Korsvika

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Neighborhood in Trondheim
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Korsvika
Korsvika (Norway)
Coordinates: 63°26′57″N10°26′00″E / 63.4492°N 10.4333°E / 63.4492; 10.4333 Coordinates: 63°26′57″N10°26′00″E / 63.4492°N 10.4333°E / 63.4492; 10.4333
Country Norway
Region Central Norway
County Trøndelag
Municipality Trondheim
Borough Østbyen
Elevation [1] 18 m (59 ft)
Time zone UTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+02:00 (CEST)

Korsvika is a small residential area in the Lade area in the city of Trondheim in Trøndelag county, Norway. Korsvika is located in the Østbyen borough. It has several small beaches and the Ladestien trail runs through the area. Korsvika is also the site of "Korsvika barnehage", a local kindergarten. [2]

Lade, Trondheim Neighborhood in Trondheim in Trøndelag, Central Norway, Norway

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Trondheim City in Norway

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Trøndelag Region and county of Norway

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Korsvikaspillet

Korsvikaspillet is an annual festival in Korsvika. Håkon og Kark is a play which is performed bi-annually at the festival. The play was originally performed in 1989 for the 800th anniversary of the founding of Lade Church (Lade kirke). In 1995, Idar Lind wrote a new manuscript for the play with music is composed by Frode Fjellheim. The plot of the play is the life of earl Håkon Sigurdsson who was the de facto ruler of Norway during the end of the 10th century. Håkon was killed by Kark who was his slave and servant. In the play, the story is told by a skald named Einar Skåleglam. [3] [4] [5]

Lade Church Church in Trøndelag, Norway

Lade Church is a parish church in Trondheim municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located in the Lade neighborhood in the city of Trondheim, just southeast of Korsvika and east of Ladehammeren. It is the church for the Lade parish which is part of the Nidaros domprosti (arch-deanery) in the Diocese of Nidaros. The white, stone church was built in a long church style around the year 1190. The church seats about 160 people. The nave is 16.5 by 10.7 metres and the choir is 7.1 by 7.4 metres. The altarpiece dates back to 1709 when it was received as a gift from Ellen Rovert from the nearby Lade Gård estate.

Idar Lind Norwegian writer

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References

  1. ↑ "Korsvika barnehage, Trondheim (Trøndelag)". yr.no . Retrieved 2018-03-19.
  2. ↑ "Korsvika" (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2011-03-24.
  3. ↑ "Om Korsvikaspillet". korsvika.no. Retrieved 2016-12-01.
  4. ↑ Leif Inge Ree Petersen. "Håkon Sigurdsson". Store norske leksikon. Retrieved 2016-12-01.
  5. ↑ Idar Lind. "Kark". Store norske leksikon. Retrieved 2016-12-01.


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