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Steinkjer kommune

County	Nord-Trøndelag
District	Innherred
Municipality	NO-1702
Administrative centre	Steinkjer
Mayor (2005)	Per Sverre Rannem (Ap)
Official language form	Neutral
Area  - Total  - Land  - Percentage	Ranked 45 1,564 km² 1,423 km² 0.48 %
Population  - Total (2008)  - Percentage  - Change (10 years)  - Density	Ranked 43 20,672 0.45 % -1.3 % 14/km²
Coordinates	64°3′N 11°43′E / 64.05, 11.717Coordinates: 64°3′N 11°43′E / 64.05, 11.717
www.steinkjer.kommune.no Data from Statistics Norway

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The town of Steinkjer was separated from Stod as a municipality of its own October 23, 1858. The municipalities of Beitstad, Egge, Kvam, Ogndal, Sparbu and Stod were merged with Steinkjer January 1, 1964. The geographical Centre of Norway has been calculated to be in Steinkjer municipality. Stod is a former municipality in Nord-Trøndelag county, Norway. ... is the 296th day of the year (297th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1858 (MDCCCLVIII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian Calendar (or a common year starting on Wednesday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... Beitstad is a village and former municipality in Nord-Trøndelag county, Norway. ... is the 1st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Also Nintendo emulator: 1964 (emulator). ...

Steinkjer viewed from the east, on top of Oftenaasen hill, picture taken 250 metres above sea level.

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History

Bronze age rock carvings, Bardal in Steinkjer

The Steinkjer area has been populated since the Stone Age, as shown by the Bølareinen rock carving, which depicts an almost life-sized reindeer and a bear. There are other rock carvings in the area as well, as in Bardal, the oldest up to 6,000 years old (1). The Bronze Age is a period in a civilizations development when the most advanced metalworking has developed the techniques of smelting copper from natural outcroppings and alloys it to cast bronze. ... Caribou redirects here. ... Central Norway is a region in Norway, comprising the two Trøndelag-counties, Nord- and Sør-Trøndelag as well as parts of the Nordland and Møre og Romsdal counties. ...

The Steinkjer area was one of the strongest powerbases in early Viking age. Mære was one of the best known Norse religious places with sacrifices and seasonal gatherings (No: Hov) before Christianity came to Norway. Viking Age is the term denoting the years from about 800 to 1066 in Scandinavian History[1][2][3]. // The Vikings have been much maligned in European history, due in large part to their violent attacks on Christians in the first centuries of their excursions out of Scandinavia. ... Topics in Christianity Movements · Denominations Ecumenism · Relation to other religions Preaching · Prayer Music · Liturgy · Calendar Symbols · Art · Criticism Christianity Portal This box:      Christianity is a monotheistic[1] religion centered on the life and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth as presented in the New Testament. ...

Steinkjer has survived two major disasters in modern history. The first was a town-wide fire in the year 1900, which burned down much of the southern parts of the town. The second disaster happened on April 21, 1940, when the town was struck by Heinkel He 111 bombers during World War II, being bombed by the Luftwaffe. The Heinkel He 111 was the primary Luftwaffe medium bomber during the early stages of World War II, and is perhaps the most famous symbol of the German side of the Battle of Britain. ... Combatants Allied powers: China France Great Britain Soviet Union United States and others Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Chiang Kai-shek Charles de Gaulle Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tōjō Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000... The Deutsche Luftwaffe or   (German: air force, IPA: ) is the commonly used term for the German air force. ...

This attack destroyed a large part of Steinkjer, and many priceless historical buildings were lost, such as Steinkjer Cross-church. A large part of Steinkjer's history was ruined by this attack.

