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Levanger Church

Levanger is a municipality and town in the county of Nord-Trøndelag, Norway. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (2112x2816, 1291 KB) The church in Levanger, Norway. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (2112x2816, 1291 KB) The church in Levanger, Norway. ... Norway is divided into 19 administrative regions, called counties (fylker, singular - fylke), and 431 municipalities/communes (kommuner). ... Norway is divided into 19 administrative regions, called counties (fylker, singular - fylke, Nynorsk: singular and plural fylke; until 1918 known as singular and plural- amt), and 433 municipalities (kommuner - Nynorsk: kommunar). ... County NO-17 Region Trøndelag Administrative centre Steinkjer County mayor Inger Lise Gjørv Area  - Total  - Percentage Ranked 6 22,412 km² 6. ...

Levanger is a member of Cittaslow, the Italian initiative for slow towns. Cittaslow, (literally slow town, but rendered into English as Slow City) is a movement founded in Italy in October of 1999. ...

The world's largest paper-producing company, Norske Skog, built its first ever factory in Skogn in the vicinity of Levanger. This factory started production in 1966, is working today, and it provides 530 jobs at the plant, and an additional 1,900 jobs in transportation and forestry. Norske Skogindustrier ASA or Norske Skog, (OSE: NSG) which translates as Norwegian Forest Industries, is a Norwegian pulp and paper company based in Oslo, Norway and etablished in 1962. ...

Most of the city's commercial area is concentrated around the main street, called Kirkegata (The Church Street). This street runs throughout the city centre, and ends at the city borders with roads connecting to the E6 at both ends. E6 is the designation for the main north-south road in Norway (and the west coast of Sweden), running from the southern tip of Sweden (Trelleborg), into Norway and through almost all of the country north to Finnmark. ...

The town is situated on the Nordlandsbanen railway line, and is served by Levanger Station. Nordlandsbanen is a railway line in Norway between Hell and Bodø. With a length of 694 kilometers, it is the longest line in the Norwegian railway system, and the only Norwegian line to cross the Arctic circle. ... Levanger Station is a railway station located in the town of Levanger, Norway and is located on the railway line Nordlandsbanen. ...

A ferry regularly runs between the town and the island of Ytterøy in the Trondheimsfjord. Ytterøy Church Ytterøy is an island in the Trondheimsfjord, Norway. ... Map of the Trondheimsfjord. ...

The name

The municipality (originally the parish) is named after the farm Levanger (Norse Lifangr), since the first church was built there. The first element is probably an old rivername (now Levangerelva), the last element is angr m 'fjord'. Norse is an adjective relating things to Denmark, Norway, Iceland and Sweden. ...

Coat-of-arms

The coat-of-arms is from modern times (1960), and was originally the crest of just the city. It shows a horse, reminding of the market place traditions.

Description: Gules; A horse, statant, or.

History

The area now known as the municipality of Levanger was in the middle ages part of the county of Skeyna, except the parish of Åsen, belonging to the county of Strinda. The county of Skeyna was ruled by a long list of earls, who resided at the manor Geite on a hill nearby the present city. The county was divided into six parishes, Ekne, Alstadhaug, Levanger, Frol, Ytterøy and Leksvik. Alstadhaug served as Capital church of the county, and also housed the Fylking. Levanger was the central port and marketplace of Skeyna. Ã…sen is a former municipality in Nord-Trøndelag county, Norway. ... Strinda is a former municipality in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. ... Frol is a former municipality in Nord-Trøndelag county, Norway. ... Ytterøy Church Ytterøy is an island in the Trondheimsfjord, Norway. ... County Nord-Trøndelag District Municipality NO-1718 Administrative centre Leksvik Mayor (2004) {{{governor}}} Official language form Neutral Area  - Total  - Land  - Percentage Ranked 230 430 km² 400 km² 0. ...

Little is known about the earls of Skeyna, because only a very few fragments exist that tells of their existence. The reformation and Danish occupation of Norway in 1537 caused a great disintegration of the Norwegian nobility, and so the last earl of Skeyna was probably executed during the reformation. The new Danish regime decided to unite the county of Skeyna with the four other Innherad counties, into the county of Steinvikholm. Events January 6 - Alessandro de Medici assassinated August 25 - The Honourable Artillery Company, the oldest surviving regiment in the British Army, and the second most senior, was formed. ... Innherred is a landscape in the centre part of Norway, consisting of the municipalities Levanger, Steinkjer, Verdal, Inderøy and Verran. ...

Later the Levanger area was going to be parts of both Trondhjems amt county, Nordre Trondhjems amt and finally Nord-Trøndelag county. In 1837, the municipalities of Åsen, Skogn and Ytterøy was established, and, together with The City of Levanger and The Levanger-Borough of Levanger, made the area now being the municipality of Levanger. County NO-17 Region Trøndelag Administrative centre Steinkjer County mayor Inger Lise Gjørv Area  - Total  - Percentage Ranked 6 22,412 km² 6. ... Queen Victoria, Queen of the United Kingdom (1837 - 1901) 1837 (MDCCCXXXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... Ã…sen is a former municipality in Nord-Trøndelag county, Norway. ... Skogn is a former municipality in Nord-Trøndelag county, Norway. ... Ytterøy Church Ytterøy is an island in the Trondheimsfjord, Norway. ...

