Come and meet all the other new students at this traditional ceremony, which has been taking place since 1923 to mark the beginning of the semester.
The Norwegian speeches will be subtitled on the monitor.
The leaders of the buddy system Hansine Gregersen and Ella Dysvik Kvalvaag are the ceremony's hosts.
Be present at the University square ahead of time, preferably around 14:30. The ceremony commences at 15:00 and is finished 15:30.
Welcome to Oslo and The University of Oslo
Please note that the ceremony is held in Norwegian.
Metro disruption: How to get to Universitetsplassen
The metro is not running from Blindern or Forskningsparken during the start of studies week.
The fastest way to get to Universitetsplassen is to either:
- Take tram 17 or 18 to Tullinløkka
- Walk to Majorstuen (about a 10-minute walk from Blindern) and take the metro to Nationaltheatret from there.
Please leave Blindern by 2:00 PM.
Programme for the Welcome ceremony
- Procession in
The University of Oslo Symphony Orchestra
Edvard Grieg: Hyldningsmarsj from Sigurd Jorsalfar, op. 56 nr. 3 - The leaders of the buddy system Hansine Gregersen and Ella Dysvik Kvalvaag speaks
- Rector Ragnhild Hennum speaks
- Minister of Research and Higher Education Sigrun Aasland speaks
- Mayor Anne Lindboe speaks
- Gaudeamus Igitur
The University of Oslo Symphony Orchestra, The Norwegian Student Choral Society, The Women’s Choral Society of the University of Oslo, Akademisk korforening and Unikor - Leader of the Student parliament Anna Bergum Furset speaks
- Ja, vi elsker (The Norwegian national anthem)
The University of Oslo Symphony Orchestra, The Norwegian Student Choral Society, The Women’s Choral Society of the University of Oslo, Akademisk korforening and Unikor - Procession out
The University of Oslo Symphony Orchestra
Johannes Hanssen: Valdresmarsj