The medieval Mære church

The town was however quickly rebuilt after 1945 with much aid from the USA. Much of the architecture of modern Steinkjer originates from the 1950s and 1960s with functionalism architecture inspired style, not as esthetically as the previous art nouveau style found in cities like Trondheim and Ålesund. Some historical buildings of Steinkjer survived the bombing, like the train station and town college. These buildings are based upon a neo-classic architectural style (art nouveau), known as Jugendstil. A good example is the railroad station (Jernbanestasjonen) and the college building (administration building for HiNT, the County College of Nord-Trøndelag or Høgskolen i Nord-Trøndelag). Motto: (traditional) In God We Trust (official, 1956–present) Anthem: The Star-Spangled Banner Capital Washington, D.C. Largest city New York City Official language(s) None at the federal level; English de facto Government Federal Republic  - President George W. Bush (R)  - Vice President Dick Cheney (R) Independence - Declared - Recognized... County District Municipality NO-1601 Administrative centre Trondheim Mayor (2003-) Rita Ottervik (AP) Official language form Neutral Area  - Total  - Land  - Percentage Ranked 258 342 km² 322 km² 0. ... County Møre og Romsdal District Sunnmøre Municipality NO-1504 Administrative centre Ã…lesund Mayor (2003) Arve Tonning (H) Official language form Neutral Area  - Total  - Land  - Percentage Ranked 388 98 km² 93 km² 0. ... Vitebsk Railway Station one of the finest examples of Art Nouveau architecture. ...

Toponymy

The town is named after the old farm Steinkjer (Old Norse: Steinker), since it is built on its ground. The first element is steinn, (m) 'stone, rock'. The last element is ker, (n) 'barrier made for catching fish'. Old Norse or Danish tongue is the Germanic language once spoken by the inhabitants of the Nordic countries (for instance during the Viking Age). ... In linguistics, grammatical gender is a morphological category associated with the expression of gender through inflection or agreement. ...

Coat-of-arms

The coat-of-arms is from 1957. It shows a star with six points (to represent Steinkjer as a meeting point for six roads). This article is about the astronomical object. ...

Geography

Steinkjer is the urban centre of the municipality Steinkjer kommune and the administrative centre of the county of Nord-Trøndelag. Steinkjer is located at the head of Beitstadfjorden, the northern branch of the Trondheimsfjord system. To the west, the muncipiality borders the more mountainous Verran muncipiality. To the east is Sweden, 60 km from Steinkjer. To the north are the Snåsa and Namdalseid municipalities, and to the south are the Inderøy and Verdal muncipialities. 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). ... Map of the Trondheimsfjord. ... County Nord-Trøndelag Landscape Innherad Municipality NO-1724 Administrative centre Malm Mayor (2004) Robert Bjørk (Ap) Official language form Neutral Area  - Total  - Land  - Percentage Ranked 182 602 km² 558 km² 0. ... County Nord-Trøndelag District Municipality NO-1736 Administrative centre SnÃ¥sa Mayor (2003) Vigdis Hjulstad Belbo (Sp) Official language form Neutral Area  - Total  - Land  - Percentage Ranked 20 2,343 km² 2,151 km² 0. ... County Nord-Trøndelag District Namdalen Municipality NO-1725 Administrative centre Namdalseid Mayor (2005) Steinar Lyngstad (Sp) Official language form Neutral Area  - Total  - Land  - Percentage Ranked 142 770 km² 735 km² 0. ... County District Innherad Municipality NO-1729 Administrative centre Straumen Mayor (2003) Svein Jørum (Ap) Official language form Neutral Area  - Total  - Land  - Percentage Ranked 359 146 km² 145 km² 0. ... County Nord-Trøndelag Landscape Innherad Municipality NO-1721 Administrative centre Verdal Mayor (2003) Gerd Janne Kristoffersen (Ap) Official language form Neutral Area  - Total  - Land  - Percentage Ranked 48 1,548 km² 1,479 km² 0. ...

Bølareinen rock carving from the stone age

Situated 60 km inland from the coast, Steinkjer is actually still connected to the ocean (Atlantic) through the narrow strait of Skarnsundet, some 25 km south of Steinkjer. The longest cable-stayed bridge in Norway, Skarnsundsbrua, crosses Skarsundet (total length of 1,010 metres). Large ships pass through Skarnsundet and this allows tourists to visit this town by ship. Each year ferries from Hurtigruten make trips to the cruise port of Steinkjer, more than 130 km of travel through the fjord system. The landscape is dotted with wavy hills and dense spruce forests, as well as agricultural fields in the lowland areas. The Atlantic Ocean is Earths second-largest ocean, covering approximately one_fifth of its surface. ... Over-Simplified diagram A strait is a narrow channel of water that connects two larger bodies of water, and thus lies between two land masses. ... A cable-stayed bridge is a bridge that consists of one or more columns (normally referred to as towers or pylons), with cables supporting the bridge deck. ... MS Midnatsol Hurtigruten is the name of a Norwegian coastal transport service which is over a hundred years old. ... Species About 35; see text. ...

