Vennesla Upper Secondary School

Malene Bue at Vennesla Upper Secondary School in Vest-Agder, won the Holberg Prize School Project in 2012. Langhaugen Upper Secondary School came on second place, while Oslo Commerce School came third.

First place to Vennesla Upper Secondary School

The project "My family during the industrial revolution" (Min familie under den industrielle revolusjon) illustrates how a family was affected by the industrialization of the shipping industry at the end of the 19th Century, regarding the transition from sailing ships to steam ships. Steam ships created economic problems for the family, at the same time as the transition also had positive aspects, such as more access to food and health improvements. The primary data sources are an intricate collection of 1.st mate Peder Bendix Olsen's letters to his wife Henriette.  

Second place to Langhaugen Upper Secondary School

The second place went to Asgeir Barlaup, Sunniva Strømskog og Hilde Råen from Langhaugen Upper Secondary School. They receive the prize for their project "Digitizing the school" (Digitaliseringen av skolen). This is a research rapport about students' experiences and attitudes of the digitizing of the school, based on data from Nordahl Grieg Upper Secondary School.

Third place to Oslo Commerce School

The third place goes to Vilde Bauer Andreassen, Francis Taylor, Magnus Hagem and Magnus Sollie Gjerdalen from Oslo Commerce School. They get the prize based on their research project "Sibling relationship and Downs Syndrom" (Søskenforhold og Downs Syndrom). The projects' theme is about sibling relationships in a family where one of the children have Downs Syndrome. Their main goal was to illuminate a matter that few of the students knew about, but still found interesting.