Korsvika is a small residential area in the

Lade Lade may refer to: People * Brendon Lade (born 1976), an Australian rules footballer * Sir John Lade (1759–1838), a baronet and Regency horse-breeder * Heinrich Eduard von Lade (1817–1904), a German banker and amateur astronomer * The Jarls ...

area in 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, and ...

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 Denma ...

county,

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. Korsvika is located in the

Østbyen Østbyen is a borough of the city of Trondheim in Trøndelag county, Norway. The borough was established on 1 January 2005 in a municipal borough reform that reduced the number of boroughs in the city. The borough of Lerkendal lies to the southw ...

borough. It has several small

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es and the

Ladestien Ladestien ( en, the Lade Trail) is a broad walking track that strolls along the Trondheimsfjord around the entire Lade, Trondheim, Lade Peninsula in the municipality of Trondheim in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. The track is about long. The wes ...

trail runs through the area. Korsvika is also the site of "Korsvika barnehage", a local kindergarten.

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 Church ( no, Lade Kirke) is one of Norway's oldest existing stone churches. It is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Trondheim municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located in the Lade neighborhood in the city of Trondheim, ...

(''Lade kirke''). In 1995,

Idar Lind Idar Lind (born 23 September 1954) is a Norwegian novelist, crime fiction writer, songwriter and playwright. Biography Lind was born on the island of Otterøya (now part of Namsos) in Nord-Trøndelag county, Norway. He made his literary debut ...

wrote a new manuscript for the play with music is composed by

Frode Fjellheim Frode Fjellheim (born 27 August 1959 in Mussere) is a Southern Saami yoiker and musician (piano and synthesizer) from Norway. He is best known for his band Transjoik and as the composer of the 2002 song "Eatnemen Vuelie", which was later adapted ...

. 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.

References

Geography of Trondheim Neighbourhoods of Trondheim {{Trøndelag-geo-stub