ULU of Norway

Team

Das Team hinter ULU of Norway und den aktuellen Kursen.

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  Roni Öhman

  Instructor

  Roni grew up in the Finnish forest and have a strong passion for primitive living. For more than 15 years he has joined different wilderness-schools and projects to learn and practice skills that you need to live a life in nature. Roni has been a teacher in “Guardian-training”, “Naturliv-courses” and “Primitive tanning”. Roni is a positive man with thousands of visions and tons of love. He has a great impact on youth and children and enjoy playing and challenge them. With his calmness and self-confidence, he goes for the responsibility and master the father-ship of 5 children. His strongest passion is to run a primitive school for children and youth where they can play free and learn from nature. Roni is a skilled tanner and craftsman, and together with Sofie he run the company “ULU of Norway». His dream is to live a balanced life in wilderness with his family and a clan.

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  Sofie Kleppe

  Instructor

  Is a positive woman full of energy and adventures. She finds her inner-peace and connection to Mother Earth by skiing high mountains, swim in cold water and absorb the light from the low sun. She`s a mother of 5 children and love to play with kids an teach them everything that they would need to live a life in nature and in the circle around the fire. Sofie has more than 25 years’ experience with traditional tanning of hides and making of clothes and gear in skin and leather. Since 2006 she has run courses in tanning and sewing in Finland and Norway, and she has a Master on tanning with traditional methods. She is inspired by clothes and gears from indigenous people around the whole world. Especially she admires the beautiful craftmanship of Inuit’s and their unique skills to make clothes and garment that keep warm and dry in arctic weather. It is of great importance to her to save the knowledge and art of cloth-making and tanning for future generations, and she spend time to learn more from old people. Together with her husband Roni they run the company “ULU of Norway” and make natural tanned and chemical-free outdoor clothes that fit modern people. Together they offer courses in tanning, leather-work and primitive living.