🩵 One step closer to becoming the best student city in the Nordics! 🩵
A week ago, Trondheim’s city council decided to grant tax relief to nonprofit organizations that provide student housing—specifically, an exemption from property tax. This brings Trondheim in line with the other major student cities in Norway, where the student welfare organizations already enjoy similar exemptions.

The student welfare organizations’ surplus and investments serve one purpose: to go directly back to the students. They can therefore be understood as the students’ own cooperative, where all profits belong to the community. This exemption frees up 5.5 million kroner annually, which can be directed where student needs are greatest. This includes measures that support students’ mental health and everyday life at a time when more and more are experiencing financial and psychological strain.

At the Student Welfare Parliament, we see that Sit takes its social responsibility seriously, and we are pleased that Trondheim municipality is now making it easier for the welfare organization to do its work. It is precisely decisions like this that make students feel seen, heard, and prioritized in our city. We now hope that national authorities will follow up with measures that give student welfare more predictable conditions. We also hope that Ålesund municipality will step up and take its share of the responsibility.

We want to thank Trondheim municipality for their contribution to making Trondheim the best student city in the Nordics—especially after last year’s bitter second place… Let’s use this as motivation to continue strengthening student welfare, together.