Facts about Steinkjer

Facts about Steinkjer

• Population: 21 650 (pr. 01.01.15)

• Area: 1564.2 square kilometers

• Celebrated 150 years as a city in 2007

• Mayor: Bjørn Arild Gram, Sp (the Center Party)

• Assistant Mayor: Ide Bruheim Derås, H (the Conservative Party)

• The county’s main city/location of the public administration offices

• One of Norway’s largest forest and agricultural communities

• Trade center of North Trøndelag

Steinkjer – in the middle of Norway

• Neighboring communities: Snåsa, Namdalseid, Inderøy, Verdal, Verran, Overhalla and Namsos

• An active small town with strong growth in the outlying rural areas

• Both the E6 and the railway run through the center of town

• The Coastal Route (Kystriksveien/Route 17) begins in Steinkjer and ends in Bodø to the north

• Distances:88 km from the airport

120 km from Trondheim

250 km from Østersund, Sweden

601 km from Bodø

Steinkjer – in the middle of Norway

Norway’s geographical midpoint

Norway’s geographic midpoint is located in the municipality of Steinkjer between Vakkerlifjellet and Skjækervatnet.

A nice hike starting from the road takes one to the midpoint which is on the way to the Blåfjella-Skjækerfjella National Park.

Norway’s second largestagricultural municipality

• 580 businesses

• First hand value of 485 million

• Development of new products and farming methods

• Processing within the niche and large-scale production

• Utilization of uncultivated land resources

• A rich cultural landscape

Steinkjer - a growing municipality

Key businesses:

•NTE (energy utility company owned by North Trøndelag County Council)

•Nortura (Norway's leading supplier of meat and eggs)

•Skanska husfabrikk (one of the world’s leadingconstruction groups)

•Norsk Transformator (manufacturer of transformers)

•Inntre (one of Norway's largest exporters of building timber)

•North Trøndelag University College (HiNT)

•The district centre

Schools and Institutes of Higher Learning

• 10 public primary schools (grades 1-7)

• 1 private primary school, the Steinkjer Montessori School

• 2 lower secondary schools (grades 8-10)

• The Steinkjer Center for Adult Learning

• The Steinkjer School of Music and Performing Arts

• Steinkjer Upper Secondary School

• North Trøndelag University College (HiNT)

Administration and Trade

• County Governor – the government offices of the municipality

• The County – County Government Offices

• Regional District Court

• The Norwegian Public Roads Association

• Steinkjer’s Amfi Center – the largest shopping center north of Dovre

• Many small and large commercial companies

A Cultural Municipality

Art

•Weidemann's stained glass windows in both the Steinkjer Church and the foyer of City Hall, as well as plans for an art gallery

•The municipality provides annual support for the Jakob Weidemann Memorial Scholarship

Cultural heritage•Steinkjer’s many different types of cultural heritage range from prehistoric times to the present rebuilt city

21.04.23 Steinkjer Kommune - tema/tittel 12

Campus Steinkjer

Steinkjer is in the process of becoming a regional sports center in part due to excellent collaboration between the public schools, recreational sports and local businesses. The Gymnastics hall is both Norway and the Nordic region’s largest athletics center, with multiple handball courts, classrooms, training facilities etc..

Steinkjer has arranged and hosted

• The MGP (Melodi Grand Prix) semifinal

• A wide variety of Norwegian winter and summer championship sports competitions

• Landsskytterstevnet (Norway’s largest shooting event)

• Nordlek (a large Scandinavian folkdance and folk music festival)

• The Steinkjer Music Festival

• The Hilmar Music Festival

• The Viking festival (bi-annual)

• The Coffee Concert Festival at Madam Brix Coffee House