Steinkjer lies by road 120 km north of Trondheim following European route E6. The area south and east of Trondheimsfjorden between (and including) Trondheim and Steinkjer has a population of about 270,000. 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 Trondheimsfjord, Trondheimsfjorden, is Norways third longest fjord, 130 km long, in the west central part of Norway. ...

The town is situated on the Nordlandsbanen railway line from Trondheim, and is served by Steinkjer 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. ...

Birdlife

Steinkjer, with its varied habitats, provides the local birdlife with some of the best localities within the region. One of these is Lake Lømsen with its breeding population of Slavonian Grebe. The surrounding woodlands and farmlands hold a host of the commoner Scandinavian species, some, like Fieldfare and Redwing, can be found in good numbers. Binomial name Linnaeus, 1758 The Fieldfare (Turdus pilaris) is a member of the thrush family Turdidae. ... Binomial name Turdus iliacus Linnaeus, 1766 The Redwing (Turdus iliacus) is a member of the thrush family Turdidae. ...

Natural resources

Steinkjer is one of Norway’s larger urban municipalities measured by total area. Approximately half the population live near the town center, while the rest live in rural areas. However, much of the town is today in the process of urbanization, with the building of several apartment blocks in or within the immediate vicinity of the town. Currently, about 500 apartments are being finished. Sign in a rural area in Dalarna, Sweden Qichun, a rural town in Hubei province, China Rural areas (also referred to as the country, countryside) are settled places outside towns and cities. ...

Steinkjer is one of the northernmost areas with rich agriculture, allowing large production of grain. It is obvious from the landscape that Steinkjer is a typical agricultural municipality. In addition, there are large forest resources in the immediate area. The tallest buildings in Steinkjer are two 40-metre tall grain silos, visible several kilometres south of Steinkjer and today mark the skyline, especially when viewed from the south. Kirknesvaag Sag & Høvleri is a large wood mill and industry park producing wood planks and treehouse module components. Almost half of the inner town area consists of the large industrial park for wood products. Most of the ship traffic is related to transportion of the vast forest resources present in Nord-Trøndelag such as timber and cellulose. An important tree species is Norway Spruce. Silo may mean: SILO, is a powerful polygonand subdivision surface 3D modeling application developed by Nevercenter Storage silo, structure used for storing bulk materials Missile silo, to store or launch missiles Mario Rodríguez Cobos (pen name, Silo), an Argentine writer Silo (genus), a genus of pterygot insects of the... For other uses, see Skyline (disambiguation). ... Timber in storage for later processing at a sawmill Timber is a term used to describe wood, either standing or that has been processed for use—from the time trees are felled, to its end product as a material suitable for industrial use—as structural material for construction or wood... Cellulose as polymer of β-D-glucose Cellulose in 3D Cellulose (C6H10O5)n is a polysaccharide of beta-glucose. ... Binomial name Picea abies (L.) H. Karst. ...

Forests and other habitats

The municipality of Steinkjer includes lowland forests, alpine forests as well as areas above the treeline. Byahalla,^[1] the most northerly deciduous temperate forest (hemiboreal) location in the world, with species such as Wych Elm, Hazel, Hepatica, Hedge Woundwort and Garlic Mustard, is located in Steinkjer, probably due to the sheltered south facing location and the good soil resulting from marine deposits. Some moist locations with spruce forests are classified as boreal rainforests and are part of the Scandinavian coastal conifer forests. The shallow river estuaries in the inner part of Trondheimsfjord have some of the richest bird life in Norway; thousands of migratory birds feed here.^[2] Part of Snåsavatnet, the 6th largest lake in Norway, is located in the municipality, and the river from the lake meets the fjord in Steinkjer. Hemiboreal means halfway between the temperate and subarctic (or boreal) zones. ... Binomial nomenclature Ulmus glabra Huds. ... Binomial name Corylus avellana L. Male catkins on Common Hazel The Common Hazel (Corylus avellana) is a shrub native to Europe and Asia. ... Species Hepatica acutiloba Hepatica americana Hepatica nobilis Hepatica transsilvanica Hepatica is a genus of herbaceous perennial plants belonging to the buttercup family, Ranunculaceae. ... Species About 300 species, including: Stachys affinis Stachys alopecuros Stachys alpina Stachys annua Stachys bullata Stachys byzantina Stachys candida Stachys chrysantha Stachys ciliata Stachys citrina Stachys coccinea Stachys corsica Stachys cretica Stachys discolor Stachys ehrenbergii Stachys germanica Stachys hyssopifolia Stachys iva Stachys lavandulifolia Stachys libanotica Stachys macrantha Stachys macrostachya Stachys... Binomial name Alliaria petiolata (M.Bieb. ... This forest is located from Snillfjord just south of the Trondheimsfjord in Sør-Trøndelag county and north along the coast to Vefsn in Nordland county (this area is sometimes referred to as central Norway or the middle part of Norway). ... SnÃ¥savatnet, Nord-Trøndelag, Norway SnÃ¥savatnet (SnÃ¥sa lake) is Norways 6. ...

