Stjørdal () or is a

municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality ...

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 ...

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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 ...

. It is part of the Stjørdalen

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. The

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of the municipality is the

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of Stjørdal, also called

Stjørdalshalsen Stjørdalshalsen (also known as Stjørdal or Halsen) is a town and the administrative centre of the municipality of Stjørdal in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located between the rivers Stjørdalselva and Gråelva to the south and north and ...

. Some of the villages in the municipality include

Elvran Elvran is a village in the municipality of Stjørdal in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located in the southern part of the municipality, about southeast of the town of Stjørdalshalsen. The village is the location of Elvran Church. Notable ...

Flornes Flornes is a village in the municipality of Stjørdal in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located in the western part of the municipality along the Stjørdalselva river, about east of the town of Stjørdalshalsen. The village of Sona lies to t ...

, Hegra, Hell,

Kvithammer Kvithammer or Kvithammar is a village in the Skatval area of the municipality of Stjørdal in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located in the western part of the municipality, about northwest of the town of Stjørdalshalsen. The village has a p ...

Prestmoen Prestmoen is a village in the municipality of Stjørdal in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located along the Stjørdalselva river in the central part of the municipality, about southeast of the town of Stjørdalshalsen. The village is the locat ...

Skatval Skatval is a village in the municipality of Stjørdal in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located on the Skatval peninsula about northwest of the town of Stjørdalshalsen. The inhabitants are called as ''Skatvalsbygg''. Skatval Church is loc ...

, Skjelstadmarka, Sona, and Værnes. The municipality is known for the

village A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town (although the word is often used to describe both hamlets and smaller towns), with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to ...

of Hell which is located in the

Lånke Lånke was a former municipality in the old Nord-Trøndelag county, Norway. The municipality existed from 1902 until its dissolution in 1962. The municipality was located south of the Stjørdalselva river in what is now the south-central part ...

area of Stjørdal. Hell is especially known for its train station, Hell Station, where you find the old sign saying ' (meaning "Cargo handling"). The municipality is the 125th largest by area out of the 356 municipalities in Norway. Stjørdal is the 50th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 24,287. The municipality's

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 ...

is and its population has increased by 10.1% over the previous 10-year period.

General information

The old

prestegjeld A ''prestegjeld'' was a geographic and administrative area within the Church of Norway (''Den Norske Kirke'') roughly equivalent to a parish. This traditional designation was in use for centuries to divide the kingdom into ecclesiastical areas that ...

of Stjørdalen was established as the municipality of Stjørdalen on 1 January 1838 (see

formannskapsdistrikt () is the name for Norwegian local self-government districts that were legally enacted on 1 January 1838. This system of municipalities was created in a bill approved by the Parliament of Norway and signed into law by King Carl Johan on 14 Janua ...

law). On 1 January 1850, Stjørdalen municipality was divided into two new municipalities: Øvre Stjørdal (population: 5,199) in the east and Nedre Stjørdal (population: 6,543) in the west. Later, on 1 January 1874, Øvre Stjørdal municipality was divided into two new municipalities: Hegra (population: 3,409) in the west and Meråker (population: 1,861) in the east. On 1 January 1902, Nedre Stjørdal municipality was divided into three new municipalities:

(population: 1,449) in the south,

(population: 2,125) in the north, and Stjørdal (population: 3,158) in the central part. This Stjørdal was quite small in comparison to its size today, but over time it was expanded. During the 1960s, there were many municipal mergers across Norway due to the work of the

Schei Committee The Schei Committee ( no, Schei-komitéen) was a committee named by the Government of Norway to look into the organization of municipalities in Norway post-World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWI ...

. On 1 January 1962, the municipalities of Stjørdal (population: 6,204), Hegra (population: 2,704),

(population: 1,967), and

(population: 1,944) were all merged to form a much larger municipality of Stjørdal. On 1 January 2018, the municipality switched from the old Nord-Trøndelag county to the new

county.

Name

The

Old Norse Old Norse, Old Nordic, or Old Scandinavian, is a stage of development of North Germanic languages, North Germanic dialects before their final divergence into separate Nordic languages. Old Norse was spoken by inhabitants of Scandinavia and t ...

form of the name was ''Stjórardalr''. The first element is the

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of the river name ''Stjór'' (now called Stjørdalselva) and the last element is ''dalr'' which means "

valley A valley is an elongated low area often running between hills or mountains, which will typically contain a river or stream running from one end to the other. Most valleys are formed by erosion of the land surface by rivers or streams over ...

