Nidelva is a
river
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in
Trondheim Municipality in
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,
Norway
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. The name of the long river translates to "the River Nid" since the suffix ''elva'' or ''elven'' is the
Norwegian
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word for "the river".
Location
The Nidelva starts at the
Hyttfossen waterfall which rises from
Bjørsjøen, a small lake located just below
Selbusjøen, the largest lake in the southern part of Trøndelag County. The Nidelva runs north through
Klæbu, then to
Tiller
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, and then through 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 ...
before reaching
Trondheimsfjord
The Trondheim Fjord or Trondheimsfjorden (), an inlet of the Norwegian Sea, is Norway's third-longest fjord at long. It is located in the west-central part of the country in Trøndelag county, and it stretches from the municipality of Ørland i ...
by the island of
Brattøra near
Trondheim Central Station. The Nidelva is at its deepest at the
Trongfossen, a deep ravine in the
village of Klæbu. There are six
hydro-electric
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power station
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Many ...
s along the river. The Nidelva forms the last part of the
Nea-Nidelvvassdraget
Nea-Nidelvvassdraget is a watercourse in the municipalities of Tydal, Selbu, and Trondheim in Trøndelag county, Norway. The total area of the watershed is and it runs for about from the source in the Sylan mountains to its mouth in Trondheimsf ...
watershed. The
Nea River
, , or is an long river which has runs through the municipalities of Tydal and Selbu in Trøndelag county, Norway and Åre Municipality in Jämtland county, Sweden. The river Nea is a part of the Nea-Nidelvvassdraget watershed. Some of the ma ...
is a tributary which empties into Selbusjøen, which in turn flows into the Nidelva.
The popular Norwegian waltz, ''Nidelven Stille og Vakker du er'' (), was written by composer Oskar Hoddø (1916–1943). According to tradition, Hoddø wrote the waltz about the Nidelva River one night in late April 1940 while he was standing at
Gamle Bybro in Trondheim.
Media gallery
Nidelva at dusk.jpg, Nidelva during winter - Old Town view
Utvalg foto 2003-04-2004 036.jpg, Nidelva in Trondheim on 8 Nov 2003
Trondheim Panorama 2006.jpg, Nidelva with Nidaros Cathedral and Old Town Bridge
References
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Rivers of Trøndelag
Geography of Trondheim
Klæbu
Rivers of Norway