Sverresborg
Sverresborg or Sverre Sigurdsson's castle was a fort and residence built in the medieval city of Nidaros by King Sverre Sigurdsson. The fortification was built in support of Sverre Sigurdsson's struggle against his rival King Magnus Erlingsson to claim the throne of Norway.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Ruins
- Description: building in Trondheim, Trøndelag, Norway
- Also known as: “Kong Sverres Borg”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Sverresborg Trøndelag Folk Museum and Haltdalen Stave Church.
Sverresborg Trøndelag Folk Museum
Museum
Photo: Wolfmann, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Sverresborg Trøndelag Folk Museum is situated 110 metres east of Sverresborg.
Haltdalen Stave Church
Church
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.5.
Haltdalen Stave Church is a stave church that was originally built in the 1170s in the village of Haltdalen in what is now Holtålen Municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. Haltdalen Stave Church is situated 210 metres southwest of Sverresborg.
Lo Church
Church
Photo: Beagle84, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Lo Church is situated 110 metres southwest of Sverresborg.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ila and Øya.
Ila
Suburb
Photo: Trondheim Havn, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Ila is a neighborhood in the city of Trondheim in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located in the borough of Midtbyen in Trondheim Municipality, just west the central downtown area of Trondheim.
Øya
Suburb
Photo: Beagle84, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Øya is a neighborhood in the city of Trondheim in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is situated the borough of Midtbyen in Trondheim Municipality, just east of Elgeseter.
Kalvskinnet
Quarter
Photo: Municipal Archives of Trondheim, CC BY 2.0.
Kalvskinnet is a neighborhood in the city of Trondheim in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is situated southwest of the city centre in the borough of Midtbyen in Trondheim Municipality, bordering the river Nidelva in the south.
Sverresborg
- Categories: castle ruin, fortification, and historic site
- Location: Trondheim, Trøndelag, Norway, Nordic countries, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
63.41958° or 63° 25′ 11″ northLongitude
10.35704° or 10° 21′ 25″ eastInception
1183Open location code
9FMGC994+RROpenStreetMap ID
way 170162092OpenStreetMap feature
historic=ruinsWikidata ID
Q18342461
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Swedish—“Sverresborg” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “斯韋雷城堡”
- Danish: “Sion”
- Dutch: “Sverresborg (Trondheim)”
- Dutch: “Sverresborg”
- German: “Sion”
- German: “Sverresborg”
- German: “Zion”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Sion”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Sverresborg”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Zion”
- Norwegian: “Sion”
- Swedish: “Sion”
- Swedish: “Sverresborg”
- Swedish: “Zion”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Sverresborg”. Photo: Beagle84, CC BY-SA 3.0.