" or "dale". The meaning of the river name is unknown. The pronunciation of the name ''Stjørdal'' in the local dialect is .

Coat of arms and flag

On 29 September 1983, by resolution of its municipal council, Stjørdal adopted a new municipal

coat of arms A coat of arms is a heraldic visual design on an escutcheon (i.e., shield), surcoat, or tabard (the latter two being outer garments). The coat of arms on an escutcheon forms the central element of the full heraldic achievement, which in it ...

in red and gold, bearing a gold or yellow Lindworm (a two-legged dragon or wyvern) on a field of red. The arms were granted on 25 November 1983.

Most Norwegian municipalities have a banner of their respective coats of arms as a flag, and accordingly, the municipal flag of Stjørdal similarly bears a yellow wyvern on a red field. Although the

is from modern times, the dragon motif of the arms was inspired by a

medieval In the history of Europe, the Middle Ages or medieval period lasted approximately from the late 5th to the late 15th centuries, similar to the post-classical period of global history. It began with the fall of the Western Roman Empire a ...

seal for the district, dating from 1344. The old municipal seal was considered unsuitable for selection as the municipal coat of arms, because to obtain a municipal coat of arms and flag, a Norwegian municipality must fulfill certain heraldic requirements that do not apply to a seal. For example, a coat of arms will generally contain only one pictorial motif, while Stjørdal's seal had three motifs and failed to meet additional requirements concerning color elements. The municipality sought assistance from the National Archives of Norway, and was referred to archivist Hallvard Trætteberg, resulting in a collaboration to develop the new coat of arms. The dragon is a symbol of

Saint Margaret of Antioch Margaret, known as Margaret of Antioch in the West, and as Saint Marina the Great Martyr ( grc-gre, Ἁγία Μαρίνα) in the East, is celebrated as a saint on 20 July in the Western Rite Orthodoxy, Roman Catholic Church and Anglicanism, ...

, and its depiction is derived from Stjørdal's old seal, which showed Saint Margaret standing on a slain dragon. According to Stjørdal's municipal website, both the four-legged dragon and the two-legged wyvern are used in ancient designs of arms going back thousands of years, and have "always stood as a symbol of authority, power, and exalted dignity of great national cultures."

Churches

Stjördal IMG 5979 vaernes kirke from north

The

Church of Norway The Church of Norway ( nb, Den norske kirke, nn, Den norske kyrkja, se, Norgga girku, sma, Nöörjen gærhkoe) is an Lutheranism, evangelical Lutheran denomination of Protestant Christianity and by far the largest Christian church in Norway. ...

has four parishes () within the municipality of Stjørdal. It is part of the Stjørdal prosti (

deanery A deanery (or decanate) is an ecclesiastical entity in the Roman Catholic Church, the Eastern Orthodox Church, the Anglican Communion, the Evangelical Church in Germany, and the Church of Norway. A deanery is either the jurisdiction or reside ...

) in the Diocese of Nidaros.

History

Stjørdal is the location of

Steinvikholm Castle Steinvikholm Castle (''Steinvikholm slott'') is an island fortress on the Skatval peninsula near Stjørdal in Trøndelag county, Norway. The castle was built over seven years, from 1525 to 1532, by Norway's last Roman Catholic Archbishop, Olav ...

, the residence of Norway's last Catholic archbishop, Olav Engelbrektsson. It is located on the

peninsula. Hegra Fortress is located in the central part of the municipality. It was used as a defense against the

Swedish Swedish or ' may refer to: Anything from or related to Sweden, a country in Northern Europe. Or, specifically: * Swedish language, a North Germanic language spoken primarily in Sweden and Finland ** Swedish alphabet, the official alphabet used by ...

military. It was also used during

World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the World War II by country, vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great power ...

in the

Battle of Hegra Fortress The Battle of Hegra Fortress was a 25-day engagement in the 1940 Norwegian campaign which saw a small force of Norwegian volunteers fighting numerically superior German forces from a fortified position. After initial fighting around the Meråk ...

. The Stjørdal Folk Academy was founded in 1908 by

Nils Anton Vaagland Nils Anton Vaagland (February 11, 1872 – December 29, 1965) was a Norwegians, Norwegian lawyer and politician for the Liberal Party (Norway), Liberal Party. Vaagland was born in Halsa in Møre og Romsdal Counties of Norway, county, Norway. He ...

