Year-round course (two semesters)
Historical handicraft
Vil du bli en tusenkunstner? Vil du prøve deg på alt fra smiing og tømring, til plantefarging og veving? Tenker du at en middelaldergård høres ut som verdens beste klasserom?
Da er Historisk Håndverk linja for deg!
Broad knowledge
På Historisk Håndverk har vi et stort spenn i teknikker og materialer. Du får innføring i mange ulike håndverk. Vi bruker i hovedsak tradisjonelle verktøy og har sans for gjenbruk og reparasjon. Du lager mye fint som du tar med deg hjem.
Linja drives i samarbeid med Stiklestad Nasjonale Kultursenter som ligger 20 minutters kjøring fra skolen, og vi har undervisning både der og i verkstedene på skolen. Verkstedene på Sund er åpne døgnet rundt, og med inspirerende klassekamerater og lærere er det gode muligheter for fine kveldsprosjekter.
At Stiklestad we sometimes spend the night in the longhouse , and get to experience what it was like to cook, live and sleep in the Viking Age. At Stiklestad we also meet other skilled museum craftsmen, such as woodcarver Kai.
Photographer: Eric Roy Brandvik-Hansen, Sofie Røssland Berrefjord and students at the course.
More about the course
Innholdet på linja kan variere litt fra år til år, etter elevenes interesser. Vi lærer av og med hverandre, og prøver oss fram. Ofte jobber vi med en teknikk ei ukes tid, før vi går videre til noe annet.
This is some of what we typically work with:
- Tanning of leather
- Make a knife, with a blade you forge yourself
- Plant dyeing
- Weaving ribbons
- Forging
- Carpentry
- Never work
- Sewing in sheepskin
- Weaving on floor looms
- Tin casting
- Needle binding
In addition to the techniques themselves, you will also learn a lot about the properties and history of the materials. We will also be out in nature collecting materials.
Lær av fellesskapet
Livet på Sund er mangfoldig. Du kommer til å oppdage og utvikle nye sider ved deg selv. Ved å utforske nye håndverk og jobbe tett sammen lærer du mye om hvordan du fungerer med andre, og du oppdager nye interesser både innenfor håndverk, men ikke minst gjennom fellesskapet og fellesfagene på skolen.
Two study trips
Vi reiser på to studieturer i året. En to-ukers tur på høsten, og en kortere tur på våren. Reisene går med tog eller bil. Turmål er ikke bestemt på forhånd, det finner vi ut av sammen ut ifra hvilke håndverk vi er nysgjerrige på, eller om det er spesielle steder vi har lyst til å besøke.
På tidligere studieturer har vi vært rundt omkring i Norge, eller vi har krysset grensa til Sverige eller Danmark. Underveis på turene møter vi kunnskapsrike folk, går på kurs i ulike håndverk og besøker spennende museer.
Her er noen glimt fra tidligere studieturer:
Historical handicraft is suitable for both those who have been tinkering with crafts for a few years already, and for those who are completely new. Perhaps you have tried your hand at knitting or crocheting, and want to learn more, or simply become a little more handy and self-reliant. As long as you are curious about learning, you will be able to enjoy yourself.
Øystein Viem is a teacher at the course , and also works as a museum craftsman and mediator at Stiklestad . He is committed and knowledgeable to the max, and an exceptionally versatile craftsman who does everything from knife making to fish skin tanning. He is also a pleasant person from Trøndelag, who has a freezer full of run-over animals for future tanning.
Kristin Bjørke is also a teacher at the course . She has worked at Sund for many years, and has herself been a student at the school. She ensures that the craft students get on well at Sundbobla. To weave is to live, says Kristin. Who is also very fond of recycling, gardening and embroidery.
- When I started at Historical handicraft I had very little experience with crafts. But I quickly learned that it didn't really matter how much prior knowledge you had as long as you wanted to learn and found it fun to work with your hands. So I would say that the most important thing I learned at Historical handicraft was not necessarily how to make all the different wonderful things we learn to make, but how fun and useful it is to be able to use our hands to utilize the nature around us.
Malin Johansen Trondsen
Historical handicraft 2021Students' annual plan Sund folk high school
The last day of school for the 2025–26 school year is Wednesday, May 13, 2026.
Sund folk high school , annual plan for the school year 2025-2026
Sund Folk High School, Annual plan – school year 2025-2026
Year-round line 2026–27
NOK 143 000,-
School fees include:
- Accommodation in a double room at Sund fhs
- All food at Sund fhs (four meals per day) - we don't charge extra for special diets, vegetarian or vegan food
- The study trip - academic program, accommodation, food and transportation are included
- Joint school trips and excursions
- Wireless internet, copying and printing for teaching
- Use of gym, training room, rehearsal room, photo studio, darkroom
- Use of washing machines and dryers
- Expenses for the vast majority of electives
- Transport in connection with training
- Administration fee at NOK 2 500,-
All lessons are free of charge.
School fees are not included:
Most of the materials we use in teaching are included. However, if you want to make something different/more/larger than what the teacher has planned, you must expect to pay for the extra equipment yourself.
- Deposit for key and use of equipment at NOK 1 300,-
- Single room supplement at NOK. 5 850,- (650 per month for 9 months)
- Pocket money for personal consumption
Loans and grants from Lånekassen
As a student on year-round programs at Sund folk high school , you are entitled to study support from the Norwegian State Educational Loan Fund (if you are a Norwegian citizen).
For the 2025–2026 school year, you as a student will receive a total of NOK 151,700 in grants and loans from the Norwegian State Loan Fund. Of this, 40%, i.e. NOK 60,680, will be converted into a grant once you have completed the school year and have it approved. If you are a student on a half-year course, you will receive half the loan amount.
Read more about loans and grants atwww.lanekassen.no.
As soon as you have a place at Sund folk high school , you can apply for grants and loans atwww.lanekassen.no.
We do not have an application deadline and you can apply throughout the year. We start admitting students from November 15, and accept students as long as there is room at the course.
Admission criteria:
- Age limit 18 years, exceptionally 18 years before the study trip
- We accept students as long as there is room on the course you apply
- We focus on motivation and interests
Application:
- Send an online application
- We'll get back to you as soon as we can
- Write a little about yourself and why you want to join Sund
- It's a good idea to apply early, even if we don't start admissions until November 15.
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What former students say
I was 26 years old when I attended Sund, I am Danish and took a break from medical school. The best thing about Sund was the people! Very nice people who attended the course, and the teachers Kristin and Øystein were of the highest caliber.
Skilled communicators and craftsmen.