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Oslo National Academy of the Arts has a management structure with an appointed Rector. The Board has an external Chair, and the Rector acts as secretary.
The Academy is divided into academic departments, with responsibility for the various subject areas, and administrative sections, which handle shared administrative tasks.
The Academy is divided into academic departments, with responsibility for the various subject areas, and administrative sections, which handle shared administrative tasks.
The Rector has overall responsibility for Oslo National Academy of the Arts. The Rector is also the Secretary for the Board.
The Design department has academic responsibility for educational programmes in graphic design, illustration, fashion design, costume design, interior design and furniture design.
The Art and Craft department has academic responsibility in the fields of textiles, fine art printing and drawing, ceramics, art and public space, and metal and jewellery art.
The Academy of Fine Art has academic responsibility for educational programmes in fine art. It works across media, disciplines and approaches, exploring questions of form and material as well as post-conceptual, social and political issues.
The Academy of Theatre has academic responsibility for educational programmes for actors and theatre directors, offering specialisations in acting, direction, stage writing and scenography, and a postgraduate certificate in education for drama teachers.
The Academy of Dance has academic responsibility for educational programmes for choreographers and dancers in the fields of contemporary dance, classical ballet and jazz dance, and a postgraduate certificate in education for dance teachers.
The Academy of Opera has academic responsibility for educational programmes in the field of opera, developing vocal and acting skills, with an emphasis on stage productions.
The Section for Financial Management is in charge of finances (incl. budgets, accounting and planning) and archives.
The Section for People and Organisation is in charge of human relations and health, safety and environment.
The Section for Studies, Research and Knowledge Transfer is in charge of academic affairs administration (incl. admissions and curricula), research administration (incl. doctoral programmes and artistic research and development), library services, and communication (incl. research, academic and outreach programmes concerning the Academy’s various disciplines and activities).
The Section for Services, Security and Infrastructure oversees the service centre, main reception and mail processing. The section also handles building (interior only) and room operations, developing and running IT user support, AV services, contingency plans, information security, cleaning and equipment loans and storage facilities.
The Section for Workshops and Stage Technique is in charge of all the workshops (incl. providing assistance to classes and productions within the visual arts) and stages (incl. providing technical assistance to productions within the performing arts).
The board is the highest organ at Oslo National Academy of the Arts. The members of the board are appointed for a period from 1.8.2023 until 31.7.2027.
Idar Kreutzer (external member)
Solveig Styve Holte
Ane Thon Knutsen
Maziar Raein
Mads Thygesen
(deputies: 1. Josephine Jewkes, 2. Hans Pitzschner Henriksen, 3. Isak Wisløff, 4. Pavlina Lucas)
Trond Kasper Mikkelsen
(Deputy member: Anders Hamre)
Clara Claussen (Deputy: Pernille Øyen
Dariusz Stefan Wojdyga (Deputy: Aron Tweve)
Petter Snare
Inger Østensjø
Sara Kristofferson
(deputies: 1. Kjell Magne Mælen, 2. Trude Gomnæs Ugelstad)
Rector Marianne Skjulhaug
All case documents (with a few exemptions) and minutes from Oslo National Academy of the Arts board meetings are made publically accessible on-line.
For meeting schedule go to the Board's Norwegian page.
The minutes from each meeting are formally approved at the subsequent board meeting.
The case documents are available in Norwegian only. Go to the Board's Norwegian page.
Delegation Authorisation as of 13.09.2022 (Norwegian only)
Marianne Skjulhaug
Rector
+47 930 91 091
mariskju@khio.no
The Rector has overall responsibility for academic and administrative activities at Oslo National Academy of the Arts. The Rector is appointed for a fixed term of four years. The Rector also serves as secretary for the board.
Heidi Marian Haraldsen
Acting Pro-Rector for Education
+47 920 96 066
heidhara@khio.no
Janne-Camilla Lyster
Acting Pro-Rector for Research
+47 913 10 959
jannlyst@khio.no
Mike Sperlinger
Acting Dean, Academy of Fine Art
+47 458 67 736
saralook@khio.no
Markus Degerman
Acting Dean, Art and Craft
+47 930 04 322
markdege@khio.no
Snelle Hall
Dean, Academy of Dance
+47 909 22 204
snellhall@khio.no
Anna Elisabet Einarsson
Dean, Academy of Opera
+47 986 62 976
annaeina@khio.no
Peter Løchstøer
Dean, Design department
+47 970 93 218
peteloch@khio.no
Victoria Meirik
Dean, Academy of Theatre
+47 900 55 784
victmeir@khio.no
Ketil Akerø
Acting Director, Department of Administrative Management
Acting Head of Section, Finance and Corporate Governance
+47 911 82 910
ketiaker@khio.no
Camilla Nyquist
Head of Section, HR and HSE
+47 924 26 395
caminyqu@khio.no
Trond Mikkelsen
Acting Head of Section, Technical Production
+47 909 64 386
tronmikk@khio.no
Marianne Kristin Fjeld
Head of Section, Service, User Support and Infrastructure
+47 915 69 745
marifjel@khio.no
Torben Lai
Acting Head of Section for studies, reserach and knowledge affairs
Team Manager Research administration
+47 928 96 161
torben.lai@khio.no
Adopted by the Board of the Oslo National Academy of the Arts, 13 December 2022
Download pdf: English Norwegian - Bokmål Norwegian - Nynorsk
The Oslo National Academy of the Arts is a nationally leading, specialised university and is Norway’s largest public institution of higher learning for artists and designers. The school offers programmes within the fields of fine art, design, art and craft, opera, dance, theatre and arts education. The Academy’s programmes shall be rooted in cutting-edge artistic and academic research, and the school contribute to developing the knowledge and society of the future. The Academy shall reflect social diversity, allow a great range of opinions, and exemplify sustainable perspectives within arts education.