Climate

Further north from Steinkjer, geographical distances between cities grow. The temperate climate of Steinkjer also marks a border with the more harsh conditions typical of inland areas further north. Although the January average in Steinkjer is -5°C,^[3] which is colder than coastal areas further north, Steinkjer is more sheltered and is the most northern town with a summer season warm and long enough to allow reliable cultivation of a range of vegetables and grain such as wheat. Steinkjer is therefore recognized as a "border town" between the more densely populated, warmer southern parts of Norway and the less populated, cooler northern parts. Steinkjer has observed temperatures above 32°C but also winter temperatures below -25°C. Species T. aestivum T. boeoticum T. dicoccoides T. dicoccon T. durum T. monococcum T. spelta T. sphaerococcum T. timopheevii References:   ITIS 42236 2002-09-22 Wheat Wheat For the indie rock group, see Wheat (band). ...

Culture

Steinkjer also has a rich culture and hosts one of the most prominent music cultures in central Norway. Steinkjer is also labeled "Steinkjer Punkrock town" by some of its citizens. The music festival Steinkjer festivalen (or more correctly, SteinkjerFestivalen) was established in 2006.^[4] Steinkjermartnan, held each year in August, is a happening where trading booths are staged in the town centre's streets and a traditional trade festival with concerts are held.

Steinkjer has the standard cultural facilities like a cinema, town library, culture house (in which many cultural events and concerts are held) and a modern swimming pool, Dampsaga Bad. The swimming pool has a 25 metres training pool plus heating pools, sauna, two learning pools for kids, and a large swim tube.

Education

Steinkjer houses the administration and Faculty of Society, Commerce and Nature of Nord-Trøndelag University College. Important studies include the School of Forestry (Norwegian: Skogskolen). Historically, Steinkjer has produced a higher than average amount of University students. Only 25% of the students return to Steinkjer. Steinkjer is therefore a muncipiality that produces many people with higher education (oppvekstkommune - students). In Norwegian, municipalities such as Steinkjer that produce many people with higher education who leave the municipality are known as oppvekstkommuner (English: lit. upbringing municipalities). Nord-Trøndelag University College (Norwegian:Høgskolen i Nord-Trøndelag) or HiNT is a Norwegian university college located throughout the county of Nord-Trøndelag. ... This article is about the emigration term. ... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ...

Famous residents

• Asbjørn Følling, first scientific description of Phenylketonuria (Følling's disease)
• Otto Sverdrup, explorer
• Jacob Weidemann, artist
• Kristoffer Uppdal, poet / writer
• Frederikke Marie Qvam, feminist
• Anders Bardal, Ski jumper
• Rune Flaten, artist
• Eldar Hagen, ateist og spellemann

Asbjorn Folling (1888-1973, No:Asbjørn Følling) was a Norwegian physician and biochemist who first described the disease named after him -- Follings disease -- which is better known outside of Norway as phenylketonuria or, for short, PKU. He was born in Kvam, Steinkjer. ... Phenylketonuria (PKU) is an autosomal recessive genetic disorder characterized by a deficiency in the enzyme phenylalanine hydroxylase (PAH). ... Anders Bardal (born August 28, 1982 in Steinkjer) is a Norwegian ski jumper, currently residing in Trondheim, Norway. ...

References

External links

• Dampsaga Culture House - houses public library, concert hall and cinema of Steinkjer
• Steinkjer2007.no
• Steinkjer.net - recent news about commerce and business in Steinkjer
• Webcameras showing Steinkjer