Namdalen (Southern Sami: Nååmesjevuemie) is a traditional district in the central part of Norway, consisting of the municipalities Namsos, Grong, Overhalla...
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Nordtrønderen og Namdalen was a Norwegian newspaper published in Namsos from 1942 to 1994. It was the result of a merger between three previous newspapers...
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Namdalens Folkeblad (The Namdalen People's Gazette) was a Norwegian newspaper published in Namsos from 1899 to 1942 and from 1945 to 1963. The newspaper...
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Thorkel of Namdalen was a Norwegian jarl in Namdalen who lived in the mid to late ninth century CE. Thorkel married Hrafnhilda, the daughter of Ketil...
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Ketil Trout (Iceland) (redirect from Ketil Trout of Namdalen)
Hrafnhild (daughter of Ketil Trout of Hrafnista) and Thorkel, jarl of Namdalen. Ketil was a man of great wealth and a close friend and kinsman of Thorolf...
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before Harald Fairhair, Hålogaland was a kingdom extending between the Namdalen valley in Trøndelag county and the Lyngen fjord in Troms county. Ancient...
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Petty kingdoms of Norway (section Kingdom of Namdalen)
The petty kingdoms of Norway (Bokmål: smårike) were the entities from which the later Kingdom of Norway was founded. Before the unification of Norway in...
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surrender and allowed him to rule Namdalen in his name. This story is also present in Heimskringla. After this, Namdalen and Hålogaland were in his grasp...
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present-day municipality of Bindal. The ancient district of Bindalen belonged to Namdalen. However, in 1658, when the county (län) of Trondheim was ceded to Sweden...
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Sami) is a municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is part of the Namdalen region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Namsos...
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emptying into the Namsenfjorden. The river is the namesake for the whole Namdalen region. The river traditionally has been used for floating timber down...
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2020 when it joined the municipality of Nærøysund. It was part of the Namdalen region. Norway's smallest town, Kolvereid, was the administrative centre...
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personal name. Among the more famous holders of the name are: Thorkel of Namdalen, ninth-century jarl and father of Ketil Trout. Thorkell Súrsson, tenth-century...
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municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. The village is located in the Namdalen valley on an island in the middle of the river Namsen, although it also...
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Trøndelag county, Norway. The village is located along the river Namsen in the Namdalen valley. It is about 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) north of the village of Medjå...
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Trøndelag, Norway. Namsskogan is located in the upper part of the long Namdalen valley region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village...
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is a major hoard of Viking objects found in a barrow at Lilleberge in Namdalen, central Norway in the late nineteenth century. Since 1891, it has been...
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Stjørdal Skogn Verdalen Sparbu Eynafylke Northern part? (later Fosen) Namdalen "upper half" (Overhalla) "lower half (later Njardøy) Hålogaland (two parts)...
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Albert Collett and became one of the largest landowners in the valley of Namdalen in Nord-Trøndelag, Norway. Collett was born at Buskerud Manor at Åmot in...
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municipal center of Grong. The village lies close to the river Namsen in the Namdalen valley and less than 8 kilometres (5.0 mi) southeast from Eidsvatnet. It...
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Namdalen Flatanger Grong Høylandet Leka Lierne Namsos Namsskogan Nærøysund Overhalla Røyrvik Innherred Frosta Inderøy Levanger Snåsa Steinkjer Verdal Fosen...
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11.0795 Country Norway Region Central Norway County Trøndelag District Namdalen Municipality Namsos Elevation 134 m (440 ft) Time zone UTC+01:00 (CET)...
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Sør-Bindalen or Sørbindalen is a former administrative entity in the Namdalen district of Trøndelag, Norway. It was in existence from 1658 to 1852. It...
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'a half troll'. This is used as the nickname of Hallbjorn of Ramsta in Namdalen, father of Ketill hoengr, and ancestor of some of the settlers of Iceland...
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Overhalla is a municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is part of the Namdalen region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of...
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Halogaland. (Ketil is sometimes confused with his grandson, Ketil Trout of Namdalen.) The group is named after Hrafnista, modern Ramsta in northern Norway...
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the district of Stjørdalen, while in the north, the larger district of Namdalen stretches from the Norwegian Sea to the mountains bordering Sweden. West...
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Ulf the Brave (Úlfr inn óargi) was a Norwegian hersir who lived in Namdalen in the eighth century CE. He was the father of Hallbjörn Half-Troll and Hallbera...
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Grenland Gudbrandsdal Hadeland Hålogaland Hardanger Hedmark Hordaland Land Namdalen Nordmøre Oppland Orkdalen Ranrike Raumarike Ringerike Rogaland Romsdal...
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Ryum is located just south of Rørvik, and it serves the region of Ytre Namdalen. The Coastal Museum Norveg, with a center for coastal culture and ship...
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