Fosen

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Fosen is a traditional district in Trøndelag, consisting of the municipalities Osen, Roan, Åfjord, Bjugn, Ørland, Rissa, Agdenes, Snillfjord, Hemne, Hitra and Frøya. The district is dominated by forested valleys, lakes, coastal cliffs but also shallow areas, and in the interior mountains reaching up to 700 m elevation. The western coast has many skerries and some islands, such as Stokkøya in Åfjord. There are some good salmon rivers, and sea eagles and other sea birds are very common along the coast, notably on the shallow area near Ørland (Grandefjæra). The west coast have mild winters, and some locations (just west of the mountains) receive on average more than 2,000 mm precipitation/year. The southern part of the Scandinavian coastal conifer forests (No: Kystgranskog), a conifer rainforest, is located in lowland areas on the peninsula; although much of the original forest is gone, some areas remain.

Opphaug; Ørland is the only area dominated by flat lowland on the peninsula

Fosen also has a folkehøgskole (folk high school), Fosen Folkehøgskole. It teaches unusual subjects such as sailing and building traditional Norwegian boats (close to Viking ships), organic agriculture, traditional Norwegian arts and crafts, nature life, etc. Read more about this at http://www.fosen.fhs.no/