The Minister for Research, Education and Digitalisation approved 44 new higher education programmes and programme offerings across Denmark. The approvals include new STEM, IT and flexible master’s routes connected to labour-market demand.
Denmark published the regulation and guidance for the first implementation of the new National Skills Tests in the folkeskole. All public schools are to conduct the tests for the first time after the summer holidays.
The Directorate for Education and Training listed a new vocational cross-path from VG1 Craft, Design and Product Development to VG2 Wood Technology in Building and Construction. The pathway applies from 1 August 2026.
Norway amended kindergarten law rules for private family kindergartens and introduced a new exception allowing first-grade pupils in approved private schools to receive instruction in a kindergarten setting when this matches the school’s approved curriculum. The changes entered into force on 19 June 2026.
Norway announced an updated mathematics curriculum for grades 1–10, with implementation from the start of the 2026 autumn school term. The update gives greater emphasis to core numeracy, clearer competence aims, and more precise progression across primary and lower-secondary education.
The Norwegian Parliament approved a legal change requiring schools to share necessary information when a student changes school if the information is needed to protect the school environment or staff working environment. The measure is aimed especially at cases involving violence history or serious conflicts.
Norway amended the curriculum framework and subject curricula for grades 1–4 to state that digital-device use must be especially cautious and must not dominate teaching. The changes take effect on 1 August 2026.
Norway adopted regulation changes so that visits to the school health service no longer count as absence from education. The change applies in both compulsory and upper-secondary education from 1 August 2026.
Norway made 12 hours of free school-age childcare, known as SFO, a statutory right for pupils in grades 1–3. The right applies from 1 August 2026.
Norway expanded county authorities’ duty to admit applicants to upper-secondary education after normal deadlines in special welfare-related situations. The change covers moves to or from child-welfare measures and return after involuntary stays abroad.