Steinkjer

Steinkjer stands near the inner end of Trondheimsfjord, where the river meets sheltered water and cultivated districts extend inland. The nearby estate of Egge was associated with powerful chiefs in the age of the sagas. A church stood at Egge by the late sixteenth century; after lightning destroyed it in 1726, a replacement was completed in 1767. In 1801 Steinkjer itself was still a small settlement of fourteen families, long before it became a town.