Håholmen – Trondheim

Norway | Anno 2024, 2025

 

Kvernes

Valsøyafjorden

Trondheim

 

 

 

Kvernes

 

In 2020, dendrological research revealed that the Kvernes stave church was built around 1630–1633, and not in the 14th century as previously thought. This means that this stave church is the only one built after the Reformation (1573).

 

The rich sat in the front, the poor in the back

 

A statue of Mary is an unusual sight in a Lutheran church

 

The statue of Mary may have come from a church that previously stood here

Epitaph of Reverend Anders Erickson showing that he financed the construction of the stave church in 1633

 

It was not until 1970 that paintings were discovered under the whitewash on the choir walls, which had probably been painted over during an iconoclasm

 

There were no windows in the north wall (left), because Evil came from the north. Women and children sat on the left, as a kind of buffer against Evil for the men who sat on the right

 

The walls and ceiling are painted with leaf tendrils in the style of the 17th century

 

Replica of a ship that took part in the Swedish-Norwegian War (1814)

 

Epitaph of Elisabeth, wife of Reverend Anders Erickson

In the high gallery at the back, separated from the rest, Elisabeth used to attend the service

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Valsøyafjorden

 

Halsafjorden

 

Valsøyafjorden

 

Valsøyafjorden

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Trondheim

 

Trondheim on the Nidelva River was the capital of Norway in the early Middle Ages. The city was probably founded in 997 by Olav Tryggvason

 

Fort Kristiansten (1682)

 

Thomas Angells gate

 

Olav Tryggvason, King of Norway, founder of Trondheim

“The Last Viking” is a tribute to the fishermen who risked their lives in open boats every year on the fishing grounds of Lofoten at the end of the 19th century (Nils Aas, 1990)

 

Trondheim Courthouse

 

Trondheim Courthouse

 

Viking

Go'dagen (Good day, Tone Thiis Schjetne, 1983)

Viking

 

The Church of Our Lady is the only parish church from medieval Trondheim that has been preserved

Nidarosdomen, Trondheim's cathedral, is considered Norway's national shrine. It was once the site of Norwegian kings' anointing and crowning

 

After the devastating city fire of 1531, the cathedral was reduced to a roofless ruin. Restoration began in 1869 and was completed in 1983

 

Gargoyles

 

 

The west facade was the last to be completed during the restoration. It contains 76 sculptures, of which only five from the Middle Ages have been preserved

 

Above the rose window is a depiction of the Day of the Last Judgement

 

The top row features kings and prophets from the Old Testament, the middle row includes Norse saints, and the bottom row includes kings and saints who spread the Christian message, including Saint Sigfrid (second from left) and Saint-Denis de Paris (second from right)

 

Saint Sigfrid of Sweden with the heads of his three nephews who died as martyrs

On one of the towers, Archangel Michael was given the face of Bob Dylan because of his opposition to the Vietnam War

Saint-Denis de Paris continued to preach with his head in his hands after his martyrdom

 

The cathedral was built over the tomb of Olav II, the man who introduced Christianity to Norway and was later canonised

Nine hundred years after the death of Olav II, a silver cross weighing 70 kg was erected in the cathedral, a gift from Norwegians who emigrated to America

 

Polychrome statues of Moses, Jesus and Ezekiel above the choir

Anglo-Romanesque window with a serrated round arch, a typical Viking element

 

 

 

The rose window dates from 1930. It has a diameter of eight meters, contains ten thousand pieces of glass and represents the Day of the Last Judgement

 

 

 

 

 

King David with harp

 

Altarpiece with scenes from the life of Saint Olav. In the lower right, he dies in 1030 on the battlefield of Stiklestad; in the upper right, his body appears uncorrupted a year after his death

 

Tombstones in the crypt. Asbjørn, the deceased, praying to Christ (13th century)

Madonna and Child, both crowned as King and Queen of Heaven (14th century)

Tombstone of a noble knight dressed in chain mail (circa 1300)

 

Graves in the cemetery surrounding the cathedral

“Norskdom og Kristendom” is the epitaph – “To be Norwegian and to be Christian”

 

 

 

Colourful warehouses on the banks of the Nidelva

 

 

 

The vibrant Solsiden district has risen from the ashes of an old shipyard

 

Nidelva

 

Ringve Music Museum

 

Living room in the 1880s

 

Virginals

 

Music box (Polyphon)

Lyre piano

 

Trondheim on the Nidelva

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Jaak Palmans
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