TRONDHEIMSFJORD

trônˈhāmˌsfyôr, inlet of the Norwegian Sea, c.80 mi (130 km) long, W central Norway. It is considered a natural boundary between N and S Norway. Trondheim is on a peninsula in the fjord. The valleys draining into the fjord comprise one of the most fertile agricultural regions of Norway.

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books on: Trondheimsfjord  - 4 results

 
 
1.
I Saw It Happen in Norway
Book by C. J. Hambro; D. Appleton & Company, 1940
Subjects: World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Norway, World War, 1939-1945--Norway
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Fiddling for Norway: Revival and Identity
Book by Chris Goertzen; University Of Chicago Press, 1997
Subjects: Fiddle Tunes--Norway--History And Criticism, Fiddling, Folk Music--Norway--History And Criticism, Music--Competitions--Norway
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Continents and Supercontinents
Book by John J. W. Rogers, M. Santosh; Oxford University Press, 2004
Subjects: Continental Drift, Continents, Earth--Crust, Plate Tectonics
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History 7-11: Developing Primary Teaching Skills
Book by Jon Nichol, Jacqui Dean; Routledge, 1997
...dictated alliance with the earls of Lade, and when this combination was effected, the allies moved steadily southward from Trondheimsfjord against the chieftains of the west coast. Some of these joined them, others fought or fled, but Haralds success was constant...


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journal articles on: Trondheimsfjord  - 1 result

 
 
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Lady Inger and Her Family: Norway's Exemplar of Mixed Motives in the Reformation
Journal article by K. E. Christopherson; Church History, Vol. 55, 1986
Subjects: Church History
...Characteristically, he took along some of Ingers and Lykkes possessions he still happened to have; and while sailing out of the Trondheimsfjord, his flotilla chief and right-hand man, nephew Christopher Trondson, stopped to plunder Austraat as they passed it. 51...


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encyclopedia articles on: Trondheimsfjord  - 5 results

 
 
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Trondheimsfjord
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
TRONDHEIMSFJORD tron ham sfyor, inlet of the Norwegian Sea, c.80 mi (130 km) long, W central Norway. It is considered a natural boundary between...
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AustrÅt
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
AUSTRAT oust rot, castle at the mouth of the Trondheimsfjord, central Norway. It was built (1611 74) by Ove Bjelke, chancellor of the kingdom. It is the setting of Henrik Ibsens historic play...
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Nord-TrØndelag
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...NORD-TRONDELAG nor-tron d lag, noor , county (1995 pop. 127,560), 8,673 sq mi (22,463 sq km), central Norway, N of the Trondheimsfjord and bordering on the Atlantic Ocean in the west. The chief towns are Steinkjer (the capital), Namsos, and Levanger. The...
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Stiklestad
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
STIKLESTAD sti kl sta , village, Nord-Trondelag co., central Norway, on the Trondheimsfjord. In a battle there in 1030, Olaf II (St. Olaf) was slain in an attempt to regain the crown of Norway. ____________________ Copyright...
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Trondheim
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
TRONDHEIM tron ham, city (1995 pop. 142,792), capital of Sor-Trondelag co., central Norway, a port on the Trondheimsfjord (an arm of the Atlantic Ocean). It is also known by its original name, Nidaros. The third largest city of Norway, it...


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