The City of Levanger was founded by king Carl III 18th of may 1836. The city was founded in the small, existing village of Levanger in Skogn that had expanded from the traditional winter-fair, known as the "marsimartnan" or The St. Marcus Market of Levanger that probably dates back to the 13th century. King Charles XIV of Sweden, Charles III of Norway, or domestically Carl XIV Johan and Carl III Johan respectively, Jean Baptiste Jules Bernadotte (January 26, 1763 - March 8, 1844) was born at Pau, France, the son of Henri Bernadotte (1711-1780), procurator at Pau, and Jeanne St. ... Year 1836 (MDCCCXXXVI) was a leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian Calendar (or a leap year starting on Wednesday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... (12th century - 13th century - 14th century - other centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 13th century was that century which lasted from 1201 to 1300. ...

In October 1836, as the city lines were set it was proposed by commissionaire Mons Lie that "The city shall bear the name of Carlslevanger, so the name of this ancient soil can be united with that of the new city's glorious founder". Year 1836 (MDCCCXXXVI) was a leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian Calendar (or a leap year starting on Wednesday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ...

Though the sovereign refused his suggestion, the city protocols said "Carlslevanger Stad" instead of "Kjøpstaden Levanger" until 1838. The inhabitants of Levanger were not prepared at becoming a city, and so it took a long time before the city was constituted. In these early days the city was ruled by the Foged (Royal rural administrator).

At that time there were already established a trade organization,"Levangerpatrisiatet" from 1695, based on the market. But only citizens of Trondheim could be members, until Levanger became a city in its own right. In 1839 the first guild of the city was established, and in the following years several new trade - and craftsmen settled in the city. Jan. ... County Sør-Trøndelag District Municipality NO-1601 Administrative centre Trondheim Mayor (2005) Rita Ottervik (AP) Official language form Neutral Area  - Total  - Land  - Percentage Ranked 258 342 km² 322 km² 0. ... 1839 (MDCCCXXXIX) was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ...

In 1841 the first official elections were held, and Hans Nicolai Grønn was elected the first mayor of the city. Two years later the city got its first water pipe system, its first two primitive street lamps and a city hall. 1841 is a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ...

The fire-security report of 1844 clearly confirmed the great risk of disastrous fire in the city's narrow lanes; all houses were wooden houses. Therefore the mayor hired major Johannes Sejersted to make a general report and draw up a new regulation plan, showing levanger as a more "continental" town.

And already in 1846 , two years later the city was nearly totally ruined by a great fire. Sejersteds regulation plan was used when the city was rebuilt. Levanger has been damaged by two great fires after that time; in 1877 and 1897, but each time the city has been rebuilt as a wooden city, and still today most houses are wooden houses. 1846 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... 1877 (MDCCCLXXVII) was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... 1897 (MDCCCXCVII) was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ...

Throughout the 19th century the famous market's economical importance faded out, and the ancient arrangement was reduced to a tradition without much content. That was the end of Levanger as an important port of foreign trade (Sweden-Norway) Alternative meaning: Nineteenth Century (periodical) (18th century — 19th century — 20th century — more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 19th century was that century which lasted from 1801-1900 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar. ...

However, in the early 20th century The City of Levanger was pleased by new establishments such as county hospital and college of education. (19th century - 20th century - 21st century - more centuries) Decades: 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s As a means of recording the passage of time, the 20th century was that century which lasted from 1901–2000 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar (1900–1999...

The German occupation in 1940 was the beginning of a 40-year long "interregnum" of the traditional "Marsimartnan". This article does not cite its references or sources. ...

In 1961 the City of Levanger was decided to be determined and, from 1st January 1962 become part of the Greater Municipality of Levanger and Boroughs, and the mayor was replaced by a municipal speaker. The municipality of Ytterøy was merged with Levanger two years later. Ytterøy Church Ytterøy is an island in the Trondheimsfjord, Norway. ...

Over thirty years later, in 1997 , as a result of the resurrection of the "Marsimartnan" in 1989 , The City of Levanger was re-established, though the city still is part of The Municipality of The City of Levanger and belonging territories, usually shortened to Levanger kommune (Municipality). 1997 (MCMXCVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

In 2002 Levanger joined the Cittaslow movement. For album titles with the same name, see 2002 (album). ... Cittaslow, (literally slow town, but rendered into English as Slow City) is a movement founded in Italy in October of 1999. ...

Sites

The Museum of The City of Levanger Sea street 25. Hveding Auto Museum Sea street 24. The Pavillion, sited on the place of the original town hall. Used for the opening of the Market. The rudera of the Munkeby Abbey, Frol. Alstadhaug parish church, Skogn (Medieval stone-church). Brusve Museum, Levanger.

External links

• Levanger seen from the air