Fosen

The district consists of the municipalities Osen, Åfjord, Ørland, Indre Fosen, Orkland, Heim, 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 675 metres (2,215 ft) in elevation.

[citation needed] Part of the Scandinavian coastal conifer forests (Norwegian: Kystgranskog) are located in the valleys of the peninsula, and smaller areas are classified as temperate rainforest with 67 nature reserves.

The Supreme Court ruled that two wind turbine parks in Åfjord Municipality, specifically Roan and Storheia, have been built unlawfully.

[6] The Supreme Court of Norway ruled in October 2021 that the wind turbine parks violate the indigenous rights of the Sámi people,[7] as the areas form part of official seasonal reindeer herding paths.

The Fosen Conflict has resulted in civil disobedience; in 2023, Greta Thunberg and others were blocking entrances to government ministries in Oslo; the police moved them out of the way.

[12] instead the protests made a "symbolic blockade", by only blocking the main access road to the palace, so that the attendees of the March 3 government meeting - had to use one of the back entrances.

[17] On 24 November 2023, mediator Mats Wilhelm Ruland met with the reindeer owners of North Fosen;[18] which representatives of the government were supposed to take part in the meeting of.

Reactions to the Fosen conflict, include an article in Dagsavisen (October 2023), which suggested that Norway has changed radically if the Cabinet is able to decide that grand political projects, trump [decisions from] the Supreme Court.

[citation needed] During protest rallies in 2023, many demonstrators are wearing Gákti; however, those clothes are often being worn inside-out (while the Fosen conflict has been escalating since 2023's first quarter).