Studentersamfundet i Trondhjem

Studentersamfundet i Trondhjem (meaning "The student society of Trondheim"), or Samfundet for short is Norway's largest student society. Besides housing a café and frequently arranging concerts and other activities (among them Norway's biggest culture festival, UKA), it is an independent organization for all students and teachers in Trondheim, owned fully by its members. (In 2004, there are over 8000 members.) This image has been released into the public domain by the copyright holder, its copyright has expired, or it is ineligible for copyright. ... This image has been released into the public domain by the copyright holder, its copyright has expired, or it is ineligible for copyright. ... 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. ... UKA is the largest cultural festival in Norway and is arranged entirely by volunteer students from Trondheim. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Many famous artists have held concerts here. Among others, Sex Pistols, Turbonegro, Phoenix, Tom McRae, Motörhead, Iggy Pop, Suede, Motorpsycho, Dum Dum Boys, Public Enemy, and many, many more. Quite a few famous Norwegian bands have started their careers on one of Samfundet's many stages. Some examples are Knudsen&Ludvigsen, deLillos and Postgirobygget. The Sex Pistols were an iconic and highly influential English punk band, formed in London in 1975. ... Turboneger (Turbonegro outside of Norway) is a Norwegian band that combines heavy metal, rock and punk music into a non-politically-correct version of punk (which has been described by the band as deathpunk). // Turbonegro first came together in Oslo, Norway during the winter of 1988/89. ... Phoenix are a French soft/pop-rock band who perform songs in the English language. ... Tom McRae Tom McRae is a singer-songwriter from the United Kingdom. ... Motörhead are a British heavy metal band formed in 1975 by bassist, singer and songwriter Lemmy Kilmister (real name Ian Kilmister) after his ejection from the iconic space-rock band Hawkwind. ... James Newell Osterberg, Jr. ... Suede was one of the most popular and important bands from the UK in the 90s, and helped start the Britpop movement of the decade. ... Motorpsycho Motorpsycho is a band from Trondheim in Norway. ... DumDum Boys is a Norwegian rock band from Trondheim. ... Public Enemy, also known as PE, is a seminal hip hop group from Long Island, New York known for their politically charged lyrics, criticism of the media, and active interest in the concerns of the African American community. ... deLillos is a Norwegian rock band formed in Oslo 1984 and in over 20 years they have made their mark as one of the most popular Norwegian bands alongside DumDum Boys, Raga Rockers & Jokke & Valentinerne. ... Postgirobygget is a Norwegian folk band from Oslo. ...

During the summer (late June- mid August) Samfundet transforms into Trondheim InterRail Centre (TIRC). TIRC was started in 1992 by members of the Student Society. Since then TIRC has been run by students who enjoy the life of travelling.

History

As NTH (later NTNU) opened, September 15th 1910, Trondheim got its first real group of students, and the need for an organized student society soon became apparent. Only one week later, a group of students met and decided to create a student society, and yet one week later, on October 1st, Norges Tekniske Høgskolens Studentersamfund ("The student society of NTH")first came into existence. The Norwegian Institute of Technology, known by its Norwegian acronym NTH (Norges Tekniske Høgskole), was established in Trondheim in 1910, and existed as an independent technical university for 85 years, after which it was merged into NTNU (1996). ... The Norwegian University of Science and Technology, known by its Norwegian acronym NTNU (from Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet), is located in Trondheim and is attended by about 20,000 students. ... 1910 (MCMX) was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a common year starting on Sunday of the 13-day slower Julian calendar. ...

In the beginning, membership was limited to NTH students; this was later expanded to all students (over 18) in the Trondheim area, and thus, in 1912, the name changed into Studentersamfundet i Trondhjem ("The student society of Trondheim"), which still is its current name, although the city has switched names twice since. 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. ...

