{"id":8543,"date":"2022-07-31T18:07:07","date_gmt":"2022-07-31T18:07:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/teknomers.com\/en\/food-budget-of-nok-500-a-week-news-nordland\/"},"modified":"2022-07-31T18:07:08","modified_gmt":"2022-07-31T18:07:08","slug":"food-budget-of-nok-500-a-week-news-nordland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/teknomers.com\/en\/food-budget-of-nok-500-a-week-news-nordland\/","title":{"rendered":"Food budget of NOK 500 a week – news Nordland"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The start of studies and school is approaching, and many are moving away from home for the first time. Not all students or school pupils take out student loans from L\u00e5nekassen to cover their expenses. One of those who is trying to make it work with a resident grant combined with a bit of work is Mathilde Mortensen (17) from Kabelv\u00e5g in Lofoten. She lives in a dormitory in Bod\u00f8, for which she pays NOK 5,500. Her non-resident grant is approximately NOK 4,600. The rest of the rent and other expenses are paid with salary from a part-time job and support from the parents. Mathilde Mortensen’s dormitory costs more than what she receives in the resident grant. Photo: Privat The mother was worried, Mathilde decided early on to spend as little money as possible on food. After much trial and error, Mortensen herself believes that she has now cracked the code. At the start of the school year, she was a vegetarian. Then she managed to reduce the food budget to NOK 400 a week. But then Mathilde’s mother became worried. – My mother said I had to spend a little more on food. Then I set myself a goal that I would stick to NOK 500 a week. It’s going very well, she says. Mathilde Mortensen wants to inspire others to cook cheap meals. Photo: Privat Now she shares her best food tips on social media to help and inspire other students. It started with a Tiktok video that went viral. The video today has 300,000 views, 30,000 likes and she went from a thousand to 8,000 followers. Here is some of the food she has shared on social media: – The goal is to show other dormitory residents that you can live on a little less money than you might think you have to, and give them inspiration to cook. – Do you know what your friends spend on food each week? – It is very different. I have a friend who spends between NOK 1,000 and 2,000 a week. There is plenty of food, drink and snuff. Not many people use what I use, but several of them come down in price. Recommends a starter pack of basic items Her best tip for saving money on food is to make a starter pack of foods such as pasta, rice and various sauces. – You will save a lot by having a freezer, says Mathilde Mortensen. Photo: Privat Her best tip is to cook for several days at a time, or freeze if you have a freezer. – Then you will save so much money instead of buying a grandiose or a ready meal, she concludes. Nutritionist Janne Kvammen recommends eating a varied diet, even on a low food budget. – The basic diet should be varied with coarse cereals, milk, fruit, vegetables, some fish, meat, eggs or legumes, she says. Is the student loan enough to cover the expenses? A place to live can vary greatly in price, from city to how many people you live with and how central you live. Prices can normally vary from NOK 3,000 to 9,000. SIFO believes that a normal consumption of food per month is approximately NOK 3,585. So the resident grant and student loan are not always enough for rent or other expenses. About student loans and living abroad grants Living abroad grants Applies to those who attend upper secondary school and have youth rights. You can receive a maximum of NOK 4,979 per month. You can only get a resident grant if you meet at least one of these requirements: Student loan All students can get a basic loan, and this is the name of what most people call student loans. The basic loan is a loan, not a grant, but up to 40 per cent of this loan can be converted into a grant if you do not live with your parents, you complete your education and your income and assets are below the limits. The base loan is NOK 126,357 spread over 11 months. Source: Lanekassen.no – The big cities have the most expensive rents, but in all cities it is possible to find something that is more affordable, says consumer economist Magne Gundersen. Magne Gundersen is a consumer economist at SpareBank 1 and is known from Luksusfellen. Photo: Photographer \u00d8rnelund AS You can search among people you know, the place of study, the student association, Samskipnaden and Finn.no to find a place to live. – If you are going to find something cheap, it is not enough to be advertised. You have to find out before it is announced, says Gundersen. He believes that students are one of the fruits of society that should live the most reasonably. – A student cannot live with average expenses such as rent, food, transport and clothes like others. Then it won’t work if you don’t have money you saved up during the summer holidays, a part-time job or parents who spit money in every month. Hi! \u270cWhat are you left with after reading this case? Feel free to send me an e-mail and tell me \ud83d\ude42 Or send me a tip about an issue that you think could hit the young people!
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