Swimming lessons and clubs for kids in Oslo

6 options are listed under swimming lessons and clubs for children in Oslo, across 6 districts, for ages 0 to 17. Below is the full overview with age, district and a link to sign-up.

Districts with an offering: Grünerløkka, Nordre Aker, Nordstrand, Sagene, Stovner, Søndre Nordstrand.

Swimming is the one skill on this list that is a safety matter. Oslo is a city on the fjord with bathing for much of the year, and school swimming lessons often come later and in smaller doses than parents expect.

The offering spans baby swimming for the very youngest, through courses where a child learns to feel safe in water, to club swimming with training several times a week. The move from course to club usually happens around eight to ten, once the child swims well enough technically to train in a lane.

Worth knowing about swimming

Sign up early, and be ready for a waiting list. Pool time is scarce in Oslo, and beginner courses fill fast at each term change. Being on lists at several places at once improves your chances considerably.

A child who is comfortable in water is not the same as a child who can swim. The Norwegian benchmark is to fall in, surface, orient yourself and swim 200 metres, and reaching that usually takes more than a single term of lessons.

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Barn i vann Kantarellen

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Kantarellen, Søndre Nordstrand

Baby swimming and swimming courses in a warm therapy pool at Mortensrud, for children from newborn to around ten years old. Barn i vann emphasises water safety, play and mastery, with a parent in the water for the youngest. The pool is in the basement of the Kantarellen care and rehabilitation centre, with room for babies and toddlers alike.

ages 0-10

Barn i vann Stig skole

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Stig skole, Stovner

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.

ages 0-10

Lambertseter Svømmeklubb

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Lambertseter bad, Nordstrand

One of Norway's largest swimming schools, with around 2,000 participants a week. Courses are split into toddlers from age two, children from five, and teenagers up to seventeen, following the national federation's levels. Lessons run at Lambertseter, Holmlia and Bøler pools and at Oppsal and Hauketo schools, and those who want more can move on to the club's recruit and competition squads.

ages 2-17

Oslo Idrettslag Svømming

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Norges idrettshøgskole, Nordre Aker

Swimming all the way from baby classes to club level. Baby courses take children from ten weeks, toddler courses run from two to four with an adult in the water, and the swimming school then follows the national levels of diving, floating, gliding and propulsion. Courses are held at the Norwegian School of Sport Sciences, Lovisenberg and Bergtunet, and the club also offers synchronised swimming.

ages 0-16

Sportsklubben Speed

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Tøyenbadet, Grünerløkka

A swimming club based at Tøyenbadet, with courses for children and teenagers at every level and a clear route onward to training and competition. The club also runs swimming for nurseries and schools, and together with Lambertseter and Oslo Idrettslag takes part in the free summer swimming funded by the City of Oslo.

ages 4-16

Svømmeakademiet

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Sagene bad, Sagene

Swimming courses in small groups with adult instructors, split into separate tracks for ages four to seven and eight to thirteen. The youngest start with water familiarisation and work through three levels, while the older ones begin on a beginner course and move on to technique. Courses run at Sagene bad and Montebello bad.

ages 4-13