Hegra Fortress
Hegra Fortress is a small mountain fortress in the village of Hegra in Stjørdal Municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. Originally known as Ingstadkleiven Fort, it was built between 1908–1910 as a border fort as a defence against the perceived threat of a Swedish invasion.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Museum
- Description: historic fort in Stjørdal, Norway
- Also known as: “Hegra fortress”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Hegra Church and Ingstad power station.
Hegra Church
Church
Photo: Henny stokseth, CC BY-SA 3.0 no.
Hegra Church is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Stjørdal Municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located in the village of Hegra. It is one of the churches for the Hegra parish which is part of the Stjørdal prosti in the Diocese of Nidaros. Hegra Church is situated 3 km northwest of Hegra Fortress.
Ingstad power station
Industrial building
Photo: PeltonMan, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Ingstad power station is an industrial building, which is situated 1½ km east of Hegra Fortress.
Hegra ungdomsskole
School
Photo: Efloean, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Hegra ungdomsskole is a school, which is situated 3 km northwest of Hegra Fortress.
Hegra Fortress
- Categories: military museum, fortress, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Stjørdal Municipality, Trøndelag, Norway, Nordic countries, Europe
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Danish to Norwegian Nynorsk—“Hegra Fortress” goes by many names.
- Danish: “Hegra Fæstning”
- Danish: “Hegra Fæstningen”
- Danish: “Hegra Festning”
- French: “forteresse d’Hegra”
- French: “Forteresse d’Hegra”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Hegra festning”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Ingstadkleiven fort”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Hegra festning”
- Norwegian: “Hegra festning”
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