Tronka is a detached, monumental wooden building built in the classical style in the

Kalvskinnet Kalvskinnet is a neighborhood in the city of Trondheim in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is situated southwest of the city centre in the borough of Midtbyen in Trondheim Municipality, bordering the river Nidelva in the south. The area is dominate ...

neighborhood of Trondheim.''Store norske leksikon'': Tronka.
/ref> The structure was built between 1836 and 1842 as the Trondheim Hospital Care Foundation for the Feeble Minded () based on a design by Gustav Adolph Lammers and

Ole Peter Riis Høegh Ole Peter Riis Høegh (July 27, 1806 – March 1, 1852) was a Norwegian architect who was one of Norway's first trained civilian architects and was Bergen's first town surveyor. Høegh was born in Grue Municipality, Grue, Norway. He design ...

.''Norsk biografisk leksikon'': Peter Høegh.
/ref> The name ''Tronka'' is probably derived from the French word ''tronc'' 'alms box', referring to an alms box at the entrance.Wassmo, Herbjørg. 1994. ''Dinas bog'', vol. 1. Ballerup: Nyt Dansk Litteraturselskab. The building functioned as an institution for the mentally ill until the Municipality of Trondheim took it over in 1919. The building was given protected status by the

Norwegian Directorate for Cultural Heritage The Directorate for Cultural Heritage ( or ''Direktoratet for kulturminneforvaltning'') is a etat, government agency responsible for the management of cultural heritage in Norway. Subordinate to the Norwegian Ministry of the Environment, it mana ...

in 1927. The structure was taken over by the

Norwegian Directorate of Public Construction and Property The Norwegian Directorate of Public Construction and Property () is a Norway, Norwegian etat, government agency that manages central parts of the real estate portfolio of the Government of Norway. Operation The Norwegian Directorate of Public Con ...

in 1995 and, after an extensive restoration project, in 2005 the building was put into use as office space for the directorate's

Central Norway Central Norway (, ) is an informal, unclearly defined region of Norway. In its most limited usage, the term "Central Norway" may refer only to Trøndelag county; however, it may also be understood to include all or parts of the county of Møre og ...

region.

References

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External links

Norwegian Directorate of Public Construction and Property factsheet on Tronka
Buildings and structures in Trondheim Cultural heritage of Norway Psychiatric hospitals in Norway Hospital buildings completed in 1842 1842 establishments in Norway