The Academy’s social mission is to educate performing and creative artists and designers, carry out artistic and academic research at a high international level and spread knowledge about the Academy’s activities, operations and values. Through their prioritisations, all the activities at the Academy shall promote the social mission. The Academy’s academic staff are leading professionals within their fields and divide their time between managing specialised disciplinary traditions and engaging in innovative artistic practices. The artistic core – rooted in artistic practice and both artistic and academic research – helps ensure the high quality of the Academy’s programmes.
Students who graduate from the Academy will become important participants in the world of arts and culture, in developing the quality of arts education and in developing society. A crucial part of educating students to become ground-breaking, professional artists and designers is to contextualise their art and design when encountering their peers, the public and society at large. In order to support this endeavour, the Academy offers a unique set of stages, audition rooms, a gallery, studio places, workshops and libraries that are run by highly competent professionals.
The strategy has three areas of focus: “artistic core” is a basic prerequisite for all the activities at the Academy, while “sustainability” and “strategic collaboration” are necessary means to realise the core of our objectives.
The Oslo National Academy of the Arts shall be among the internationally leading artistic and practice-oriented institutions of higher learning within the disciplines taught here. The Academy’s identity is grounded in how our teaching, our artistic and academic research and our public outreach activities all have an artistic core, one that is rooted in performative and creative artistic practices. The artistic core depends on close interaction between the professional field of the arts and society at large. This unique characteristic shall be clearly expressed in the Academy’s activities and is a prerequisite for the students being able to become the artists and arts educators of tomorrow.
The Academy shall be a leading participant within artistic research so that the performing and creative arts may help produce new knowledge at every level. Artistic research shall therefore serve as the basis for the priorities of all of the Academy’s operations. A high international artistic level combined with competence in artistic research shall be required when hiring professors and associate professors in artistic positions.
The roles of educator and supervisor are predicated on the artistic core and are a prerequisite for high educational quality. The Academy’s learning and work environments address and develop ethical questions, educational issues and academic freedom of expression through lively discussions and collegial interaction.
The Academy’s aims are as follows:
The Oslo National Academy of the Arts shall exemplify an awareness of sustainability issues and effective measures for sustainable consumption. Sustainability in an expanded sense affects individuals, society and the institution alike. It is therefore something that must be understood in regard to not only environmental and climate issues and the total use of resources, but also psychosocial and cultural contexts.
In order for the Academy to achieve our objectives within education, research and public outreach, our activities shall be characterised by priorities that support a long-term, holistic and sustainable management of our total resources. This applies to financial resources, space resources and human resources alike.
The Academy shall be characterised by a diversity of practices and artistic voices that is predicated on a diversity of staff and students. We shall hence strive to reflect the diversity that exists in society.
The Academy educates its students for a life-long learning and career perspective. Our programmes shall equip the students to be able to tackle academic and mental challenges and transitions, and to have the work ethic and robustness required to participate in a wide-ranging work sector that is constantly shifting and developing.
The Academy’s aims are as follows:
Strategic collaboration shall help strengthen the academic communities at the Oslo National Academy of the Arts. Academic excellence and the renewal of education, research and public outreach all depend on robust and collective professional communities that enable both specialisation and interdisciplinary collaboration. Good professional communities are also characterised by good administrative and operational functions. The Academy is a specialised university and has a national responsibility, something that requires both administrative excellence and collaboration within the higher education sector in regard to solutions and processes.
Strategic collaboration also includes our relationship to the professional world of art and our ambition to be an active stakeholder and resource for society at large in the contexts we operate within. As a leading arts education, we have an important voice in the public sphere in cooperation with students, staff and the field of the arts.
Strategic collaboration between the academic communities, the administration and external national and international stakeholders shall thus be sought in order to stimulate a high degree of academic relevance and quality. External and external cooperation can help create a new room for manoeuvre, new synergies and additional resources for prioritised work.
The Academy’s aims are as follows:
Download pdf: English Norwegian-Bokmål Norwegian-Nynorsk
The Strategic Plan 2012–2016 builds on the Academy’s “Culture Arts and Brand Platform”, approved in autumn 2009.
Our ideas concerning our activities and values form the foundation for the strategic plan.