, who was later mayor of Stjørdal and also served as the academy's director for 10 years. Steinvikholm slott.JPG,

in Stjørdal where the last archbishop of Norway resided Skatval Station 1945.JPG, 8 May 1945 following years of

German occupation German-occupied Europe refers to the sovereign countries of Europe which were wholly or partly occupied and civil-occupied (including puppet governments) by the military forces and the government of Nazi Germany at various times between 193 ...

Government

All municipalities in Norway, including Stjørdal, are responsible for primary education (through 10th grade), outpatient

health services Health care or healthcare is the improvement of health via the preventive healthcare, prevention, diagnosis, therapy, treatment, wiktionary:amelioration, amelioration or cure of disease, illness, injury, and other disability, physical and menta ...

senior citizen Old age refers to ages nearing or surpassing the life expectancy of human beings, and is thus the end of the human life cycle. Terms and euphemisms for people at this age include old people, the elderly (worldwide usage), OAPs (British usag ...

services,

unemployment Unemployment, according to the OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development), is people above a specified age (usually 15) not being in paid employment or self-employment but currently available for work during the refer ...

and other

social services Social services are a range of public services intended to provide support and assistance towards particular groups, which commonly include the disadvantaged. They may be provided by individuals, private and independent organisations, or adminis ...

zoning Zoning is a method of urban planning in which a municipality or other tier of government divides land into areas called zones, each of which has a set of regulations for new development that differs from other zones. Zones may be defined for a s ...

economic development In the economics study of the public sector, economic and social development is the process by which the economic well-being and quality of life of a nation, region, local community, or an individual are improved according to targeted goals a ...

, and municipal

road A road is a linear way for the conveyance of traffic that mostly has an improved surface for use by vehicles (motorized and non-motorized) and pedestrians. Unlike streets, the main function of roads is transportation. There are many types of ...

s. The municipality is governed by a

municipal council A municipal council is the legislative body of a municipality or local government area. Depending on the location and classification of the municipality it may be known as a city council, town council, town board, community council, rural coun ...

of elected representatives, which in turn elect a

mayor In many countries, a mayor is the highest-ranking official in a municipal government such as that of a city or a town. Worldwide, there is a wide variance in local laws and customs regarding the powers and responsibilities of a mayor as well as ...

. The municipality falls under the Trøndelag District Court and the Frostating Court of Appeal.

Municipal council

The

() of Stjørdal is made up of 41 representatives that are elected to four year terms. The

party A party is a gathering of people who have been invited by a host for the purposes of socializing, conversation, recreation, or as part of a festival or other commemoration or celebration of a special occasion. A party will often feature ...

breakdown of the council is as follows:

Geography

Stjørdal consists of the old municipalities of

, Hegra,

, and Stjørdal. The Stjørdalselva river runs through the Stjørdalen valley, with the

peninsula on the northern side. The

Forbordsfjellet Forbordsfjellet is a mountain in the municipality of Stjørdal in Trøndelag county, Norway. The tall mountain lies directly to the north of Trondheim Airport, Værnes and the town of Stjørdalshalsen and about northeast of the village of Skatva ...

mountain sits in the northern part of the municipality. The Skarvan and Roltdalen National Park lies in the eastern part of the municipality, as is a tiny part of the lake Feren. The village of Stjørdal declared

town status City status is a symbolic and legal designation given by a national or subnational government. A municipality may receive city status because it already has the qualities of a city, or because it has some special purpose. Historically, city status ...

in 1997. Stjørdal is one of the fastest-growing municipalities in

due to its proximity to the city of

Trondheim Trondheim ( , , ; sma, Tråante), historically Kaupangen, Nidaros and Trondhjem (), is a city and municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. As of 2020, it had a population of 205,332, was the third most populous municipality in Norway, an ...

and also to Statoil's presence (it controls a large part of the

petroleum Petroleum, also known as crude oil, or simply oil, is a naturally occurring yellowish-black liquid mixture of mainly hydrocarbons, and is found in geological formations. The name ''petroleum'' covers both naturally occurring unprocessed crude ...

activity in the

Norwegian Sea The Norwegian Sea ( no, Norskehavet; is, Noregshaf; fo, Norskahavið) is a marginal sea, grouped with either the Atlantic Ocean or the Arctic Ocean, northwest of Norway between the North Sea and the Greenland Sea, adjoining the Barents Sea to ...

from Stjørdal). Trondheim is only about from Stjørdal either by road (

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 ...

