The Senja Troll ( no, Senjatrollet) was a tourist attraction in

Finnsæter Finnsæter is a small village in Senja Municipality in Troms og Finnmark county, Norway. The village is located on the western coast of the island of Senja, about across the Bergsfjorden from the municipal centre of Skaland. Finnsæter Chapel ...

on the island of Senja in northern Norway. It was completely destroyed in a fire on March 28, 2019. The largest

troll A troll is a being in Nordic folklore, including Norse mythology. In Old Norse sources, beings described as trolls dwell in isolated areas of rocks, mountains, or caves, live together in small family units, and are rarely helpful to human bei ...

statue in the world, it was the centerpiece of a family park associated with the Hulderheimen cultural center, together known as the Hulder and Troll Park. The troll has been given a wife, or crone (''kjerring''); inside both figures are an adventure park and other attractions.

History and facilities

The Hulderheimen cultural center in Finnsæter opened in 1989, named for a legend about a local mountain, the Hulderberg.Ronny Trælvik
"Den glade galskapen"
opinion, ''

Troms Folkeblad ''Troms Folkeblad'' is a newspaper published in Troms, Norway. Its main office is located in Finnsnes. History and profile ''Troms Folkeblad'' was first published on 15 November 1965. The paper is part of Polaris Media and is published by Harst ...

'', July 12, 2013 . The Senja Troll attraction opened nearby on June 1, 1993; ANB- NTB
"Senja vant trollkrangelen"
February 14, 2007 . it was built by Leif Rubach, who runs the attraction with his wife, Siw, dresses as a troll including fake troll feet, and calls himself the "troll father"."Senjatrollet, Hulder-og Trollparken at Finnsæter i Berg"
''Visit Senja'', retrieved July 4, 2017.Geir Svardal
"Den vakre bobiløya"
Motor, ''Klikk.no'', March 18, 2017 . He was inspired by a local legend of a troll who appeared both on the island and in the sea nearby. The troll is made of injection molded concrete, polyester, and plastic, was high, and weighed ; in 1997 ''

Guinness World Records ''Guinness World Records'', known from its inception in 1955 until 1999 as ''The Guinness Book of Records'' and in previous United States editions as ''The Guinness Book of World Records'', is a reference book published annually, listing world ...

'' listed it as the world's largest troll. In 2007, after years of rivalry, the

Hunderfossen Familiepark Hunderfossen Familiepark is an amusement park north of Lillehammer in the province of Oppland in Norway. The park is one of Norway's biggest tourist attractions, with over 275,000 visitors each summer. It also has a Winter Park which opens from ...

Gudbrandsdalen Gudbrandsdalen (; en, Gudbrand Valley) is a valley and traditional district in the Norwegian county of Innlandet (formerly Oppland). The valley is oriented in a north-westerly direction from Lillehammer and the lake of Mjøsa, extending towar ...

conceded that their troll was not as tall. Inside the troll was a two-story adventure park. Rubach was planning in 2017 to renovate this to add a section for fall and winter activities. There is also a

miniature train A ridable miniature railway (US: riding railroad or grand scale railroad) is a large scale, usually ground-level railway that hauls passengers using locomotives that are often models of full-sized railway locomotives (powered by diesel or petrol ...

, the "Sesam-train". In 2007 a wife, or crone, was lowered beside the troll by crane; their union was blessed by a priest with two

NRK NRK, an abbreviation of the Norwegian ''Norsk Rikskringkasting Aksjeselskap, AS'', generally expressed in English as the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation, is the Norwegian government-owned radio and television public broadcasting company, and ...

program hosts serving jointly as best man, and in 2012 they had sextuplets, which were baptized. On March 28, 2019, the Senja Troll caught fire and burned down within few minutes.
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'', March 28, 2019 .

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