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24 unusual facts about Trondheim


Arbeider-Avisa

After 45 years in Folkets Hus in Midtbyen Arbeider-Avisa moved the offices and press to a new building in Lade in 1990 under leadership of editor Bjørn Stuevold.

Arkhangelsk tramway

After it was shut down, this distinction went to the tramway in Trondheim, Norway

Bergen Steamship Company

The Hurtigruten opened in 1893 to convey passengers and cargo along the Norwegian coast, initially from Trondheim to Hammerfest, later from Bergen to Kirkenes.

Byåsen

The name Byåsen can be translated into "City Hill", which describes its elevated position, overlooking the rest of Trondheim.

Carl Gustaf Armfeldt

In 1717 Armfeldt was promoted to lieutenant general and commanded the Swedish force which on the orders of Charles XII of Sweden was sent into Norway to take Trondheim.

Crown of Norway

When Carl III Johan of Norway (Charles XIV John of Sweden) came to the throne in 1818, it was clear he would be crowned in Trondheim as prescribed by the Norwegian Constitution.

Heimaey stave church

Holtålen stave church from 1170 was used as the model for the church, this is now at Sverresborg museum in Trondheim.

International Christian Fellowship

Now it has spread to 17 other cities of Switzerland, 9 in Germany and one in London (United Kingdom), Trondheim (Norway), Prague (Czech Republic), Leiden (The Netherlands) and Rome (Italy).

Johan Nordahl Brun

Denne var en tid kjøpmann i Trondheim, før han slo seg ned som bonde på gården Høyem på Byneset, siden på Lille Ugla i Klæbu.

Johan Nordahl Brun (21 March 1745 in Trondheim—26 July 1816) was the poet, dramatist, bishop in Bergen (1804-1816), and politician who contributed significantly to the growth of National Romanticism in Norway, contributing to the growing national consciousness.

John Aae

After the war he returned as deputy mayor, advancing to the position of mayor in 1948.

Having served as a member of Strinda municipal council from 1917 to 1923, Aae was elected to Trondheim city council in 1928.

KLP Eiendom

Most of the investments are located in Oslo and Trondheim, though there are other localities in Norway too, in addition to some in Denmark and Sweden.

Leigh McCullough

McCullough was an associate clinical professor at Harvard Medical School, director of the Psychotherapy Research Program at Harvard's Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, and a visiting professor at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (Trondheim, Norway).

Mikael Heggelund Foslie

Mikael Heggelund Foslie was curator of the Royal Norwegian Scientific Society museum in Trondheim.

Nobø

NOBØ started as NOrsk BØttefabrikk(the Norwegian Bucket factory) in Lade, Trondheim, Norway 1918.

NordBEC

The first nordBEC was held in Copenhagen, from 27–31 March 2010, and the second one in Trondheim, from 16–20 April 2011

Pertra

It is based in Trondheim and was created when the oil exporation and production division of Petroleum Geo-Services was demerged in 2001.

Reitan Group

It has its headquarters at Lade Gaard at Lade in Trondheim, which is the group's cultural and financial centre.

Rindr

Óðinn’s seduction of Rindr is described once outside the Gesta Danorum, in a line of stanza 3 of Sigurðardrápa, a poem by Kormákr Ögmundarson praising Sigurðr Hlaðajarl, who ruled around Trondheim in the mid-10th century.

ScanWind

The company has its head office in Trondheim and production facilities in Verdal, both Norway, as well as engineering division in Karlstad, Sweden.

Stebbing

An outstanding feature is the stone rood screen, one of only three that survive in Europe (the others are at Great Bardfield and in Trondheim).

Throne Chairs of Norway

The other stands in Trondheim, the religious capital of Norway, where it was used in a religious context.

Trondhjems nationale Scene

Trondhjems nationale Scene was a theatre that opened in Trondhjem in 1911, and closed in 1927.


A Secular Humanist Declaration

Alastair Hannay (professor of philosophy, University of Trondheim)

Broder Knudtzon

Knudtzon was born in Trondheim in Sør-Trøndelag; he was the sixth and youngest child of Hans Carl Knudtzon (1751–1823), a merchant and burgomaster, and Karen Knudtzon (née Müller, 1752–1818).

Domitille Collardey

Lewis Trondheim, Ruppert et Mulot and Émile Bravo have made guest appearances in the project Chicou-Chicou.

Eilif W. Paulson

He was educated from the Norwegian Institute of Technology in Trondheim and was appointed Knight of the Order of St. Olav in 1958.

Fehirde

These were Oslo, Tønsberg, Bergen, Trondheim and Båhus, each under the administration of a separate fehirde.

Ferdinand Bjerke

During his period in Trondheim, he was involved in the plans for the Gråkallen Line of the Trondheim Tramway, and made the plans for the route, and sat on the board.

Graakalbanen

During the 1910s, Fjellseter, close to the peak Gråkallen, had been one of the main recreational areas for Trondheim.

HNLMS O 11

21 June 1926, O 11, together with the O 9, Maarten Harpertszoon Tromp, Jacob van Heemskerck, Z 7 and Z 8, sailed from Den Helder to the Baltic Sea to visit the port of Kiel, Göteborg and Trondheim.

