Five eras. One schoolhouse.

In December 1912 the building committee was elected: Halvor Sørbye, Per Strandvold and Hans Buflod. In July 1913 a cost estimate of NOK 9,000 was granted by the parish treasury.

The building was raised in timber, two stories tall, with two classrooms, a carpentry room and a caretaker's apartment. In February 1915 Øverbygda skole stood newly built.

In its first year the school had 51 pupils across seven year groups. They came from both sides of the Trysil river - Buflodgrenda and Øverbygda to the east, Mørsøybakken, Løvåsen and Strandbygda to the west.

One of the earliest classes, 1917/1918, included the poet Halldis Moren Vesaas.

The Holt family also took care of heating and cleaning. Holt himself had lost his right arm and the thumb of his left hand in a military accident, but was remembered as a fair and upright senior teacher right up to 1960.

At recess the children went on kick-sled trips to Buflodgrenda, sledded down the slope onto the river ice, or ski-jumped across Flendalsvegen.

Pupils had to bring their own workbenches and pay for materials - timber, screws, nails, sandpaper. They also had to work six days for the school. Over time the school built up sturdy workbenches, a band saw and tool cabinets.

The school year started in October and lasted 26 weeks. Each year a compulsory exhibition showed off the students' work: kitchen furniture, dressers, armchairs, sofas, coffee tables.

Around 200 Trysil residents received their carpentry foundation here before the school closed in 1948 and woodwork moved to the continuation school in Nybergsund. Trygve Elgshøen from Flendalen, one of the first pupils, became a carpentry teacher himself and later wrote about the school in Årbok for Trysil 1987.

Subjects were arithmetic, bible history, history, geography, Norwegian, natural science, handicraft and woodwork. The day began with songs from Mads Berg's songbook. The woodwork teacher Gunnar Sunnmark drove between schools in a truck loaded with workbenches, tools and materials.

In 1952 a bathroom with sauna, showers and toilets was installed in the basement. The children bathed once a week in the last lesson on Friday or Saturday - no one had a bathroom at home. On Friday and Saturday evenings the public bath opened to everyone.

Christmas parties for the school district were the highlight of the year: open sandwiches and cocoa, raffles, and the children running the entertainment - magic tricks, poetry. At the end came games, the walk around the Christmas tree to a pump organ, and a visit from Father Christmas. Amund Buflod and Vebjørn Strandvold provided the music - later joined by Jorun Kvarnstrøm.

The building stood empty for a few years. In December 1970 Trysil municipal council resolved to convert it into 4 apartments, with a budget of NOK 80,000. In November 1971 an additional NOK 40,000 was granted - for new sewers and septic tank, new water lines, floors raised because of rot, new kitchen units, wardrobes and the restoration of the hall, cellar and outbuilding.

From then on, the building has served as apartments.

On 16 January 2019 Cato Haugen bought Øverbygda skole from Trysil municipality. The house, the apartments and the grounds have been restored: the property is fenced - the fence is a copy of Gulskogen Manor in Drammen - the façade is lit, the driveway has been moved, and the garden, outdoor areas and terraces have been rebuilt. All 4 apartments, 62–76 m², have been restored floor to ceiling.