Cultural Heritage
The historic wooden house town of Levanger
Situated along St. Olavsleden
Levanger is beautifully located by the Trondheim Fjord and the Levanger Bay. The municipality is one of the country's largest agricultural municipalities. Grazing animals and cultivation keeps the cultural landscape maintained.
Levanger was established as a market town already in the Middle Ages, as a result of its location in Trondheimsfjorden and with travel routes to Sweden. In 2011, Levanger marked its 1000-year anniversary.
The town center has suffered three major fires that one knows of; in 1846, 1877 and in 1897. After the fires the city has been rebuilt in the architectural style of the era, inspired by Swiss villas and art nouveau. The town centre has a continuous park feature which is meant to prevent the spread of fire. Today, as many as 157 properties in the town centre are heritage protected as one of the few remaining large wooden house areas in mid Norway. The town has a unique character and has received the quality mark “Olavsrosa”.