Fosen Folkehøgskole

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In short

Fosen Folkehøgskole is a folk high school in Rissa focused on crafts, self-sufficiency and ecology, with its own wooden boat workshop, forest and organic farm; it has places for 70 students aged 18 and over. Its Textiles, Sewing and Traditional Crafts line teaches sewing and mending clothes, weaving on band and floor looms, tanning sheepskins, plant dyeing of wool, willow basketry and simple woodwork. The Boat Building line teaches the traditional craft of building a clinker-built wooden boat, from selecting and felling timber to launching and sailing it.

Where

Rissa, Norway

Crafts

Weaving and textiles · Yachts and boats

Website

fosen.fhs.no

Email

kontor@fosen.fhs.no

Source

School website · checked on 25/10/2026

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