E-sport opens up to the whole country

Tiller videregående skole, in Trondheim, is the first school in Norway to offer an e-sport programme with national recruitment. For the first time this year, students from across the country have been able to apply for this highly sought-after course (NRK Trøndelag / Trondheim).

Håkon Nørdsti Østereng, 18, from Alvdal, is in his final year on the programme. "I actually had little hope of being admitted, because I came from another fylke," he tells NRK Trøndelag. Three years earlier, when he wanted to start, the programme was not open to students from another county.

The young man's interest in video games began at the age of four, with games on his phone. In middle school, he took up Counter-Strike, and it was then that he decided to devote himself to e-sport. When it came to choosing his upper secondary school, he needed one that allowed him to combine this practice with a regular school curriculum (NRK Trøndelag / Trondheim).