History of Trondheim

In  the "History of Trondheim, you will  read a historical overview about Trondheim's background.

According to the Catholic Encyclopedia Haaken I (c. 920-961) (Old Norse: Håkon Aåalsteinsfåstri, in Norwegian: Håkon Adalsteinsfostre) was the first Viking king who converted to Christianity by the King of England and did spread the word of God in Norway. In 997 Olaf Trygvesson, the Viking kingfounded a city and named it Nidaros after its beautiful Nid river (in Norwegian: Nidelven).He used to call this city  Kaupangen ( in English: marketplace). Obviously because of the trade inTrondheim, Norway. According to sailboat history timeline (c. 1000 - 1200 ) The Vikings built 80 feet long and 17 feet wide sailboats for war, trading and colonizing. Norse explorer Leif Eiriksson probably the first European to land in North America. The first of the great explorations in this sailboat history timeline. (source: Sailboat history timeline)

 "History of Trondheim,tells us about King Olav who built his magnificent royal
palace and church (Nidarosdomen in Trondheim).He followed what was done by the previous king and continued his religious work in Norway.

  "History of Trondheim, guides us to learn about the history of Norwegian language.
After a few years, King Sverre, (Sverre Siggurdsson [Old Norse: Sverrir Sigurdson] became the king of Norway ( 1184 – 1202). (source: William of Newburgh, History of English Affairs, Book III, chapter 6). Christianity was an excuse for him to gain more power.

Long story short, Nidaros (Trondheim) became one of the most important Christian pilgrimage cities in Northern Europe during the Middle Ages.

"History of Trondheim, indicates that many kings were born, lived a life as a hero, killed in wars or died by natural causes of death. Until Olav V(1903-1991) who was son of Prince Carl (from Denmark ) and princess Maud of the United Kingdom, became Crown prince of Norway after his father’s election as a king in 1905. He prepared himself for his royal duties and attended at both civil and military schools. Then he married beautiful Martha, Princess of Sweden. He became the chief of defense in World War II when German Nazis’ occupied  Trondheim (1940–1945 ) and built a few concentration camps in Trondheim, Norway.

“The Germans during world war II made it into a major base for submarines (DORA 1) and thought to build a new city of 300,000 inhabitants, in German:Neu-Drontheim (New Trondheim as a Germanized Scandinavia  centered 15 km (10 mi) southeast of Trondheim, and not too far from  Melhus municipality. (Source in Norwegian: Finn åldstedet, 2006,”  Hitler's drøm om Trondheim”,adresseavisa)

Trondheim remained neutral territory during  world war II.However the damages that Hitler made in Europe affected  on Trondheim as well.


Now Trondheim is in peace and embraces technological and business development aspects. Trondheim is also a refuge for the refugees and asylum seekers who seek for finding a better place to live in peace and harmony.