short and easy to read, which suits beginners, and the club runs its own training camps for children and youth. There is a driving range and putting green on site.

Motorsport · Haavard Martinsens vei 1

A municipal motor centre in Groruddalen for young people interested in vehicles, aged 16 to 25 and living in Oslo. Members get a workshop bay where they can repair and maintain their own vehicle, borrow tools and get help from the staff, and you are welcome even if you do not own a car. Monday to Thursday there is a do-it-yourself workshop during opening hours, and there is a clubhouse with social activities. Membership requires a fee, valid ID and a passport photo.

Paraidrett · Rommenhallen

Electric wheelchair floorball at Rommenhallen: floorball played from a powered wheelchair, with the stick fixed to the chair. It is open to children and young people who use a powered wheelchair. Sveiva brought the sport to Oslo.

Ridning · Øvre Fossum gård

A riding club with a stable and indoor arena at Øvre Fossum gård in the north of the city. The riding school takes in children from around age six on school horses and ponies, from beginner courses upward.

Vektløfting · Idrettens Hus Nordbyen

Weightlifting for young people at Høybråten og Stovner IL. The weightlifting school is for girls and boys from the age of twelve, focused on supervised technique rather than heavy lifting.