Rissa may refer to: Animals Rissa (bird), genus of birds known as kittiwakes Rissa brevirostris, also known as the red-legged kittiwake Rissa tridactyla, also known as the black-legged kittiwake People Rissa (artist) (born 1938), German artist and wife of Karl Otto Götz Places Rissa, Norway, a former municipality in the old Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway Rissa, also known as Årnset, a village in Indre Fosen municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway Rissa Church, a church in Leira in Indre Fosen municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway Other , a Finnish merchant ship in service 1955-61 Rissa IL, a Norwegian sports club from Rissa, Norway