Lade, Trondheim
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Trondheim
Trondheim , historically, Nidaros and Trondhjem, is a city and municipality in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. With a population of 173,486, it is the third most populous municipality and city in the country, although the fourth largest metropolitan area. It is the administrative centre of...
, Norway
Norway
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. It is located on a peninsula north-east of the city centre
Midtbyen, Trondheim
Midtbyen is a borough and comprises much of the city centre of Trondheim, Norway. Midtbyen proper is located north and east of the river Nidelva, south of the Trondheim Canal and east of Ila, thus being north of Øya and Elgeseter, east of Bakklandet and south of Brattøra...
, north of the community of Lademoen
Lademoen
Lademoen is a residential area in Trondheim, Norway about two kilometers east of the city centre located just east of Nedre Elvehavn, west of Leangen, south of Nyhavna and north of Rosenborg....
. It was the site of the historic Lade farm.
History
Lade is located in the eastern part of Trondheim, bordering the TrondheimsfjordTrondheimsfjord
The Trondheimsfjord , 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, and it stretches from Ørland in west to Steinkjer in north, passing the city of Trondheim on its way...
, an important waterway dating in the Viking Age
Viking Age
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. Historically the Lade farm in Trondheim (Lade Storgård i Trondheim) was the seat of the Jarls of Lade
Jarls of Lade
The Jarls of Lade or Old Norse Hlaðir were a dynasty of Norwegian rulers, who ruled Trøndelag and Hålogaland from the 9th century to the 11th century. -Lade Gaard:...
(Ladejarler) who ruled Trøndelag
Trøndelag
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and Hålogaland
Hålogaland
Hålogaland was the northernmost of the Norwegian provinces in the mediaeval Norse sagas. In the early Viking Age, before Harald Fairhair, Hålogaland was a petty kingdom extending between Namdalen in Nord-Trøndelag and Lyngen in Troms.-Etymology:...
. The Jarls of Lade were a dynasty of Norwegian rulers, influential from the 9th century to the 11th century. The Lade farm remained crown property until sometime in the Middle Ages when it was operated by the Bakke Abbey
Bakke Abbey
Bakke Abbey was a medieval nunnery in Trondheim in Norway.-Nunnery:Bakke Abbey was founded not later than 1150, and possibly quite a long time earlier...
. The abbey was dissolved in 1537 in the course of the Reformation
Reformation
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at which time the site became crown property.
Lade Church dates from ca. 1190.
The present farmbuildings were erected in 1811 at the direction of Hilmar Meincke Krohg
Hilmar Meincke Krohg
Hilmar Meincke Krohg was a Norwegian politician.He was County Governor of Romsdals Amt from 1811 to 1840....
. The farm was purchased by the City of Trondheim in 1917. During the period 1922-1960, Norges Teachers College was in the buildings. Lade farm was acquired by the Reitangruppen in 1992. The buildings were restored and became their headquarters in 1995.
Location
Today the area is dominated by suburban housing, superstores, industryIndustry
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and some recreational areas, and is zoned for high car access. Two secondary school
Secondary school
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s are located at Lade, Ladejarlen Secondary School and Ringve Secondary School. The latter is close to Ringve Museum
Ringve Museum
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-Norwegian nobleman, Peter Tordenskjold...
and Ringve Botanical Garden. Other institutions located at Lade include the shopping centre City Lade
City Lade
City Lade is a shopping mall in Trondheim, Norway. It is found in the eastern part of Trondheim, called Lade. It is owned by Trondos, the Trondheim Cooperative....
and the Norwegian Geological Survey
Norwegian Geological Survey
Norwegian Geological Survey , abbr: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 225 employees...
.
Lade is connected to Lademoen by the railway line Nordlandsbanen
Nordlandsbanen
The Nordland Line is a railway line between Trondheim and Bodø in Norway. Running for approximately 729 km, it is the Norwegian railway system's longest line, and the only one in Norway to cross the Arctic Circle. It is owned by the Norwegian National Rail Administration...
, but only two stations offer services to Lade; Haakon 7th Ave and Rotvoll. In 1958 Ladelinjen, a tram
Tram
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way, was built from Lade to Prinsen's Street, but the line was closed with the rest of the Trondheim Tramway
Trondheim Tramway
Trondheim Tramway located in Trondheim, Norway consists presently of one 8.8 km tramway line, Gråkallbanen, from St. Olav's Gate in the city centre through Byåsen to Lian Station in Bymarka...
in 1988, because Trondheim city did not have enough funding to keep it going. Some sections have not been removed and can still be seen.
Lade also have one of Trondheims only beaches. Due to the nature and location of Lade the property and housing prices is known to be average 20% higher than rest of the city. The recent years Lade have been attractive to young people with a stabile and good economy therefore you don't see many students or immigrants living here. A regular condo apartment can go for over 4 million Norwegian Kroner. And a Villa with sea view can easily go for 10 million +.
Lade have many local famous people living there. Per Ciljan Skjelbred age 23 is one of the new young successful football players that have made his choice to build his 10 million kroner villa there. But you also have the multi millionaires like The Reitan group and Øyvind Christensen that also have their home address in Korsvika, Lade.