Trøndertun folkehøgskole is a "frilynt folkehøgskole" (not Christian) in Gimse in the village of Melhus in

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county,

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. The school annually welcomes about 150 students and is owned by "Gauldal Høgskulelag".

Gunnar Andreas Berg Gunnar Andreas Berg (born 14 January 1954) is a Norwegian musician, educator, owner of the record label "Bergland Productions". He is known from cooperations with musicians like Palle Mikkelborg, Ole Edvard Antonsen, Bjørn Alterhaug, Siri Gjær ...

is teacher of guitar,

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teacher of jazz and former Trøndertun student

Hans Magnus Ryan Hans Magnus Ryan, alias "Snah", (born 31 December 1969 in Trondheim, Norway) is a Norwegian rock musician (guitar & vocals), known as front figure of the band Motorpsycho. Career In 1989 Ryan and bassist Bent Sæther together with drummer ...

(Snah) from

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is a guest teacher at the school. Other teachers at the school are professionally strong with experience as performing artists. (in Norwegian)

Main subjects of this school are

*Dance *Vocals *Sound Engineering *Jazz *Rock *Guitar

Alumni

*1983-84: Kåre Kolve - saxophone (

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) *1991-92:

Ståle Storløkken Ståle Storløkken (born 22 February 1969 in Dombås, Norway) is a Norwegian jazz musician (keyboards, organ and piano) and composer, known for collaborations with artists like Terje Rypdal, BigBang, Supersilent and Motorpsycho. Store Norske ...

- keyboards (

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) *1988-89: Lars Håvard Haugen - guitar (

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) *1991-92:

- guitar (

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) *1991-92: Håkon Gebhardt - drums (

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) *1997-98:

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- bass guitar ( Skotselv) *1997-98:

Torstein Lofthus Torstein Lofthus (born 10 March 1977) is a Norway, Norwegian drummer and composer who has been a member of the bands Shining (Norwegian band), Shining, Elephant9, the Mathias Eick Band, D'Sound, and Ebersson/Zanussi/Lofthus. He is married to Hege ...

- drums (

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) *1999-00:

Siri Wålberg Siri Wålberg (born 17 October 1980 in Oppegård, Norway) is a Norwegian musical artist performing as Sissy Wish. Career Wålberg studied music at Trøndertun Folk High School (1999/2000). In 2003 she won the NRK Urørt competition at by:Larm ...

- vocals (

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) *2001-02: Isak Strand - drums & electronics (

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) *2006-07: Henrik B. Michelsen - sound engineering (Bergen) *2007-08: Jonas Alaska - vocal & guitar (

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)

References

External links

Trøndertun folkehøgskole
{{DEFAULTSORT:Trondertun Folk High School Folk high schools in Norway Melhus