) or train ( Trønderbanen). Stjørdal is in the process of "growing together" with Trondheim, a show of regional

urbanization Urbanization (or urbanisation) refers to the population shift from rural to urban areas, the corresponding decrease in the proportion of people living in rural areas, and the ways in which societies adapt to this change. It is predominantly t ...

. The distance to Steinkjer is about , and the towns of Levanger and Verdalsøra are both about to the north. All four of these towns are located on the eastern shore of Trondheimsfjord.

Climate

Trondheim Airport Værnes in Stjørdal is used by Norway's met office as climate reference station for the Trøndelag region, and is sometimes used as reference station for the city of Trondheim. The weather station started operating in 1946. The location near the wide and deep Trondheimsfjord moderates winter temperatures. The coldest month recorded at Værnes was February 1966 with mean and average daily high . The warmest month was July 2014 with mean and average high , while the weather station at nearby Kvithammar in Stjørdal recorded average high in July 2014. On June 27, 2020, Værnes set a new record high with 34.3 °C. The record lows are all from before year 2000, the most recent is the January record low from 1996. Half of the monthly record highs are from 2000 or later. The warmest temperature ever recorded in Stjørdal was at an earlier weather station on 17 July 1945 with , the warmest temperature recorded in the former Nord-Trøndelag county. The driest month at Værnes was January 1972 with of precipitation, and the wettest was December 1975 with . The largest snow depth recorded is in March 1956, while the largest snow depth after 1980 is in January 1986. There are on average 14 days during winter with at least of snow cover on the ground based on the years 1971–2000. Temperatures have tended to be warmer in more recent decades with less snow cover in winter due to melting. The only year air frost has been recorded in August was in 1956, and the second-coldest low recorded in August is in 1966. The only recording of air frost in June was in 1975.

Birdlife

The Stjørdal area has a rich

bird Birds are a group of warm-blooded vertebrates constituting the class Aves (), characterised by feathers, toothless beaked jaws, the laying of hard-shelled eggs, a high metabolic rate, a four-chambered heart, and a strong yet lightweig ...

life with well over 260 recorded species and several good birding localities. Though Stjørdal can not boast of a long coastline (it's only long) some of best birding areas are to be found along Stjørdalfjorden. Halsøen is virtually situated near the centre of Stjørdal, and can be easily viewed from a number of advantage points from route E6 in the east or Langøra in the west. Formed by the old river outlet, this tidal area is well worth checking. Due to the shallow waters and extensive areas of mud at low

tide Tides are the rise and fall of sea levels caused by the combined effects of the gravitational forces exerted by the Moon (and to a much lesser extent, the Sun) and are also caused by the Earth and Moon orbiting one another. Tide tables can ...

, Halsøen is used both as a wintering area and a migration stopover point by many species.

Culture

Kimen kulturhus is a culture house that opened in 2015, which includes a 3-auditorium cinema, a public library, and concert halls. The radio station Radio Trøndelag is based in Stjørdal, which broadcasts programming targeted to rural Trøndelag audiences, and is the only significant radio station in the Trondheim metropolitan area that still broadcasts on FM. Sports-wise, the southern farming-based district of

is the place of the Lånkebanen, a rallycross complex that hosts annual rounds of the FIA World Rallycross Championship and the FIA European Rallycross Championship. The municipality's primary sports team is IL Stjørdals-Blink, whose men's football team currently plays in the 2. divisjon.

Transportation

Stjørdal is a regional transportation centre that is near the regional airport, Trondheim Airport, Værnes, as well as port facilities,

European route E14 European route E14 is a part of the International E-road network. It begins in Trondheim, Norway, and ends in Sundsvall, Sweden. The road is long. The road follows the route Trondheim - Storlien – Östersund – Sundsvall. Just east o ...

, and the Nordland Line going through the municipality from Trondheim to

Bodø Bodø (; smj, Bådåddjo, sv, Bodö) is a municipality in Nordland county, Norway. It is part of the traditional region of Salten. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Bodø (which is also the capital of Nordland cou ...

with stops at Hell Station, Trondheim Airport Station,

Stjørdal Station Stjørdal Station ( no, Stjørdal stasjon) is a railway station located in the town of Stjørdalshalsen in the municipality of Stjørdal in Trøndelag county, Norway. The station is located along the Nordland Line. It is located just north of ...

