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The Faroese Folk High School
The Faroese Folk High School is an artistic and cultural center for young people and adults from all over the world. We offer courses in visual arts, performing arts, culture, and language – combined with excursions into nature and experiences of Faroese culture. You become part of a community where you develop your creative skills and discover your artistic voice. Everyone is welcome – regardless of experience.
About the school
The long autumn course has the following subjects:
Performing arts, with a focus on proces work. This means, that you will work on voice, presence, physical awareness and self confidence. What you learn can be useful both if you attend to study performing arts and if you want to be better at oral exams, at giving a speech, at doing politics, and tyo have fun.
Visual arts, with a focus on basic techniques in drawing, painting, lino, ceramics and glass, as well as doing some big works together, like street art, wall paintings and installations.
Nature and Culture, we do a few longer excursions around the Faroe Islands, but also visit natural sites, artists and crafts people, and social institutions.
The weekend courses are announced every year in December.
Our core subjects
Dancing
Preparation for Performing Arts Education
Acting
Preparation for admission to Art education
Art
Painting
Drawing
Nature and Environment
Society
Courses and topics
The Spring course is from March 10th, 2026, to June 2nd, 2026.
The Autumn course is from August 18th, 2026, to January 31st, 2027.
The weekend courses are announced in December each year on our homepage, haskulin.fo.
Practical information
Our school is small, we accept max 25 students per course.
Students who are not residents in the Faroes must be over 18 at the beginning of the course.
You apply on our homepage haskulin.fo. If you are from a country outside the Nordic region, please make sure to start your visa appication in good time, it often takes 3 months or more.
Contact information:
Háskúlavegur 14,100 Tórshavn, Færøerne
Tel: +298 311743 (kl 10 - 14)
email: haskulin@haskulin.fo
www.haskulin.fo
Catalogs
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School Type
General and Grundtvigian Schools
Prices
Tuition fee 3950 DKK a month for 6 months. This covers food and lodgeing, tuition, materials and excursions - you only need pocket money.
About accommodation
Accomodations: 25
The school has 19 bedrooms and there are shared bahtrooms.
Travels
Find flights on www.atlantic.fo. You can order a shuttle or take a bus from the airport to Torshavn
Travelling by boat: https://www.smyril-line.com/
Iif you travel from a country outside Europe, you will need a transit visa as well as a student visa.