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Jotunveien

All SSN dorms in Jotunveien will be discontinued from May 1, 2025, and will therefore not be available for booking from this date. At Jotunveien in Porsgrunn, there are 80 furnished single units where two students share a bathroom and kitchen. The accommodation is only a short distance from USN Campus Porsgrunn (1.2 km).

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Welfare host for residents

Contact information for your welfare host is found on My page.

About the buildings:

  • The residential area is made up of ten houses with eight single units in each house, where two residents share a bathroom and kitchen.
  • The buildings were built in 1989 and 1992. All single units and indoor common areas are non-smoking.

See and apply for the dorms in Jotunveien here.

Practical information about Jotunveien:

There are no lifts in the buildings. 

The student accommodation is located in Hovenga, only 1.2 km from USN Campus Porsgrunn and walking distance from the nearest supermarket and several other stores. The area is quiet and peaceful. Read more about Campus Porsgrunn and location at USN.

Each building is surrounded by large gardens. 

The buildings have shared spacious parking for free use by residents. 

There are shared laundry rooms on the first floor of each building, with free use of washing machine and tumble drier for residents.

Two students share one storage room in each doublet. Each house has a shared storage room / bicycle shed. 

Waste station by the parking lot. Waste shall be sorted into green and black containers. Remember to recycle!

See Renovasjon i Grenland's sorting guide on what goes where (PDF).

Cable in router

Internet via cable


A router from SSN has been placed in your apartment. To use a wired connection, you must connect the device you wish to use through this.

We recommend that you use network cables of the standard cat5e or newer.

Priv-ssid: Private wireless network

Private WiFi

SSID and password for your personal wireless network can be found under the internet tab on My page.

SSN external

This wireless network is reserved for tenants who do not have an account to use eduroam. If you are not a student or employee at USN you will find the password under the Internet tab on my page.

WiFi: Eduroam

This is the same wireless network that you will find on campus (in addition to a number of other locations). To log in to eduroam, you must use your student account ([email protected] + password). You obtain your student account from the university at the start of studies. More information about student accounts can be found on the USN website.


Eduroam uses wpa-enterprise for authentication. This means you need both a username and password to log in. Many devices such as smart TV, Chromecast, Apple TV and gaming consoles do not support this and therefore cannot be used on Eduroam.

WiFi public areas

These wireless networks are also available in public areas (kitchen/lounge/hallway).

Physical key retrieved from the SSN campus office

You will receive a physical key, which you must pick up at SSN's campus office. The key is ready from 1 pm on the day your contract starts.



Subject to errors in inventory. In addition, some inventory may apply to common areas and not the individual unit.

All keys and key cards must be delivered by 10 am on the last day of the contract.

The housing unit must be ready for handover (emptied, cleared and cleaned).

You can either deliver the key in the service office or in one of our dropboxes.

Read more about returning the key and find location for dropbox on your campus here.

Documents

Floorplan Porsgrunn, Jotunveien, groundfloor pdf Floorplan Porsgrunn, Jotunveien, 1st. floor pdf

Want to live here?

We have several types of housing available in Porsgrunn. See photos of the apartments and dorms in our housing selector and choose your favorites before going to the application.

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