[skinkestek]

Both these (sløyd /woodworking, heimekunnskap/cooking and home economics) were mandatory for everyone in Norway back in the nineties(although to be fair shop time was limited to wood, we weren't allowed to use metal lathes etc anymore), as was sewing (both with hand and machines).

I'm still thankful because of all the stuff I can relatively easy cook, fix or make thanks to those few hours in school.

(I'd also say they made for extremely welcome breaks between boring stuff in other subjects and being bullied during breaks.)

[theshrike79]

Still mandatory in Finland.

They have "soft materials" (fabric, sewing, knitting) and "hard materials" (wood, metal working, 3d-printing etc).

In upper classes they have cooking and more of the same.