, and

Skatval Station Skatval Station ( no, Skatval stasjon) is a railway station located in the village of Skatval in the municipality of Stjørdal in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located along the Nordlandsbanen railway line. The station is served hourly by the ...

. In addition, the Meråkerbanen railway line goes from Hell east to Åre Municipality in Sweden. Stations on that railway line include Hell Station,

Hegra Station Hegra Station ( no, Hegra stasjon) is a railway station on the Meråker Line in the village of Hegra in the municipality of Stjørdal in Trøndelag county, Norway. The station was opened on 17 October 1881 as Hegre. It received the current name o ...

Sona Station Sona Station ( no, Sona stasjon) was a railway station on the Meråker Line in the village of Sona in the municipality of Stjørdal in Trøndelag county, Norway Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northe ...

, and

Flornes Station Flornes Station ( no, Flornes stasjon) was a railway station on the Meråker Line in the village of Flornes in the municipality of Stjørdal in Trøndelag county, Norway Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in ...

. Regional bus services connect Stjørdal to Trondheim, Melhus, Orkanger, Steinkjer and Selbu 7 days a week, while two local routes connecting downtown Stjørdal with its northern and southern neighbourhoods run 6 and 5 days a week respectively.

Notable people

Public service & public thinking

Petter Johnsen Ertzgaard Petter Johnsen Ertzgaard (13 August 1784 – 7 February 1848) was a Norwegian farmer, elected official and military officer. He served as a representative at the Norwegian Constitutional Assembly. Petter Johnsen Ertzgaard was born in Stjø ...

(1784 in Stjørdal – 1848) a farmer, elected official and military officer; rep. on Norwegian Constitutional Assembly *

Ole Vig Ole Vig (6 February 1824 – 19 December 1857) was a Norwegian teacher, poet, non-fiction writer, magazine editor. He is remembered today primarily as an early proponent of universal public education. Biography Vig grew up on a farm (''Vikmar ...

(1824 in Kvithammer – 1857) a Norwegian teacher, poet, non-fiction writer, magazine editor and early proponent of universal public education * Olaf Alfred Hoffstad (1865 in Stjørdal – 1943) botanist, writer, school principal and politician * Andreas Fleischer (1878 in Hegra – 1957) a theologian, missionary to China, and Bishop of Diocese of Bjørgvin *

Johan Peter Trøite Johan Peter Trøite (22 March 1880 – 14 March 1977) was a Norwegian politician. He was born in Hegra to Nils Pedersen Hegre and Randi Rollaugsdatter Bjørngaard. He was elected representative to the Storting for the period 1937–1945, for ...

(1880 in Hegra – 1977) a politician, Mayor of Hegra 1937-1941 *

Jon Leirfall Jon Leirfall (7 October 1899 – 12 June 1998) was a Norwegian politician for the Centre Party. He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Nord-Trøndelag in 1945, and was re-elected on five occasions. He had previously been a deputy repre ...

(1899 in Hegra – 1998) a Norwegian politician, Mayor of Hegra 1959–1961 *

Alf Amble Alf Maria Amble (1909–1950) was a Norwegian anti-Semitic activist and writer. He was born in Trondheim, Trondhjem, but grew up in a foster home in Stjørdal. He took a short technical education in Oslo in 1925–1926, but committed several petty ...

(1909–1950) a petty criminal, anti-Semitic activist, writer and Nazi sympathiser in WWII, brought up in Stjørdal * Petter Jakob Bjerve (1913 in Stjørdal – 2004) an economist, statistician, politician and director of

Statistics Norway Statistics Norway ( no, Statistisk sentralbyrå, abbreviated to ''SSB'') is the Norwegian statistics bureau. It was established in 1876. Relying on a staff of about 1,000, Statistics Norway publish about 1,000 new statistical releases every ye ...

1949–1980, president of the International Statistical Institute, 1971 to 1975 *

Reidar Kvaal Reidar Kvaal MC (14 February 1916 – 17 June 2016) was a Norwegian military officer. He was born in Stjørdal to farmer Ottar Kvaal and Guri Gjære. During World War II he was a member of Kompani Linge. He led Operation Lapwing, a group of c ...

