Policy Document

The Kindergarten Act III

Year

2005

Country

Norway

Topic

Family & Children

Subtopic

Childcare

Main implications

Kindergartens shall provide children under compulsory school age with good opportunities for development and activity in close understanding and collaboration with the children's homes.

Owners of private kindergartens may in their statutes prescribe that the paragraph 2 shall not apply.

Private kindergartens and kindergartens owned or run by parishes of the Norwegian State Church may incorporate in their statutes special provisions in regard to ideological aims.

Benefits & Requirements

Coverage: Eligible groups or beneficiaries

Owners of kindergartens; municipalities; county governor; the kindergarten authority

Types of provision stipulated by this document

Mixed

Types of childcare provided by the State stipulated by this document

Kindergarten

Pre-primary school entry age

There is no formal pre-primary school distinct from kindergarten in Norway.

Benefits offered by this document for using childcare services

Yes

Types of benefits guaranteed by this document

Access-To-Specific-Public-Or-Social-Services

Conditions for accessing this benefit

No

Amount of the subsidy or contribution granted

Families with children aged two and under in ordinary kindergartens: NOK196,200
Families with children aged three to six in ordinary kindergartens: NOK94,700

Maximum duration of the benefit

Five years

The duration of the benefit is determined by the following specific conditions

No

Does this document guarantee a provision of childcare free of costs?

No

Read the Law

Original full text source in native language

LOV-2005-06-17-64

Full text web source in English

https://www.regjeringen.no/globalassets/upload/kd/vedlegg/barnehager/engelsk/act_no_64_of_june_2005_web.pdf

Original full text web source in native language

https://lovdata.no/dokument/NL/lov/2005-06-17-64

Secondary Literature & Sources

Links to databases and sources for the analysis or evaluation of this policy field

http://www.udir.no/Stottemeny/English/
http://www.ssb.no/en/utdanning
https://www.ssb.no/utdanning/statistikker/barnehager/aar-endelige/2015-05-04

Author

Anders Gravir Imenes
External Consultant

Data collected in the framework of the Population Europe Research Finder and Archive (PERFAR)

Cite as

SPLASH-db.eu (2016): Policy: "The Kindergarten Act III" (Information provided by Anders Gravir Imenes). Available at: https://splash-db.eu [Date of access].