Trøndelag
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| Country | Norway | |
| Capital | Trondheim | |
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Sør-Trøndelag Nord-Trøndelag |
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| Area | ||
| • Total | 41,260 km2 (15,930 sq mi) | |
| Population (2009) | ||
| • Total | 418,453 | |
| • Density | 10/km2 (26/sq mi) | |
| Demonym(s) | Trønder | |
| Nominal GDP(2013) | $25 billion | |
| Nominal GDP per capita (2013) | $60,000 | |
| Website | http://www.trondelag.com | |
Trøndelag (Norwegian pronunciation: [²trønːdəˌlɑːɡ]) is a geographical region in the central part of Norway, consisting of the two counties Nord-Trøndelag and Sør-Trøndelag, which will unite again from 1 January 2018. It also formerly also included the county of Jämtland, which is today part of Sweden; it is therefore also known unofficially as Øst-Trøndelag. The districts of Nordmøre and Romsdal, and the municipality of Bindal, were also originally parts of Trøndelag - and the inhabitants there still speak dialects similar to Trøndersk. The region is, together with Møre og Romsdal, part of a larger administrative division called Central Norway.
A person from Trøndelag is called a Trønder. The largest city, unofficial capital of Trøndelag and also the first capital of Norway, is Trondheim (Sør-Trøndelag). The dialect spoken in the area is characterized by dropping out most vowel endings; see apocope.
The region was divided into two administrative counties in 1804. In 2016, the two county councils voted to merge into a single county in 2018.
The Norse form of the name was Þrœndalǫg. The first element is the genitive plural of þrœndr m "person from Trøndelag", while the second is lǫg (plural of lag n) "law; district/people with a common law" (compare Danelaw, Gulaþingslǫg and Njarðarlǫg). A parallel name for the same district was Þróndheimr, "the homeland () of the þrœndr".Þróndheimr may be older since the first element has a stem form without umlaut.
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