Kvithammer or Kvithammar is a village in the Skatval

Skatval

Skatval is a village and former municipality in Nord-Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located in the present-day municipality of Stjørdal. The inhabitants are called as Skatvalsbygg....

 area of the municipality of Stjørdal

Stjørdal

is a municipality in Nord-Trøndelag county, Norway. It is part of the Stjørdalen region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Stjørdal, also called Stjørdalshalsen...

 in Nord-Trøndelag

Nord-Trøndelag

is a county constituting the northern part of Trøndelag in Norway. As of 2010, the county had 131,555 inhabitants, making it the country's fourth-least populated county. The largest municipalities are Stjørdal, Steinkjer—the county seat, Levanger, Namsos and Verdal, all with between 21,000 and...

 county, Norway

Norway

Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...

. It is located in the western part of the municipality, about 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) northwest of the municipal center of Stjørdalshalsen

Stjørdalshalsen

Stjørdalshalsen is a town and the administrative centre of the municipality of Stjørdal in Nord-Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located between the rivers Stjørdalselva and Gråelva, and their mouth into the Trondheimsfjord.The town has a population of 10,779. The population density of the town is...

. The 0.17 square kilometres (42 acre) village has a population (2009) of 234. The population density

Population density

Population density is a measurement of population per unit area or unit volume. It is frequently applied to living organisms, and particularly to humans...

 of the village is 1376 PD/km2.

Kvithammar is mainly known for the Bioforsk

Bioforsk

Norwegian Institute for Agricultural and Environmental Research is a national Norwegian R&D institute specialising in the fields of agricultureand food production, environmental protection and natural resourcemanagement...

 Grassland and Landscape Division which is an agricultural research station in the area. It is located on the Skatval

Skatval

Skatval is a village and former municipality in Nord-Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located in the present-day municipality of Stjørdal. The inhabitants are called as Skatvalsbygg....

 peninsula, about 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) south of the Forbordsfjellet

Forbordsfjellet

Forbordsfjellet is a mountain in the municipality of Stjørdal in Nord-Trøndelag county, Norway. The tall mountain lies directly to the north of Trondheim Airport, Værnes and the town of Stjørdalshalsen. There is a toll road to the summit from European route E6 near Skatval Church....

mountain.