Framhaldsskólinn í Austur-Skaftafellssýslu (often abbreviated FAS) is a secondary school located in Höfn, southeast Iceland. It was founded in 1987 by the Icelandic government and municipalities in

Austur-Skaftafellssýsla Iceland was historically divided into 23 counties known as ''sýslur'' (), and 23 independent towns known as ''kaupstaðir'' (). Iceland is now split up between 24 sýslumenn (magistrates) that are the highest authority over the local police ( ...

. The first 15 years, it was located in Nesjaskóli, in Nes, a nearby rural area, but was moved to a new building, Nýheimar, in 2002. The school has about 200 students, mostly locals, but distance education is also quite common. Current principal is Eyjólfur Guðmundsson.

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Gymnasiums in Iceland Education in Iceland Educational institutions established in the 20th century Educational institutions established in 1987 1987 establishments in Iceland {{Iceland-school-stub