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The rose window at the Nidaros Cathedral – a womans project

The rose window at the Nidaros Cathedral – a womans project

After 1814, the Nidaros Cathedral were seen as a national icon and its position was strengthened by the fact that the Constitution of 1814 also designated Nidaros Cathedral as a coronation church. The Nidaros Cathedral has been subject to continuous restoration projects since the restoration of the first phase began in 1869-1877. An interior committee […]

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Gunnerus.com passes 20 000

Gunnerus.com passes 20 000

By on 27. January 2017 in Manuscripts, Pictures, Private archives, UBedu with 0 Comments

Last year, Gunnerus.com was launched, a search and viewing service for our digitised special collections material. Gunnerus.com allows you to zoom in on photographs and documents and download files for further use. This coming weekend the total number of visits will pass 20 000. Our visitors have performed 169 053 searches and spent an average […]

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The city fire of 1842

The city fire of 1842

By on 18. January 2017 in Maps, Pictures, UBedu with 0 Comments

Saturday evening, by eight o’clock in the evening, January 22nd 1842, a devastating fire started in Trondheim. 371 apartment buildings burnt down and 3000 people bacame homeless. This was the second big fire in the city in only nine months. The wood house city of Trondheim was drabbed by five city fires during the 1840’s. […]

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The Unidentified

The Unidentified

By on 14. September 2016 in Pictures, UBedu with 0 Comments

There are approximately 1 million historical photographs in the library’s archives. Some of these have lived in an unchanged system since they were created some 100 years ago. Perhaps they were given a reference number the day they were created, registered in a protocol with the portrayed’s names, date and location. Sometimes someone else has […]

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Nidarø Through 158 Years of History

Nidarø Through 158 Years of History

By on 8. September 2016 in Pictures, UBedu with 0 Comments

Nidarø is a peninsula. Nidarø has a diverse history to look back on. This presentation of pictures starts in 1858 and displays an image when it was farming on Nidarø and ends in 1987. The farming was eventually closed down and followed by sawmill, sports facilities and parks. Two bridges, one to Ila and one […]

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Test Houses at Gløshaugen

Test Houses at Gløshaugen

By on 28. August 2015 in Pictures, Private archives, UBedu with 0 Comments

Research on energy efficient housing is one of the long lines of our university’s history. A zero emissions house, ready for inhabitation and research from 1 October 2015, joins a long tradition of test houses at Gløshaugen. For almost 100 years ago, Andreas Fredrik Bugge, professor of house construction learning, raised 27 test houses on […]

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