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Trøndelag is the name of a geographical region in the central part of
Norway, consisting of the two counties
Nord-Trøndelag and
Sør-Trøndelag. (The districts of
Nordmøre and
Romsdal, and the municipality of
Bindal, originally also was parts of Trøndelag - and the inhabitants there still speak dialects similar to
Trøndersk.) The name, Trøndelag, consists of the tribal name
Trønder and the word
lag (law), meaning the "area of the law of the Trønders" (compare
Danelaw). The region is, together with
Møre og Romsdal, part of a larger administrative division called
Central Norway.
Historically,
Jämtland and
Härjedalen have been a part of Trøndelag, which is why some refer to them as
Øst-Trøndelag.
A person from Trøndelag is called a
Trønder. The largest city, unofficial capital of Trøndelag and also the first capital of Norway, is
Trondheim (Sør-Trøndelag). The
dialect spoken in the area is characterized by dropping out most
vowel endings; see
apocope.
History
iron-age Trøndelag was divided into several
petty kingdoms called
fylki. The different
fylki had a common law, and an early
parliament or
thing. It was called
Frostating and was held at the
Frosta-peninsula. By some this is regarded as the first real
democracy.
In the time after Håkon Grjotgardsson (838-900), Trøndelag was ruled by the
Jarl of Lade. Lade is located in the eastern part of
Trondheim, bordering the
Trondheimsfjord. The powerful Jarls of Lade continued to play a very significant political role in Norway up to
1030.
Jarls of Lade (
Ladejarl) were:
- Håkon Grjotgardsson, the first jarl of Lade.
- Sigurd Håkonsson, son of Håkon. Killed by Harald Greyhide.
- Håkon Sigurdsson, son of Sigurd. Conspired with Harald Bluetooth against Harald Greyhide, and subsequently became vassal of Harald Bluetooth, and in reality independent ruler of Norway. After the arrival of Olaf Trygvason, Håkon quickly lost all support, and was killed by his own slave, Tormod Kark, in 995.
- Eirik Håkonsson, son of Håkon. Together with his brother, Svein, governor of Norway under Sweyn Forkbeard of Denmark from 1000 to 1012.
- Håkon Eiriksson, son of Eirik. Governor of Norway under Sweyn Forkbeard of Denmark from 1012 to 1015.
Trøndelag was ceded to
Sweden (together with
Møre og Romsdal) in the
Treaty of Roskilde (1658) and was ruled by
Karl X Gustav until
Denmark-Norway took it back two years later.
The Swedes
conscripted 2,000 men in Trøndelag, forcing young boys down to 15 years of age to join the Swedish armies fighting against Poland and Brandenburg. King
Karl X Gustav was afraid that the
Trønders would rise against their Swedish occupiers, and thought it wise to keep a large part of the men away. Only about one third of the men ever returned to their homes; some of them were forced to settle in the then Swedish province of
Estonia, as the Swedes thought it would be easier to rule the Trønders there,utilising the ancient maxim of
divide and rule. A major fraction of Trøndelag men were already in the Dano-Norwegian army, so the Swedish forced conscription emptied Trøndelag of males. The result was devastating; farms now were left without enough hands to harvest the fields, and famine struck the region, with hundreds of people starved to death. It took many years before Trøndelag recovered from its losses. This is known by some local Trøndelag historians as the
genocide against the Trønders.
In the winter of 1718-1719 General
Carl Gustaf Armfeldt, led an attack on Trøndelag, with devastating result both for the people of the region and for the Carolingians.
The region was divided into two administrative counties in 1804.
Culture
The region's official theatre is
Trøndelag Teater, in Trondheim. At
Stiklestad in
Verdal a historical play,
The Saint Olav Drama, has been played each year since 1954, depicting the last days of
Saint Olaf .
The region is popularly known for its
moonshine homebrew, the
karsk. The "national dish" of the region is
sodd, sheep meat and meatballs in boiled stock.
Jazz on a very high level is frequently heard in Trondheim; Trøndelag is also known for its local variety of rock music, often performed in local dialect, called "Trønder-Rock".
The Norwegian
Grey Troender (Norwegian:
Grå trøndersau) is an endangered breed of domesticated sheep that originated from Trøndelag in the late 1800s. There are currently approximately 50 individual animals remaining and efforts are being made to revive the breed.
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