MC (1916 in Stjørdal – 2016) a Norwegian military officer, fought in Kompani Linge *

Håvard Alstadheim Håvard Alstadheim (24 May 1936 – 7 September 1998) was a Norwegian economist and politician for the Liberal Party. He was born in Stjørdal, and took the cand.oecon. degree. He was appointed as a docent in economics at the University of Tron ...

(1936 in Stjørdal – 1998) economist, politician, Mayor of Stjørdal 1980-1985 *

Arnstein Øverkil Arnstein Øverkil (29 March 1937 – 27 February 2014) was a Norwegian police chief and civil servant. He was born in Hegra, and from 1985 to 2002 he was the chief of police in Asker and Bærum Police District. In 2003 he was appointed as acting ...

(1937 in Hegra – 2014) a Norwegian police chief, freemason and civil servant *

Alf Daniel Moen Alf Daniel Moen (born 2 February 1950) is a Norwegian forester and politician for the Labour Party. He lives in Hegra and was mayor of Stjørdal Stjørdal () or is a municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is part of the Stjørdalen ...

(born 1950 in Hegra) forester, politician, Mayor of Stjørdal, 1986–94 & 1995–99 * Eli Arnstad (born 1962 in Stjørdal) a Norwegian civil servant, sports official and politician *

Marit Arnstad Marit Arnstad (born 4 May 1962) is a Norwegian lawyer and politician for the Centre Party. She is currently the party’s parliamentary leader since 2014, having previously held the office from 2003 to 2005. Arnstad was the Norwegian Minister of ...

(born 1962 in Stjørdal) a Norwegian lawyer and politician

The Arts

Kjell Arnljot Wig Kjell Arnljot Wig (31 December 1924 – 18 January 2015) was a Norwegian media personality. He was born in Stjørdal and died in Bærum. He was a journalist for ''Morgenbladet'' from 1948, and was assigned with the Norwegian Broadcasting Corpora ...

(1924 in Stjørdal – 2015) a Norwegian media personality & TV host * Mona Grudt (born 1971 in Stjørdal) a TV host, model, editor, and Miss Universe 1990 *

Bjørn Marius Hegge Bjørn Marius Hegge (born 11 September 1987 in Elvran, Stjørdal) is a Norwegian jazz musician (Double bass, upright bass and guitar) and composer. Biography Hegge completed his studies on the Jazz program at Norwegian University of Science an ...

(born 1987 in Elvran) jazz musician and composer, plays upright bass and guitar

Sport

Tor Richter Tor Richter (20 April 1938 – 30 September 2010) was a Norwegian Shooting sport, sports shooter. He competed in the Shooting at the 1960 Summer Olympics – Men's 50 metre rifle, prone, 50 metre rifle, prone event at the 1960 Summer Olympic ...

(1938 in Stjørdal – 2010) a sports shooter, competed at the

1960 Summer Olympics The 1960 Summer Olympics ( it, Giochi Olimpici estivi del 1960), officially known as the Games of the XVII Olympiad ( it, Giochi della XVII Olimpiade) and commonly known as Rome 1960 ( it, Roma 1960), were an international multi-sport event held ...

Arild Holm Arild Ragnar Holm (born 11 February 1942) is a Norwegian alpine skier. He was born in Stjørdal. He participated at the 1964 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck Innsbruck (; bar, Innschbruck, label=Bavarian language, Austro-Bavarian ) is the capita ...

(born 1942 in Stjørdal) an alpine skier, competed at the 1964 Winter Olympics *

Kjell Alseth Kjell Alseth (born 15 August 1960 in Stjørdal) is a Norway, Norwegian Referee (association football), Football referee. He represents Stjørdals/Blink. Alseth debuted as referee in Tippeligaen 18 August 1996 in Skeid Fotball, Skeid's 3–1 victor ...

(born 1960 in Stjørdal) a Norwegian football FIFA referee * Fredrik Midtsjø (born 1993 in Stjørdal) a Norwegian footballer with 230 club caps

Twin towns – sister cities

Stjørdal is

twinned Twinning (making a twin of) may refer to: * In biology and agriculture, producing two offspring (i.e., twins) at a time, or having a tendency to do so; * Twin towns and sister cities, towns and cities involved in town twinning * Twinning inst ...

with: * Karstula, Finland

References

External links

* *
Municipal fact sheet
from

Angling in the Stjørdalselva (river)
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