- Address: Sverresborg Alle 13, 7020 Trondheim, Norway
- Phone: +47 73 89 01 00
- Opening hours: Tues-Fri 10: 00-15: 00, Sat and Sun 12: 00-16: 00, Mon - closed
- The cost of the visit: adults - $ 13, students and pensioners - $ 11, children under 16 years - free of charge
In the central part of Norway , 1 km from the Trondheim Fjord, the castle of Sverresborg is located. It is a kind of evidence of the rise and fall of the self-proclaimed Norwegian king Sverre Sigurdsson. Eight centuries later, there were only ruins left of the castle, around which the open-air museum Trendelag was defeated.
History of the construction of the castle of Sverresborg
This castle is the first in the country citadel, built of stone. In the winter of 1182 a stone was used for its construction, which was mined in a local quarry. In the construction site, city bricklayers participated, thanks to which all the work was completed already in 1183. The first five years for Sverresborg were peaceful, because at that time it was used only as a royal residence.
In 1188, taking advantage of the absence of the king and his army, rebels attacked the castle. They burnt a wooden fortress, and the masonry itself turned into ruins. By 1197, Sverresborg was restored and stood until 1263, withstood numerous sieges, encroachments and attacks by enemies. But then in Norway there was a civil war. After its completion in 1263, the remaining walls of Sverresborg were used for construction purposes.
Using the Castle of Sverresborg
Thanks to the active work of the Trondheimers in 1914, the Norwegian authorities decided to use the territory of this ancient castle as an ethnographic open-air museum. Now around Sverresborg there are the following objects:
- 60 buildings that are replicas of traditional residential buildings;
- Museum of Folk Art Trondelag;
- tavern, which created the atmosphere of that era;
- museum shop;
- handicraft workshops;
- outbuildings.
Ethnographic village is located in a picturesque corner. Having arrived here, you can visit the ruins of Sverresborg themselves and admire the view of the mountains and the fjord . The staff of the museum will help you to find out more information about the history of this Norwegian region and about how people lived here for centuries.
How to get to Sverresborg Castle?
This medieval fortress is located in the central part of Norway, about 400 km from Oslo. To get to the territory of the castle of Sverresborg, you must first fly to the city of Trondheim . Every day from the capital airport take off the planes of SAS, Norwegian Air Shuttle and Wideroe, which in 2 hours land at the destination. In Trondheim, you need to transfer to a taxi or a train that takes 25 minutes to the castle of Sverresborg.
From Oslo , you can also get there by rail. To do this, go to the Central Capital Station, where every day at 14:02 a train is formed to Trondheim.
Those who like to travel by car can reach Sverresborg via the Rv3 and E6 routes. In this case, the road will take a little over 6 hours.