The Olsok days at Stiklestad
24 - 29 July 2025 we invite you to a unique festival in historical surroundings.
Games, lectures, talks, exhibitions, concerts and much more form the framework for new, valuable Olsok memories."
THE PROGRAM FOR THE OLSOKS DAYS 2025 IS READY!
In a year where we mark 200 years since the first Norwegian emigrants left for the USA and the theme for the Olsok Days is BORDERS, it is a great pleasure to announce the comprehensive program for the Olsok Days 2025. A Stiklestad profile known for his social commitment and his power of communication, an Olsok artist who highlights valuable stories from society's margins, a rich podium program, and an opening concert with DDE and actors from Verdal Teaterlag are some of the things you can experience at Stiklestad from July 24-29.
Here you will meet: Ingeborg Senneset, National Center for Outsider Art, Simone Ritter, Nina Wester, Jon Arild Johansen, Jeanette Solstad Remø, Ole Marius Hylland Øystein Ekroll, Agnar Løbakk, Kjetil Utne, Roald Veimo, Gunnar Bovim, Jostein Holmen, Ingrid Storholmen, Ingjerd Veiden Brakstad, Margrethe Stang, Erik Opsahl, Peter Sigurdson Lunga, Bodil Østerås, Harald Hegstad, Herborg Finnset, Vebjørn Selbekk, Ingrid Rosendorf Joys, Lubna Jaffery, August Iversen, Beate Mordal, Olsokkoret, Ole Aastad Braaten, Tora Aasland, DDE, Verdal Teaterlag, Sigvart Dagsland, Karoline Krüger and others.
A warm welcome to meaningful meetings and new Olsok memories at Stiklestad!
Thursday 24 July
- 11:00
Viking summer
open from 11-18
The museum area250 / 225 / 0 - 16:00
Opening of the 2025 Olympic Games: BORDERS
Official opening by Ole Aastad Bråten, chairman of the Norwegian Museums Association. Concert with Beate Mordal and the Olsokkoret.
Stiklestad church240 / 210 - 18:00
Opening of the Olsok Exhibition 2025 "MULTIPLE VOICES" with the National Center for Outsider Art
Opening by Kjel Erik Killi Olsen
The Leidang galleryFree entrance - 19:00
Conversation based on the Olsok Exhibition
With the National Center for Outsider Art, Nina Wester and Jon-Arild Johansen
The auditoriumFree entrance - 21:00
Olsokro
Restaurant SkaldenFree - 22:00
Opening concert with DDE and guest soloists from Verdal Teaterlag
- 10 years after "Windsman on the Quay"
Borghården600 / 550 / 400
Friday 25 July
- 11:00
Viking summer
open 11 - 18
The museum area250 / 225 / 0 - 11:00
Guided walk with music meditation
Collaboration with the Church of Norway
Stiklestad ChurchFree - 16:00
The Stiklestad Profile 2025 Ingeborg Senneset
Limits to what you should tolerate? About community involvement and what it costs
Borghården220 / 110 - 19:00
Premiere The game about Saint Olav
by Olav Gullvåg and Paul Okkenhaug. Director: Ingrid Forthun
Gambling - 21:00
Olsokro
Restaurant SkaldenFree
Saturday 26 July
- 11:00
Viking summer
open 11 - 18
The museum areaFree this day - 12:00
Children's Olympic Day
Activities such as the children's Viking trail, concert and more
UteFree for families with children - 12:00
Guided walk with music meditation
Collaboration with the Church of Norway
Stiklestad churchFree - 13:00
Small pranks
Open play church for children 0-5 years old. Arr The Norwegian Church
Stiklestad ChurchFree - 14:00
Transnational identity and human rights
with Jeanette Solstad Remø
The auditorium210 / 190 / 110 - 16:00
Culture, preparedness and nationalism
Borders and border crossings
The auditorium210 / 190 - 19:00
The Saint Olav drama
by Olav Gullvåg and Paul Okkenhaug. Director: Ingrid Forthun
Gambling - 21:00
Olsokro
Restaurant Skalden - 22:00
Verdal Teaterlag's "Visekveld"
Borghården350
Sunday 27 July
- 11:00
Viking summer
Open 11 - 18
The museum area250 / 225 / 0 - 11:00
Swedish-Norwegian service
Arr. The Norwegian Church
The oil well in SulFree - 14:00
The limitless king?
Traces of Olav at home and abroad
The auditorium210 / 190 - 16:00
HUNT.
Stories from a groundbreaking health study
The auditorium210 / 190 - 19:00
The Saint Olav drama
by Olav Gullvåg and Paul Okkenhaug. Director: Ingrid Forthun
Gambling - 21:00
Olsokro
Restaurant SkaldenFree
Monday, July 28
- 11:00
Viking summer
Open 11-18
The museum area250 / 225 / 0 - 14:00
Limits to Norwegianness?
Norskjød life and society in the post-war period
The auditorium210 / 190 - 16:00
Empire formation and power in the Middle Ages
The auditorium210 / 190 - 18:00
Norseism and Christianity:
On the role of the church for Norwegian identity in a society with diverse beliefs
The auditoriumFree - 21:00
Olsokro
Restaurant SkaldenFree - 22:00
Olavsvake
With Karoline Krüger & Sigvart Dagsland
Stiklestad church410 / 380
Tuesday 29 July
- 11:00
Viking summer
open 11-18
The museum area250 / 225 / 0 - 11:00
Olsok fair
Scar: The Norwegian Church
Stiklestad church - 13:00
Olsok High Fair
Scar: The Norwegian Church
Stiklesta vaporiet - 15:00
Olsok conversation 2025
A battle over values? When Christianity is used as a tool for authoritarianism
Stiklestad church210 / 190 / 110 - 16:00
All-song with the Olsok Choir
In front of the Cultural CenterFree - 17:00
We light the Olsok bonfire 2025
In front of the Cultural CenterFree - 18:00
On the church porch
Mini concert. Arr The Norwegian Church
Verdalsøra chapelFree - 19:00
The Saint Olav drama
by Olav Gullvåg and Paul Okkenhaug. Director: Ingrid Forthun
Stiklesta vaporiet - 21:00
Olsokro
Beer & hymns
Restaurant SkaldenFree