HNLMS O 9

21 June 1926, O 9, together with the O 11, Maarten Harpertszoon Tromp, Jacob van Heemskerck, Z 7 and Z 8, sailed from Den Helder to the Baltic Sea to visit the port of Kiel, Göteborg and Trondheim.

Ila, Trondheim

Ila is an area of Trondheim, Norway in the western part of the city centre, Midtbyen, limited by the river Nidelva in the south, Skansen in the north and Steinberget, Bymarka and Ilsvikøra in the west.

Ivar Skjånes

Ivar Skjånes (5 March 1888, Kolvereid – 5 June 1975, Trondheim) was a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party.

Jan Egil Storholt

Storholt was born in Trondheim, but grew up in the village of Løkken nearby.

Jørgen von Cappelen Knudtzon

His father was born in Bredstedt, North Frisia (now part of the German state of Schleswig-Holstein) and had established himself as a leading businessman in Trondheim.

Kongsvoll

King Øystein erected mountain stations along the route that pilgrims followed in visiting the shrine of St. Olav in Trondheim prior to the Reformation.

Lars Onsager

These are now organized as The Lars Onsager Archive at the Gunnerus Library in Trondheim.

Lars Vatten

After serving at the Royal Norwegian Navy he became a Family Doctor at the University of Trondheim (1983–86).

Morten Skaget

Morten Skaget (born on August 12, 1960 in Trondheim, Norway), most commonly known by his former stage name Morty Black, is a bassist best known for playing with international bands like JORN, Ken Hensley, Terje Rypdal and TNT.

Network Norway

2008 saw the commercial launch of their GSM-900 network, which covers the greater Oslo area, as well as the cities of Stavanger and Trondheim.

Nidaros Cathedral Boys' Choir

But when planning the 900th anniversary of the death of St. Olav, chaplain Arne Fjellbu, later to become bishop, took the initiative to establish a new boys' choir in Trondheim.

Nidelva

According to tradition, Hoddø wrote the waltz about the Nidelva River one night in late April 1940 while he was standing at Gamle Bybro in Trondheim.

Nór

Eireks saga víðförla ('The Saga of Eirek the Traveller') also brings in Thrand as the first king to regin of Trondheim.

Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest 1986

Seven juries decided the winner: four regional juries (Oslo, Lillehammer, Trondheim and Vadsø), the studio audience in Stavanger, a jury composed of newspaper, radio and television journalists, and the inhabitants of the Statfjord A oil rig in the North Sea.

Oddny Aleksandersen

Outside of politics, she took her education here and there, in Nesna, Trondheim and Tromsø, finally taking the cand.mag. degree in 1996.

Per Arne Watle

He hails from Trondheim, and his father was involved in transport as director of Trondheim Bilruter and Trondheim Trafikkselskap.

Petri Salo

Petri Salo has visited as a guest lecturer in various universities in Finland (University of Helsinki, University of Joensuu), Scandinavia (University of Gothenburg (Gothenburg), Sweden, Norwegian University of Science and Technology Trondheim, and University of Tromsø, Tromsø, Norway), Estonia (University of Tarto), the U.S. (University of Minnesota) and Australia (Charles Sturt University, Wagga Wagga)

St. Johnstone F.C. in European football

A Frazer Wright goal in Trondheim, the home city of Rosenborg, gave the Perth club a chance of proceeding to the next round and, despite an early goal by Rosenborg in the home leg at McDiarmid Park, a Stevie May goal in front of 7,850 supporters (almost all behind the home club) was enough for St. Johnstone to earn a place in the third qualifying round against FC Minsk of Belarus.

Studentersamfundet

The Student Society in Trondheim (Studentersamfundet i Trondhjem) in Trondheim

Team Trafikk

All the bus routes in Trondheim goes via the terminal at Munkegata/Dronningens gate in the city center (except from a few workman's routes in the morning and the afternoon).

Tone Åse

After completing teacher education, she studied classical vocals at the Trondheim Musikkonservatorium and Tromsø Musikkonservatorium, and got a Masters degree on the Jazz program at Trondheim Musikkonservatorium (2007), where she is still working as an assistant professor.

Tor Olav Trøim

Trøim graduated from the Norwegian Institute of Technology, Trondheim, in 1985 with a graduate marine engineering degree.

Tore O. Sandvik

Sandvik grew up at Kolstad in Trondheim and was as a young adult County Youth Secretary in the Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions and later Vice President of ETUC Youth.

Tønsberg

The site had probably been named after two Viking Era mounds, which tradition links to two sons of King Harald I, Olaf Haraldsson Geirstadalf, who was king in Vestfold, and his half-brother, Sigrød Haraldsson, king of Trondheim.

Trondheim Toll Scheme

But part of the reason for this traffic is that Trondheim Port is located on an artificial island only accessible via the city centre and Trondheim has yet to do like most cities and move its port out of the city centre, like the London Docklands and Fjordbyen in Oslo.

Trondhjems mekaniske Værksted

When a pedestrian bridge connecting Nedre Elvehavn to the city centre of Trondheim was built in 2003, it was named Verftsbrua, meaning "the (ship)yard bridge".

Ville Larinto

He began the season with an impressive 9th place finish at Kuusamo, and got his first career podium finish one week later in Trondheim, Norway, where he finished second behind Gregor Schlierenzauer.