The letter of allocation is the annual steering document issued by the Ministry of Education and Research to Oslo National Academy of the Arts, containing guidelines for the Academy’s activities in accordance with the government-approved state budget, chapter 260.
Letter of allocation 2023 (pdf, in Norwegian)
Letter of allocation 2022 (pdf, in Norwegian)
- Supplementary letter (pdf, in Norwegian)
Letter of allocation 2021 (pdf, in Norwegian)
Letter of allocation 2020 (pdf, in Norwegian)
Language policy for Oslo National Academy of the Arts, approved by the board, 30.09.2014 (pdf)
Equality and diversity plan, approved by the board at Oslo National Academy of the Arts 14 June 2022, S-sak 29-22
Ethical Guidelines for the Oslo National Academy of the Arts. Approved at IDF and board meetings in June 2015
Forskrift om studiene ved Kunsthøgskolen i Oslo
Approved by the board at Kunsthøgskolen i Oslo 22 February 2011 according to "lov av 1. April 2005 nr. 15 om universiteter og høyskoler" (universitets- og høyskolelova) § 3-2, § 3-5, § 3-9, § 4-2, § 4-5, § 4-7, § 4-8, § 4-9, § 4-10, § 5-2 og § 5-3. (Only in Norwegian)
Midlertidig forskrift om tillegg til forskrift 22. februar 2011 nr. 371 om studiene ved Kunsthøgskolen i Oslo
Approved by the board at Kunsthøgskolen i Oslo 8 February 2022 according to "lov av 1. april 2005 nr. 15 om universiteter og høyskoler" (universitets- og høgskolelova) § 3-9. (Norwegian version)
Forskrift om graden philosophiae doctor (ph.d.) i kunstnerisk utviklingsarbeid ved Kunsthøgskolen i Oslo
Approved by the board at Kunsthøgskolen i Oslo 6 February 2018 according to "lov av 1. April 2005 nr. 15 om universiteter og høgskoler" (universitets- og høgskolelova) § 3-3. (Norwegian version)
Midlertidig forskrift om tillegg til forskrift 6. februar 2018 nr. 177 om graden philosophiae doctor (ph.d.) i kunstnerisk utviklingsarbeid ved Kunsthøgskolen i Oslo
Approved by the board at Kunsthøgskolen i Oslo 8 February 2022 according to "lov av 1. april 2005 nr. 15 om universiteter og høyskoler" (universitets- og høgskolelova) § 3-9. (Norwegian version)
Regulations Pertaining to the PhD in Artistic Research at KHiO (preliminary English translation)
On this page you will find the latest annual reports from Oslo National Academy of the Arts.
Annual Report 2020 (in Norwegian only)
Annual report 2019 (with English summary)
Annual report 2018 (with English summary)
Annual report 2016 (with English summary)
Annual report 2015 (in Norwegian only)
Annual report 2014 (in Norwegian only)
The correspondence log is a publically accessible record of the Academy’s incoming and outgoing correspondence.
Case documents from board meetings are also logged and made publically accessible, provided no exemption has been granted in accordance with the law, cf. Freedom of Information Act § 3.
Usually the correspondence log is made accessible to public scrutiny for twelve weeks. Access to older correspondence logs will be granted on request.
The correspondence logs are available on the Norwegian page.
Where access to documents is requested, the institution is required to offer guidance in accordance with the Public Administration Act § 11.
The parties to a case have a right of access to documents in accordance with the Public Administration Act § 18.
Documents are sent as email attachments in pdf format.
Where access to documents is refused, a justification for the refusal may be demanded within three weeks, cf. Freedom of Information Act § 31. The justification must be provided in writing within ten working days after receipt of the request.
Refusal of a request for access may be appealed within three weeks of receipt of the refusal, cf. Freedom of Information Ac t § 32.
All questions concerning access to documents should be directed in writing to: postmottak@khio.no
Remember to state the case number, document number and description of the document you have requested!
We encourage you to apply for vacant positions at Oslo National Academy of the Arts.
We announce vacant positions via the job-seeker portal Jobbnorge.
All applicants must register on the portal, providing their name, and uploading their CV and application. Relevant attachments such as references and qualifications can be uploaded as separate attachments (pdf).
We advise you to register on the portal several days before the application deadline. To ensure equal treatment of all applicants, only applications submitted via Jobbnorge by the application deadline will be considered.
Note that the portal closes at midnight on the date specified as a deadline!
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Click on the following links to access our logos:
There are two versions of the Academy’s design manual, a simplified version and an extended version.
The simplified version contains the main logo of Oslo National Academy of the Arts and guidelines for its use. The simplified version of the design manual can be downloaded here.
The extended version of the design manual contains, among other things, logos for various departments and sections with guidelines for their use, templates for various elements, examples of advertisements and posters, and an explanation of how to construct the Academy’s grid system for graphic layouts. Send an email to the web editor to receive a digital copy.
General questions about the academy’s design manual/visual identity should be directed to webredaktor@khio.no