Sparbu is a village in the municipality of

Steinkjer Steinkjer is a municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is part of the Innherad region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Steinkjer which is located on the inner part of the Trondheimsfjord. The town is also the ...

Trøndelag Trøndelag (; sma, Trööndelage) is a county in the central part of Norway. It was created in 1687, then named Trondhjem County ( no, Trondhjems Amt); in 1804 the county was split into Nord-Trøndelag and Sør-Trøndelag by the King of Denmar ...

county,

Norway Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe, the mainland territory of which comprises the western and northernmost portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and t ...

. The village is located about south of the town of Steinkjer. The

European route E6 European route E6 ( no, Europavei 6, sv, Europaväg 6, or simply E6) is the main north-south thoroughfare through Norway as well as the west coast of Sweden. It is long and runs from the southern tip of Sweden at Trelleborg, into Norway and ...

highway runs through the village as does the

Nordlandsbanen The Nordland Line ( no, Nordlandsbanen, ) is a railway line between Trondheim and Bodø, Norway. It is the longest in Norway and lacks electrification. The route runs through the counties of Trøndelag (formerly Sør-Trøndelag and Nord-Trøndel ...

railway line which stops at the Sparbu Station. The village of

Mære Mære is a village in the municipality of Steinkjer in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located along European route E6 and the Nordlandsbanen railway line, about south of the town of Steinkjer. The village of Sparbu lies about south of Mær ...

lies about to the north, the village of Røra lies about to the south, and the lake Leksdalsvatnet lies about to the east. The village has a population (2018) of 617 and a

population density Population density (in agriculture: Stock (disambiguation), standing stock or plant density) is a measurement of population per unit land area. It is mostly applied to humans, but sometimes to other living organisms too. It is a key geographical ...

of . The village was the

administrative centre An administrative center is a seat of regional administration or local government, or a county town, or the place where the central administration of a commune is located. In countries with French as administrative language (such as Belgium, L ...

of the old municipality of Sparbu from 1838 until the dissolution of the municipality in 1964.

Notable residents

Hans Ystgaard Hans Ystgaard (19 February 1882 – 25 November 1953) was a Norwegian farmer and politician of the Norwegian Labour Party. He served as the Norwegian Minister of Agriculture from 1935–1945, and is to date the longest serving minister in said po ...

(1882–1953) farmer and politician, Mayor of Sparbu * Peder E. Vorum (1884 in Steinnes – 1970) an educator and politician for the

Labour Democrats The Radical People's Party ( no, Radikale Folkeparti), founded as the Labour Democrats (Norwegian: ''Arbeiderdemokratene''), was a radical political party in Norway mainly active from 1906 to 1936, targeting workers and smallholders. The party was ...

Nasjonal Samling Nasjonal Samling (, NS; ) was a Norwegian far-right political party active from 1933 to 1945. It was the only legal party of Norway from 1942 to 1945. It was founded by former minister of defence Vidkun Quisling and a group of supporters such ...

* Kristen Eik-Nes (1922 in Sparbu – 1992) a medical scientist, academic and art collector * Jarle Benum (born 1928 in Sparbu) a Norwegian politician *

Torgeir Brandtzæg Torgeir Torbjørn Brandtzæg (born 6 October 1941) is a retired Norwegian ski jumper who won bronze medals both in the large hill and normal hill at the 1964 Winter Olympics. Brandtzæg placed fifth in the Four Hills Tournament in 1963; he won ...

(born 1941) a ski jumper, two bronze medals in the

1964 Winter Olympics The 1964 Winter Olympics, officially known as the IX Olympic Winter Games (german: IX. Olympische Winterspiele) and commonly known as Innsbruck 1964 ( bar, Innschbruck 1964, label= Austro-Bavarian), was a winter multi-sport event which was celebr ...

then became a farmer in Sparbu *

Mona Juul Mona Juul (born 10 April 1959) is an official in the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and former politician for the Labour Party. Juul hails from Sparbu, and was educated in political science. She played a key role facilitating the Oslo Acc ...

(born 1959 in Sparbu) a

Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs The Royal Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs ( Norwegian (Bokmål): ''Det kongelige utenriksdepartement''; Norwegian (Nynorsk): ''Det kongelege utanriksdepartement'') is the foreign ministry of the Kingdom of Norway. It was established on Ju ...

and former politician * Sigrid Ekran, (Norwegian Wiki) (born 1980 in Sparbu) 11th-place winner of the 2012

Iditarod The Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, more commonly known as The Iditarod, is an annual long-distance sled dog race run in early March. It travels from Anchorage to Nome, entirely within the US state of Alaska. Mushers and a team of between 12 a ...

Karl Morten Eek Karl Morten Eek (born 25 June 1988) is a Norwegian footballer who plays as a defender for Steinkjer in 3. divisjon. He was born in Sparbu and started his career in Sparbu IL. He made his senior debut in May 2005, for Steinkjer FK. He attract ...

(born 1988 in Sparbu) a Norwegian footballer

References

External links

Sparbu Rail Station
Villages in Trøndelag Steinkjer {{Trøndelag-geo-stub