In the first two years, Samfundet did not have its own building, but in 1912, they bought an old abandoned circus building (only called "Circus"), and 17 years later, in 1927, one began the building of the characteristic red round house which is today known as Samfundet. In 1929, the building was finished and the activities were moved. Although Circus was abandoned, the old traditions were carried through by architect Eystein Michaelsen; Storsalen (the main concert hall) still looks very much like a circus.

The building still stands, with active maintenance on a day-to-day basis and bigger projects taking place every two years (related to UKA). UKA is the largest cultural festival in Norway and is arranged entirely by volunteer students from Trondheim. ...

Architecture

It has been said that there were two demands for the original drawings of Samfundet: First of all, it was to have some element of circus (in remembrance of Cirkus, the old building), which has been taken care of in Storsalen. The Big Top of Billy Smarts Circus Cambridge 2004. ...

Second, it was to be have elements from mazes. Samfundet is split into two parts, the public and private areas. The public areas can be complicated enough, even though they are mainly dominated by a few larger rooms (most being used as stages of various kind in the weekends) and hallways in-between. However, the private areas, which are normally only open to the staff, is a true maze. There are over 200 rooms, 40 different levels and a true chaos of hallways, doors and even ladders. Nobody has ever managed to get an exact count of how many rooms or doors; attempts to make CAD models of the building have failed (except for a very coarse model used during modelling of the fire extinguisher system), simply because the pieces do not seem to fit together. Most people get lost at least a few times, and the shortest path between two given places can easily involve fifteen or twenty turns and rooms. Public hedge maze in the English Garden at Schönbusch Park, Aschaffenburg, Germany A small maze A maze is a tour puzzle in the form of a complex branching passage through which the solver must find a route. ...

Gangs

Samfundet is mostly run by its members, more precisely people volunteering for jobs in one of its twenty or so so-called gangs. About a thousand students thus do their share in helping the house (which is known as "the red round" among its members) keep going, by doing work such as concert booking, doing PA work during concerts or managing the internal IT systems. In addition, Samfundet hosts several choirs and other non-technical activities. A public address system, abbreviated PA system, is an electronic amplification system used as a communication system in public areas. ...

List of gangs

As of February 2006, these are the current operating gangs of Studentersamfundet, sorted by type of work:

• Administrative undergrupper av finansstyret (administration)
  • Gjengsekretariatet (GS)
  • Nybygg
  • Strategisk utvalg

• Arrangerende gjenger (arranging)
  • Klubbstyret (KLST)
  • Kulturutvalget (KU)
  • Lørdagskomiteen (LØK)

• Drift
  • Diversegjengen (D-gjengen)
  • Forsterkerkomiteen (FK)
  • Fotogjengen (FG)
  • IT-komiteen (ITK)
  • Kafegjengen i Studentersamfundet (KG/KiSS)
  • Layout Info Marked (LIM)
  • Regi
  • Serveringsgjengen (SG)
  • Videokomiteen (VK)

• Kunstneriske gjenger
  • Studentersamfundets interne teater (SIT)
  • Studentersamfundets Orkester
    • Studentersamfundets symfoniorkester
    • Bodegaband (i dvale)
    • Snaustrinda Spellemanslag
    • Kjellerbandet
    • S. Møller storband
    • Salongorkesteret
    • Leisure Suit Lovers
    • Loose Booty
  • Strindens Promenade Orchester

• Kunstnerisk tilknyttede foreninger
  • Trondheim studentersangforening / Trondheim kvinnelige studentersangforening
    • Knauskoret
    • Candiss
    • Pirum

• Studentmedier (student medias)
  • Student-TV (STV, TV)
  • Studentradion (Radion, radio)
  • Under dusken (UD, newspaper)

• Styrende organ
  • Finansstyret
  • Rådet (the Council)
  • Styret (the Board)

• Affiliates
  • ISFiT
  • Trondheim Interrail Center (TIRC)
  • UKA

• Akademiske Radioklubber (Academic Radio Clubs)
  • Akademisk Radioklubb, LA1K (ARK)

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External link

• Official site (in Norwegian)