Start Educations Restaurant Hostel For participants For companies School Apply now! # The history of the school The school has a long history and was founded as early as 1939. On November 1, 1939, the folk high school began its activities with a winter course for about thirty students. The idea to start a school was something that Ernst Lundbäck and Adrian Wennström joked about during their studies. Then none of them knew that the joke would come true. Adrian Wennström became pastor of Kalix Missionary Church, where his father previously worked. He was also involved in Norrbotten's Christian youth union, which later led to them acquiring a course yard where they primarily planned to run shorter courses for unemployed young people. The opportunities for jobs and studies were severely limited and therefore the focus was on vocational education of various kinds. The activities at the youth center started in the summer of 1938 with a Bible school for young people, children's colonies and holiday weeks for housewives. A little later, a maid's course and a seamstress' course started, which a few years later was followed by a trade course. Due to a number of crises in the industry in the immediate area, a strong vision for Adrian Wennström was to create vocational courses for many young people who have not succeeded in entering the labor market. With these courses, the mission association saw the opportunity to expand the course activities to a folk high school. The Folk High School was thus inaugurated on November 1, 1939. Ever since then, the school has developed with new courses towards general courses and special courses where the goal has always been to raise the level of education and training and that the educations should be in line with society, and especially the local society, needs. Kalix Folk High School has been and is a strong educational center and is still today where lecturers have come from all over the world to spread knowledge in different areas. The school has historically, as well as today, been at the forefront of many new educations in the media, social as well as creative educations. The school's vision is “FUTURE” and since the future is changeable, the school must be a flexible educational actor that is in time! Last on the blog Are you our new boss? One week free from violence in 2021 Finally YOGA TEACHER training in the north! Kalix Folk High School Näsbyvägen 16 952 62 KALIX info@kalixfolkhogskola.se 0923-666 10 [Admin] © 2021 Kalix Folk High School - WordPress Theme by Kadence WP