Nidelva is a

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county,

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. The name of the long river translates to "the River Nid" since the suffix ''elva'' is the Norwegian word for "the river".

Location

The Nidelva starts at the Hyttfossen waterfall which rises from Bjørsjøen, a small lake located just below

Selbusjøen Selbusjøen is the 17th largest lake in Norway. It is located in Trøndelag county, primarily in Selbu Municipality, although the western end of it lies in the neighboring Trondheim Municipality. The lake is the largest lake in the southern par ...

, the largest lake in the southern part of Trøndelag County. The Nidelva runs north through Klæbu, then to

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, and then through the city of

before reaching

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by the island of

Brattøra Brattøra is an artificial island and industrial area in the city of Trondheim which is located in Trondheim Municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. The island is located at the mouth of the river Nidelva just north of the city centre ( Midtb ...

near

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. The Nidelva is at its deepest at the Trongfossen, a deep ravine in the village of Klæbu. There are six hydro-electric

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s along the river. The Nidelva forms the last part of the

Nea-Nidelvvassdraget Nea-Nidelvvassdraget is a watercourse in Trøndelag county, Norway. It runs through Tydal Municipality, Selbu Municipality, and Trondheim Municipality. The total area of the watershed is and it runs for about from the source in the Sylan mount ...

watershed. The

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is a tributary which empties into Selbusjøen, which in turn flows into the Nidelva. The popular Norwegian waltz, ''Nidelven Stille og Vakker du er'' (), was written by composer Oskar Hoddø (1916–1943). According to tradition, Hoddø wrote the waltz about the Nidelva River one night in late April 1940 while he was standing at Gamle Bybro in Trondheim.

Gallery

File:Overview of Trondheim 2008 02.jpg, Overview, 2008 File:Nidelva from Øya 2022-08-18 04.jpg, Nidelva, 2022 File:Bakklandet.JPG, 2011 File:Bakklandet in Trondheim 2012.jpg, 2012 File:Trondheim (8273936123).jpg, 2012 File:2018-06-09 10-54-45 Norwegen Trondheim Bakklandet.jpg, 2018

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* {{Authority control Rivers of Trøndelag Geography of Trondheim Klæbu Rivers of Norway