Levanger Hospital ( no, Sykehuset Levanger) is a

hospital A hospital is a health care institution providing patient treatment with specialized health science and auxiliary healthcare staff and medical equipment. The best-known type of hospital is the general hospital, which typically has an emerge ...

located in the town of Levanger in the municipality of

Levanger Levanger is a municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is part of the district of Innherred. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Levanger. Some of the notable villages in the municipality include Alstadhaug, Ekne, ...

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,

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. The hospital is located along the road Kirkegata on the west side of the town of Levanger. Along with

Namsos Hospital Namsos Hospital ( no, Sykehuset Namsos) is a local hospital located in Namsos, Norway. Owned and operated by Nord-Trøndelag Hospital Trust, part of the Central Norway Regional Health Authority, it serves the district of Namdalen Namdalen ( ...

, this is one of two hospitals in the old

Nord-Trøndelag Nord-Trøndelag (; "North Trøndelag") was a county constituting the northern part of the present-day Trøndelag county in Norway. The county was established in 1804 when the old Trondhjems amt was divided into two: Nordre Trondhjems amt and S ...

county (now part of Trøndelag county). Both hospitals are managed by the

Nord-Trøndelag Hospital Trust Nord-Trøndelag Health Trust ( no, Helse Nord-Trøndelag HF) is a health trust that is subordinate to the Central Norway Regional Health Authority that operates the public specialist health care in Nord-Trøndelag county, Norway. It includes t ...

. Levanger Hospital generally serves the southern and central parts of northern Trøndelag county.

History

The decision to build the hospital was made in 1840, and it was opened in 1844. On 1 April 1844, Peter Wilhelm Kreidahl Dietrichson was appointed as the chief

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of the hospital. Former names for the hospital are ''Nordre Trondhjems Amts Sygehus på Eidesøren'' (North Trondheim county's hospital at Eidesøren) and ''Innherred sykehus'', the latter name was used until 2002.

References

Hospital buildings completed in 1844 Hospitals in Norway Levanger Hospitals established in 1844 1844 establishments in Norway Trøndelag County Municipality {{Europe-hospital-stub