Skiing, skating and curling for kids in Oslo

Oslo Skisenter, Grefsenkleiva, Nordre Aker

An alpine club with around 250 members, offering training from year one to year ten. The youngest train once a week on the slope and once in the gym at Grefsen stadium. From year five it rises to two or three sessions a week in season, with dry-land training the rest of the year.

ages 6-16

Njårdhallen, Vestre Aker

Njård has an alpine skiing group that takes children and youth to the slopes, with ski school for the youngest from around age five.

ages 5-18

Bygdøy, Frogner

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

ages 12-18

Oslo Vinterpark, Vestre Aker

A small ski club for children and young people training once a week at Oslo Vinterpark, where the point is to have fun on skis together. The club does not train for competitions and has no performance pressure, and calls itself a refuge. There is also trampoline training in the autumn and trips to the mountains. In 2023 children from 49 different schools in Oslo and the surrounding area took part.

ages 5-18

Grefsen stadion, Nordre Aker

Cross-country skiing for children and youth at Kjelsås IL, with Lillomarka and Grefsenkollen as the nearest training grounds.

ages 6-18

Slemdal, Vestre Aker

The cross-country skiing group at Heming has ski school for children and youth from around age six and a short trip to the trails in Nordmarka from Slemdal.

ages 6-18

Slemdal, Vestre Aker

The alpine group at Heming has ski school and training groups for children and youth from around age five. The club is based at Slemdal with a short trip to the slopes in Oslo's winter park, welcoming both those who ski for fun and those who want to commit.

ages 5-18

Gressbanen, Vestre Aker

The alpine skiing section at Ready, with training groups for children and teenagers organised around how much each skier wants to commit rather than a single shared level. The club has its own ParaAlpint programme. Ready also runs a ski market for second-hand equipment and publishes a sizing guide for anyone buying alpine gear for a child for the first time. Approved for the Oslo leisure card.

ages 6-18

Idrettens Hus Nordbyen, Stovner

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.

ages 6-18

Sonja Henie ishall og Frogner stadion, Frogner

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.

ages 3-17

Voksen skole og Voksenjordet, Vestre Aker

Cross-country skiing for primary school age children, with its own group for each birth year, in a club that began as a pure ski club in 1907. Which birth years apply this season is listed on the club's own season page.

ages 8-13

Tøyen Arena, Gamle Oslo

Alpine skiing and snowboarding in season, for children and young people. Tøyen Sportsklubb is a neighbourhood club in Gamle Oslo where membership costs 100 kroner for the whole calendar year, and that covers everything the club runs for your age group.

ages 6-18

Ti steder på hverdager, seks i helgene, Sentrum

The Norwegian Ski Association's ski school for children aged 3 to 12, where four-year-olds and up learn basic skiing technique through play. Weekday courses run at ten different ski school locations around the city, and at weekends there are courses for families and individuals at six locations.

ages 3-12

Lillomarka arena, Grorud

Cross-country skiing club with training groups all the way from first grade to junior level, split by school year: Arenagruppa for years 1 and 2, Lillosetergruppa for 3 and 4, Sinobergruppa for 5 to 7, and HL-gruppa for the oldest. Children starting school are welcome from January of the year they begin, and the training fee is waived for first-graders. The oldest can also train with Team GLA, a joint effort between the clubs in Groruddalen.

ages 6-18

Valle Hovin, Gamle Oslo

A speed-skating club with its home base at the new rink at Valle Hovin, and its own skating school for children aged 6-12. Here children learn to stand and glide on long blades.

ages 6-18

Sloreåsen slalåmbakke, Ljan, Søndre Nordstrand

A slalom slope at Ljan, run by the club on a voluntary basis, with ski courses for children. Småtroll for ages 5 to 7 and Storetroll for 8 to 10 are for beginners, and run on the children's slope Eilifkneika with at most twelve per group. The Aktivgruppa for ages 6 to 16 trains all season.

ages 5-16

Jordal idrettspark, Gamle Oslo

A figure-skating club running a skating school at Jordal, in the heart of the district. The youngest (from age 3) get a play-based introduction to skating and figure skating, while older children can move on to the groups for ages 9 to 15. The club also runs a group for beginners and experienced skaters from age 16, so young people who start late can still join.

ages 3-18

Midtstulia og Midtstubakken, Midtstuen, Vestre Aker

A ski jumping club for children and young people at Midtstulia and Midtstubakken, with jumping and Nordic combined. The recruit group for children up to twelve trains Tuesdays and Thursdays from 6 to 8pm at Midtstulia, on the K10 and K20 hills, and needs no previous experience. Equipment loan is free, and new members get their first season free.

ages 3-18

Huken skianlegg, Romsås, Grorud

A biathlon club with a biathlon school for children from eight. Biathlon combines cross-country skiing with target shooting, and the club lends out both skis and rifles, so no equipment of your own is needed to try.

ages 8-18

Idrettens Hus Nordbyen, Stovner

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

ages 6-18

Røa, Vestre Aker

The cross-country skiing section of Røa IL, a grassroots club with over a hundred years of history and a large programme for children and young people. The club states explicitly that its activities are meant to be open regardless of level, background or ability. Note that Røa is an alliance club, so each sport is its own club with its own fees.

ages 6-18

Kollbanen, Nordberg, Nordre Aker

The cross country section of IL Koll, with training groups from age 5-6 upwards, organised by school year. The club is based at Kollbanen behind Nordberg church, with the Nordmarka forest as its nearest neighbour, and also has ski jumping hills at the same grounds.

ages 5-16

Frogner stadion og Sonja Henie ishall, Frogner

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.

ages 5-18