These 26 places in Trøndelag could get national status

The landscape at Leka with Herlaugshaugen. Photo: Hanne Bryn, NTNU University Museum

The Directorate for Cultural Heritage and Trøndelag County Council are now submitting a new overview of 26 landscapes in towns, villages and countryside for consultation. A selection of landscapes in Trøndelag are considered nationally important.

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The list includes landscapes from Drivdalen in the south to Leka in the north, and is located both on the coast and fjords and in inland valleys and on mountain slopes. The locations span a total of 26 municipalities. 

- The draft includes 26 landscapes in Trøndelag that the Directorate for Cultural Heritage proposes be included in the overview of cultural environments and landscapes of national interest. On the basis of the consultation, we will process it into a final report," says Ingunn Holm, senior advisor at the Directorate for Cultural Heritage.  

The consultation draft is sent to municipalities, regional and state authorities and to organizations at county level. 

- "The National Heritage Board would like feedback on the proposal," says Holm.  

The consultation deadline is March 1, 2026. 

The new overview identifies landscapes of national interest throughout Trøndelag, and is based on a draft from Trøndelag County Council and the Sami Parliament. 

The aim is to provide an overview of the diversity of landscapes in the county. First and foremost, the overview will be a tool that provides knowledge to municipalities and other authorities. It is not a conservation plan, and the areas are not protected.   

You can find the report here

These are the areas:  

Flatanger municipality:   
Folda 

Frosta municipality:  
Frosta 

Frøya municipality:  
Øyrekka 

Grong municipality:  
Namsen 

Holtålen municipality:  
Riasts 

Inderøy municipality: 
Borgenfjorden (Børgin) 
full eye 

Indre Fosen municipality:  
Trondheim's Mynne 

Leka municipality:  
Leka 

Levanger municipality:  
Levangernesset 

Lierne municipality: 
Dåtnejaevrie - Tunnsjøen 
Kvelia 

Meråker municipality:  
Skearpedaelie 

Midtre Gauldal municipality:  
Budalen 

Namsos municipality:  
Hierkieloekte - Hestvika 

Oppdal municipality:  
Drivdalen 
Klevgardan 

Orkland municipality: 
Trondheim's Mynne 

Osen municipality: 
Folda 

Overhalla municipality: 
Namsen 

Røros municipality:  
Riasts 
Røros - Korssjøen - Tufsingdalen  

Røyrvik municipality:  
Johkegaske 
Dåtnejaevrie - Tunnsjøen 

Selbu municipality:  
Kvernfjellet 

Snåsa municipality: 
Grass demo 

Steinkjer municipality:  
Borgenfjorden (Børgin) 
full eye 

Stjørdal municipality: 
Hegra 

Tydal municipality:  
Skearpedaelie 
Riasts 

Verdal municipality:  
full eye 
Stiklestad 
Inn Valley  

Ørland municipality:  
Tarva 
Valseidet and Koet 
Trondheim's Mynne