#hws trøndelag

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Norwegian Regions - Regional flowers and landscape.

Østlandet (city) - Blåveis (anemone hepatica), county flower of Akershus. Low hills covered in forests and fields with many cities around the Oslo fjord.

Østlandet (rural) - Skogstjerne (lysimachia europaea), county flower of Innlandet. Steeper hills and valleys with vast spruce forests.

Sørlandet - Solblom (arnica montana), county flower of Agder. Beaches and islands and rocks, very coastal with inland forests.

Vestlandet - Revebjelle (digitalis purpurea), county flower of Sogn og Fjordane. Fjords and steep, green mountainsides.

Trøndelag - Reinrose (dryas octopetala) county flower of Trøndelag. Several valleys with forests and fertile farmland centrered around the Trondheims fjord.

Nord-Norge - Rødsildre (saxifraga oppositifolia) county flower of Nordland. Steep mountains straight into the sea, less vegetation.

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New song about Trøndelag just dropped 😩🙏☕

Local electrical company decided to make a music video honouring the region ✨

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I love your regional OCs! What are their relationships with Norway proper like?

Thanks!! 😍 I'm still not entirely sure about Norway's relation to them would be because it wouldn't make sense to make them all his "children" or something like that. So for now they are all just representatives for each region and Norway is the representation of the country in its entirety, not belonging or feeling more connected to a certain part.

Nord-Norge and Norway has a good relationship as individuals, as they bond over their love for nature, fishing and tough living conditions, but Nord-Norge is often unhappy with all the rules he needs to follow - though this evens out when he pays less tax, so all in all he's very chill about it ✨

Trøndelag is technically older than Norway, being formed as a region about 400 years before the country of Norway. Because of this Trøndelag is often stubborn in arguments and likes to oppose and complain about decisions Norway makes. Trøndelag probably has the strongest regional identity in the country. If Norway wants to drink and party he goes to Trøndelag.

Vestlandet and Norway are really good friends and they both like each other a lot! Norway often visits her at the farm and can spend a lot of time there helping her look after the goats and sheep. At night they tell each other stories and fairy-tales and talk about the past.

Østlandet sometimes think she is Norway and has a tendency to forget the other regions exist. She likes to boss Norway around and insists that he should let her get more responsibilities. They still like each other, but the relationship is complicated.

Sørlandet has a very chill relationship with Norway and Norway likes him. He is not very strong as a region and tends to be forgotten by the others, but Norway always thinks of him and makes sure to keep him company. Sørlandet is usually very positive and laid-back, just don't bring up religion.

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Norwegian events so far in 2024:

Northerners mocking Southerners for not dealing well with a huge snow storm

Southerners mocking Northerners back after they get a storm with wind with hurricane strength

Everyone else in Norway being baffled after absolute legend trønder Åge Aleksandersen sells out a football stadium for his last ever concert in september 2025 within 10 minutes and then selling out the extra concert in 4 minutes with over 20 000 people still waiting in line and not getting a ticket

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Back with some more Norwegian Regions! ✨

Molde football club had a match against German Bayer Leverkusen in the Europa League last week. Norwegian football teams ending up in group play in Europa League is pretty big and many national newspapers will say that we need to band together as a nation and support the teams that make it. However, everyone hates Molde - especially people from Trøndelag.

So, when I, my German friend who is a fan of Leverkusen, and another friend of us drove to Molde to watch the game, we all rooted for Leverkusen. My friend was a little unsure whether if they should wear their Leverkusen shirt or not - meanwhile I clearly wore the colours of Rosenborg (Trøndelag's football team) and our friend wore Bodø/Glimt (Northern-Norway's best football team) colours and merch.

Shout-out to my friend who said: "this is the beginning of a bad joke; a german, a trønder, and a northerner walk into a Molde game, and all of them support the germans".

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Please, I need you and Ingasolja to create more Rural-Ostlandet content🙏 He’s fine as hell.

damn, @ingasolja you did a great job with him apparently 👀💖

drew both rural-Østlandet and Trøndelag to represent Inga and I😉 they like talking about cars...

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The Battle of Hjørungavåg - for the Mythtalia March by @hwsevents

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"Never have Danes held such a battle with Norwegians, not before nor since" - Fagrskinna.

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The battle of Hjørungavåg took place outside the Norwegian coast in the year 986, and was a sea battle between an invading Danish army and a defending Norwegian one. It was a battle of great national significance as the ruling Earl Håkon defended the country against the Danish King Svein Tjugeskjegg aided by the Joms Vikings, who wanted to take control over Norway and christen it.

The battle begun after some farmers tricked the Danes into believeing Earl Håkon only had 2-3 ships with him. They charged forth and got surprised by 50 ships lying in wait for them.

It was a fierce battle, and despite the element of surprise, the Norwegians suffered heavy losses early on. Most of the losses were with Earl Håkon, who fought against Svein Tjugeskjegg, a fight so intense that he had to shed his chainmail as it had become torn apart by all the weapons hitting him. Håkon's sons Eirik and Svein Håkonson fought against the Joms Vikings, Eirik saving his brother. This is when the battle turns.

Suddenly, a terrifying storm hits, with fierce waves of hail. The storm seemed almost magic and supernatural, and on the side of the Norwegians. Had the pagans used dark magic? It is said that Earl Håkon had sacrificed his 7 year old son Erling in a ritual for victory (probably false). The Earls of Lade had a connection to the female godess and spirit Torgerd Hølgebrud, who was called on whenever the family was in need. She came along with her sister and other valkyries on horses with bows and arrows, sending hail towards their enemies.

Torgerd is interpreted as an ancient fertility spirit, and these spirits are also connected with a warrior aspect. They protected certain families and are some of the oldest creatures in the pre-Christian Norse religion.

The supernatural warrior spirits was a convenient excuse for why Svein Tjugeskjegg fled the battle; it was impossible to fight against gods and trolls. It also supported the savage ways of the pagan religion.

As Svein flees, he leaves the Joms Vikings behind to be captured by the Earls. They were about to be executed by beheading, but one of them managed to get a hold of the sword and chop the head off the man about to kill him. Eirik Håkonson is impressed by this and grants them their freedom.

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Watched the annual Sports Gala earlier tonight and got inspired by all the sparkly outfits ✨

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Nord-Norge * Trøndelag * Vestlandet * Østlandet * Sørlandet

There's been some talk about the Norwegian Regions lately, and I decided to do some tweaking of their designs and make an informative map!✨ Might also do an introduction post later...

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I don't know if you have watched the news but southern norway is basically having one of the WORST snow storms right now, people can't even get out of their houses because the snow is blocking their doorways, some can't even see out their windows anymore...anyways, I am just imgining poor little southern norway snowed inside on the phone with norway who is trying to calm him down😔❄️

Yes, I've seen the news and gotten sent pictures from friends living there - it looks absolutely terrible😭

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Some more of my Norwegian Regions based on a conversation I had with two of my friends.

(Trøndelag/Central Norway, Nord-Norge/Northern Norway, Østlandet/Eastern Norway)

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so, @ingasolja has made a twin for Østlandet, representing rural-Østlandet ✨

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Skotthyll - one of the "national sports" of my region in Norway. Thought to have been invented by Scottish engineers working on the rail road in the area in the 1800s.

It's one long "runway" where you stand in one end and try to hit three different sized wooden blocks with a discus object to get points.

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