Hartvig Nissens skole is a secondary school at Niels Juels gate 56 in Frogner, on Oslo's west side. The school was founded in 1849 by educator Hartvig Nissen as one of Norway's first modern schools. The current building was designed by his son, architect Henrik Nissen, and completed in 1897.
The school became internationally famous as the setting for SKAM, the NRK series that aired from 2015 to 2017. The show followed a group of students at Nissen through four seasons, each focusing on a different character. It became NRK's biggest production ever, was remade in several countries, and turned the school into a destination for fans from around the world. A guided SKAM walking tour still runs in the neighbourhood.
Nissen has a long list of notable alumni beyond SKAM. Among them are Nobel Peace Prize winners Fridtjof Nansen and Christian Lous Lange, author Sigrid Undset, resistance hero Gunnar Sønsteby, and Crown Princess Mette-Marit. It is a working school, so you cannot go inside, but the building and the streets around it are easy to visit.
The school became internationally famous as the setting for SKAM, the NRK series that aired from 2015 to 2017. The show followed a group of students at Nissen through four seasons, each focusing on a different character. It became NRK's biggest production ever, was remade in several countries, and turned the school into a destination for fans from around the world. A guided SKAM walking tour still runs in the neighbourhood.
Nissen has a long list of notable alumni beyond SKAM. Among them are Nobel Peace Prize winners Fridtjof Nansen and Christian Lous Lange, author Sigrid Undset, resistance hero Gunnar Sønsteby, and Crown Princess Mette-Marit. It is a working school, so you cannot go inside, but the building and the streets around it are easy to visit.