Lade () is a neighborhood in the

city of Trondheim Trondheim ( , , ; ), historically Kaupangen, Nidaros, and Trondhjem (), is a city and municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. As of 2022, it had a population of 212,660. Trondheim is the third most populous municipality in Norway, and i ...

Trøndelag Trøndelag (; or is a county and coextensive with the Trøndelag region (also known as ''Midt-Norge'' or ''Midt-Noreg,'' "Mid-Norway") in the central part of Norway. It was created in 1687, then named Trondhjem County (); in 1804 the county was ...

county,

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. It is in the borough of

Østbyen Østbyen is a borough of the city of Trondheim in Trondheim Municipality 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 Ler ...

Trondheim Municipality Trondheim ( , , ; ), historically Kaupangen, Nidaros, and Trondhjem (), is a city and List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. As of 2022, it had a population of 212,660. Trondheim is the third most populou ...

, just northeast of the city centre of Midtbyen and north of the

Lademoen Lademoen is a neighborhood in the city of Trondheim in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is situated the borough of Østbyen in Trondheim Municipality, about east of Midtbyen, the city centre of Trondheim. Lademoen was transferred from Strinda M ...

neighborhood. Lade is located on a peninsula bordering the

Trondheimsfjord The Trondheim Fjord or Trondheimsfjorden (), an inlet of the Norwegian Sea, is Norway's List of Norwegian fjords, third-longest fjord at long. It is located in the west-central part of the country in Trøndelag county, and it stretches from Ørl ...

, an important waterway dating back to the

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. It is the site of the historic Lade estate ('' Lade gaard'') and of

Lade Church Lade Church () 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, just southeas ...

(''Lade kirke''), which dates to around 1190.

History

Historically, the Lade estate (''Lade Storgård i Trondheim'') was the seat of the

Jarls of Lade The Earls of Lade () were a dynasty of Norse '' jarls'' from Lade (Old Norse: ''Hlaðir''), who ruled what is now Trøndelag and Hålogaland from the 9th century to the 11th century. The seat of the Earls of Lade was at Lade Gaard, now loca ...

(''Ladejarler''), a dynasty of rulers of

and

Hålogaland Hålogaland was the northernmost of the Norwegian provinces in the medieval Norse sagas. In the early Viking Age, before Harald Fairhair, Hålogaland was a kingdom extending between the Namdalen valley in Trøndelag county and the Lyng ...

who were influential from the 9th century to the 11th century. The Lade estate then became crown property and sometime in the Middle Ages passed into the control of

Bakke Abbey Bakke Abbey was a medieval nunnery in Trondheim in Norway. History Nunnery Bakke Abbey was founded not later than 1150 and possibly quite a long time earlier. It is not definitely known to which order the nuns belonged, but it seems likely that th ...

. After the abbey was dissolved in 1537 during the

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, the estate crown property once again. The present farm buildings on the Lade estate were erected in 1811 at the direction of Hilmar Meincke Krohg. The farm was purchased by the

in 1917. From 1922 until 1960, it was the site of the Norwegian College of Teaching in Trondheim, now

Norwegian College of General Sciences Norwegian College of General Sciences () or AVH is a former Norwegian college A college (Latin: ''collegium'') may be a tertiary educational institution (sometimes awarding degrees), part of a collegiate university, an institution offer ...

. In 1992, the farm was acquired by the

Reitan Group Reitan AS, formerly known as Reitangruppen (Reitan Group), is a Norwegian conglomerate comprising three business areas: Reitan Retail, Reitan Eiendom (Reitan Real Estate) and Reitan Kapital. Reitan's head office is at Lade Gaard in Trondheim ...

. The buildings were restored and became their headquarters in 1995. Another former estate at Lade, ''Ringve gård'', is now the Ringve Museum, the national museum of music.

Ringve Botanical Garden Ringve Museum is Norway's national museum for music and musical instruments, with collections from all over the world. Background Ringve Museum is located in the historic Ringve Farm in Trondheim. Ringve Farm was the childhood home of the Danish- ...

is also at Lade. The

Norwegian University of Science and Technology The Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU; ) is a public university, public research university in Norway and the largest in terms of enrollment. The university's headquarters is located in Trondheim (city), Trondheim, with region ...

formerly had a campus at Lade; the buildings have been repurposed. Most of Lade is now

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housing, superstores,

industry Industry may refer to: Economics * Industry (economics), a generally categorized branch of economic activity * Industry (manufacturing), a specific branch of economic activity, typically in factories with machinery * The wider industrial sector ...

, and some recreational areas, and is zoned for high car access. There are two

secondary school A secondary school, high school, or senior school, is an institution that provides secondary education. Some secondary schools provide both ''lower secondary education'' (ages 11 to 14) and ''upper secondary education'' (ages 14 to 18), i.e., b ...

s: Ladejarlen Secondary School and Ringve Secondary School, and a primary school, Lade School Other institutions located at Lade include the shopping centre City Lade and the

Norwegian Geological Survey Geological Survey of Norway (), abbreviation: ''NGU'', is a Norwegian government agency responsible for geologic mapping and research. The agency is located in Trondheim with an office in Tromsø, with about 200 employees. It is subordinate to ...

. Lade has one of the few beaches in Trondheim. It has become a popular area with high housing prices.

Economy

Nobø Nobø is a manufacturing company in Norway. It started as NOrsk BØttefabrikk () in Lade in Trondheim in 1918 - the name Nobø is a contraction of the original title. The factory originally produced only buckets, but later made several sheet iron p ...

manufacturing company

Public transportation

Lade is connected to Lademoen by the

Nordland Line The Nordland Line (, ) is a railway line between Trondheim and Bodø, Norway. It is the longest in Norway and lacks electrification. The route runs through Trøndelag and Nordland counties, carrying a combination of commuter, long-haul passenge ...

, but only two stations offer services to Lade: Haakon VII Ave and

Rotvoll Rotvoll is a neighbourhood in the city of Trondheim in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located in the borough of Østbyen in Trondheim Municipality. It is located next to the Trondheimsfjord between Leangen to the west and Grillstad to the east. ...

. In 1958, the

Ladelinjen The Lade Line () was a tramway between Munkegata and Lade in Trondheim Municipality, Norway. The first part of the line was opened in 1901, but not expanded to Lade until 1958. The line was operated by Trondheim Sporvei and Trondheim Trafikkselsk ...

tram A tram (also known as a streetcar or trolley in Canada and the United States) is an urban rail transit in which Rolling stock, vehicles, whether individual railcars or multiple-unit trains, run on tramway tracks on urban public streets; some ...

way was built from Lade to Prinsensgate, but in 1988 the line was closed with the rest of the

Trondheim Tramway The Trondheim Tramway in Trondheim, Norway, is the world's most northerly tramway system, following the closure and dismantling of the Arkhangelsk tramways in Russia. It consists of one line, the Gråkallen Line, running from St. Olav's Gate ...

because the city of Trondheim did not have adequate funding to keep it going. Some sections have not been removed and can still be seen.

Notable residents

Lade has many locally famous people living in it. Footballer

Per Ciljan Skjelbred Per Ciljan Skjelbred (born 16 June 1987) is a Norwegian footballer who plays as a midfielder for Ranheim. He has previously played for Hertha Berlin and Hamburger SV, and has been capped 43 times playing for Norway, but as of 2017, retired fro ...

grew up there and built a house there. The multi-millionaire members of the Reitan family also live there.

References

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History

Economy

Public transportation

Notable residents

See also

References