Beitstad () is a village in

Steinkjer Municipality or is a municipality in Trøndelag Counties of Norway, county, Norway. It is part of the Innherad Districts of Norway, region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the Steinkjer (town), town of Steinkjer which is located on the inne ...

Trøndelag Trøndelag (; or is a county and coextensive with the Trøndelag region (also known as ''Midt-Norge'' or ''Midt-Noreg,'' "Mid-Norway") in the central part of Norway. It was created in 1687, then named Trondhjem County (); in 1804 the county was ...

county,

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. The village is located along the Beitstadsundet

strait A strait is a water body connecting two seas or water basins. The surface water is, for the most part, at the same elevation on both sides and flows through the strait in both directions, even though the topography generally constricts the ...

at the end of the

Beitstadfjorden Beitstadfjorden () is the innermost arm of the Trondheimsfjord in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located in Steinkjer Municipality, Inderøy Municipality, and a small part extends into Indre Fosen Municipality. The fjord has a length of from s ...

at the inner end of the

Trondheimsfjord The Trondheim Fjord or Trondheimsfjorden (), an inlet of the Norwegian Sea, is Norway's List of Norwegian fjords, third-longest fjord at long. It is located in the west-central part of the country in Trøndelag county, and it stretches from Ørl ...

, about southwest of the village of Vellamelen and about north of the town of Steinkjer. Beitstad is situated along

Norwegian County Road 17 County Road 17 (), also known as the Coastal Highway (), is a Norwegian highway that runs from the town of Bodø in Nordland county (in the north) to the town of Steinkjer in Trøndelag county (in the south). It is long and includes six ferry ...

() which has twisted through the village since 1867. It is a typical farming village that stretches from the bay and into the

hinterland Hinterland is a German word meaning the 'land behind' a city, a port, or similar. Its use in English was first documented by the geographer George Chisholm in his ''Handbook of Commercial Geography'' (1888). Originally the term was associated wi ...

to the east.

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, crop production, and

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have traditionally been the prime industries.

Beitstad Church Beitstad Church () is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Steinkjer Municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located in the village of Beitstad. It is the main church for the Beitstad parish which is part of the Stiklestad prosti ...

is located in this village. The village was the

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of the old

Beitstad Municipality Beitstad () is a List of former municipalities of Norway, former municipality in what was Nord-Trøndelag county, Norway. The municipality existed from 1838 until its dissolution in 1964. The area is now part of Steinkjer Municipality in Trønd ...

which existed from 1838 until 1964 when it was merged into

Notable people

Founding fathers

Three citizens from Beitstad were among the founding fathers of the

Norwegian Constitution The 'Constitution of Norway'' (complete name: The Constitution of the Kingdom of Norway; Danish: ; Norwegian Bokmål: ; Norwegian Nynorsk: ) was adopted on 16 May and signed on 17 May 1814 by the Norwegian Constituent Assembly at Eidsvoll. ...

: ''List of Members of the Legislative Assembly''. Norwegian Wikipedia *

Sivert Bratberg Sivert Paulsen Bratberg (11 June 1780 – 27 June 1816) was a Norwegian farmer and teacher. He served as a representative at the Norwegian Constitutional Assembly. Sivert Pålsson Bratberg was born on Bratberg øvre, a farm near the village ...

(1780 at Bratberg øvre – 1816), a Norwegian farmer and teacher * Hans Midelfart (1772–1823), Lutheran minister in Beitstad *

Daniel Larsen Schevig Daniel Larsen Schevig (1786 – 6 October 1833) was a Norwegian military officer and constitutional founding father. He was born at the farm Gladsjø in Beitstad, and spent his career as a farmer on Skjevik farm. He was a sergeant in the Norwegia ...

(1786 at Gladsjø farm –1833), farmer and military officer

Other people

* Theodora Cormontan (1840 in Beitstad – 1922), a Norwegian-American pianist, music publisher and composer * Oluf A. Saugestad (1840 in Beitstad - 1926), a member of the

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Hans Konrad Foosnæs Hans Konrad Henriksen Foosnæs (2 February 1846 – 30 July 1917) was a Norwegian politician for the Liberal Party. He served as Minister of Agriculture from 1908 to 1910. Personal life He was born in Namdalseid Municipality. He was the grand ...

(1846–1917), a politician, Mayor of Beitstad, and government Minister * Halvor Bachke Guldahl (1859 in Beitstad – 1931), a jurist, businessman, and County Governor of

Nord-Trøndelag Nord-Trøndelag (; "North Trøndelag") was a counties of Norway, county constituting the northern part of the present-day Trøndelag county in Norway. It bordered the old Sør-Trøndelag ("South Trøndelag") county as well as the county of Nordl ...

Kristofer Uppdal Kristofer Oliver Uppdal (19 February 1878 – 26 December 1961), born Opdal, was a Norwegian poet and author, born in Beitstad, Nord-Trøndelag. As a boy, Uppdal worked as a shepherd, and later as a miner and construction worker. In 1907 he start ...

(1878 in Beitstad – 1961), a poet and author * Olav Benum (1897 in Beitstad – 1990), a politician and agronomist *

Erling Østerberg Erling Østerberg (2 November 1901 – 11 September 1981) was a Norwegian police officer. He was born in Beitstad, and was the father of sociologist Dag Østerberg. During the German occupation of Norway he was active in preventing Nazifica ...

(1901 in Beitstad – 1981), a distinguished Norwegian police officer * Inge Einarsen Bartnes (1911 in Beitstad – 1988), a politician, twice deputy Mayor * Stål Aanderaa (born 1931 in Beitstad), a Norwegian

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* Erik Bartnes (born 1939 in Beitstad), a Norwegian farmer and politician

References

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