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22-562: Ladestien (English: the Lade Trail ) is a broad walking track that strolls along the Trondheimsfjord around the entire Lade Peninsula in the municipality of Trondheim in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway . The track is about 14 kilometres (8.7 mi) long. The western part of the track starts at Korsvika , about 1 kilometre (0.62 mi) east of the center of Trondheim , and follows

44-470: A declining market for publication paper, the company has increasingly focused on other uses of timber and recycled paper, such as packaging. The company is headquartered in Norway and has factories in five countries and an annual production of approximately 2 million tonnes of paper (2020). Norske Skog started in 1962 with the construction of a paper mill at Skogn in Norway, with the plant opening in 1966 and

66-538: A few weeks. The towns of Stjørdalshalsen , Levanger , and Steinkjer are found on the eastern and northeastern shores of the fjord. Aker Verdal in Verdal Municipality produces large offshore installations for the petroleum sector. A yard in Indre Fosen Municipality completed the luxurious apartment ship MS The World . Fiborgtangen is a peninsula along the eastern shore of the fjord where

88-465: A healthy eco system and replaced it with a large stagnant pit full of dioxins, polychlorinated biphenyls (PCB). Drums of zinc hydrosulphite and sodium dichromate are buried in the lake bed. Testing has also detected manganese, ammoniacal nitrogen, boron, arsenic, zinc, and chloride, these exceed the maximum concentration limits for drinking water, further polluting the ground water and feeding in to other areas. Norske Skog have effectively walked away from

110-405: A large paper mill owned by Norske Skog is located. The Trondheimsfjord has rich marine life , with both southern and northern species; at least 90 species of fish have been observed, and the fjord has the largest biological production among Norway's fjords. In recent years, deep water corals ( Lophelia pertusa ) were discovered in the fjord, not far from the city of Trondheim . Several of

132-795: A second paper machine added in 1967. Half the capital for the project was issued by the Norwegian Forest Owners Association . In 1972 Norske Skog started a cooperation with Follum Fabrikker in Hønefoss . By 1989 Norske Skog had acquired Follum Fabrikker and Union in Skien as well as Saugbrugsforeningen in Halden . With this Norske Skog controlled all the pulp and paper mills in Norway. The first international acquisition came in 1992 with Norske Skog Golbey in Lorraine, France. The company later bought

154-583: A subsidiary of Fletcher Challenge. By 2006 Norske Skog had sold its shares in NorskeCanada and the company changed its name to Catalyst Paper . In September 2005 it acquired the Asian company PanAsia Paper , in turn making Norske Skog Asia's largest producer of newsprint and magazine paper. During the following years, the company suffered from an oversupply in the paper industry and mounting debt. A number of factories were closed, downsized or divested. The closure of

176-499: Is also pursuing fibre-based growth initiatives under the brand names Cebina and Cebico as well as energy related projects such as biogas . Norske Skog is also the major shareholder of Circa Group, which is listed separately on Euronext Growth with the ticker CIRCA. Norske Skog have been accused of environmental destruction in New Zealand. One of their plants has consumed an entire inland fresh water lake, once full of marine life and

198-494: Is named after the city of Trondheim , but originally the name of the fjord might have been just *Þrónd or *Þróund in Old Norse . A name like that would be related to the verb þróast , which means to 'thrive' or 'flourish' and the name Þrór , which means 'likeable' or 'stoutish' (and was one of Odin 's nicknames). If this is the case, then the people living around the fjord (the þrœndir ; see Trøndelag ) named themselves after

220-589: Is rapidly spreading and is now among the most common trees. Further east, Statoils large research center at Rotvoll is easily spotted as the track continues east. Also at Rotvoll is the Leangen Manor ( Norwegian : Leangen Gård ), including an English-inspired garden , with small water ponds and large deciduous trees ( ash , elm , maple , oak ). The manor is owned by Trondheim municipality and used for representational purposes. There are several beaches (mainly rocky or with pebbles) along Ladestien, some of

242-665: The harbor of Trondheim; and there are several islands at the entrance of the fjord . The narrow Skarnsundet is crossed by the Skarnsund Bridge . The part of the fjord to the north of the strait is referred to as the Beitstadfjorden . The main part of the Trondheimsfjord is ice -free all year; only Verrasundet , a long and narrow fjord branch in the northern part of the fjord, might be ice covered in winter. The Beitstadfjorden might also freeze over in winter, but only for

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264-635: The Norwegian business newspaper Finansavisen could not rule out the possibility of bankruptcy . In September 2008, Norske Skog Korea was bought by Morgan Stanley Private Equity of Asia and Shinhan Private Equity. Sven Ombudstvedt became CEO of Norske Skog in January 2010. Ombudstvedt was previously chief financial officer and a management board member of Yara International and strategy director of Norsk Hydro . Ombudstvedt succeeded Christian Rynning-Tønnesen . Norske Skogindustrier ASA went bankrupt in 2017 and

286-689: The Union paper mill in Skien in 2005 caused a massive outcry, including protests from a number of politicians. Further closures include the closure of a factory in Steti in the Czech Republic, the indefinite closure of a factory in South Korea , and the closure of one of the three paper machines at Follum. From March 2007 to March 2008, the stock value plummeted from over kr  100 to below kr  18. An editorial in

308-576: The best salmon rivers in Norway empty into the fjord. Among these are the rivers Gaula (on the border of Melhus Municipality and Trondheim Municipality ), Orklaelva (in Orkland Municipality ), Stjørdalselva (in Stjørdal Municipality ), and Verdalselva (in Verdal Municipality ). The lowland east and south of the fjord represents one of Norway's best agricultural areas. The more rugged and mountainous Fosen peninsula lies to

330-702: The entire plant in 1995. Norske Skog expanded with purchases in Austria in 1996 and the Czech Republic in 1997. In 1998 it purchased mills in Thailand and the Republic of Korea. In 2000 Norske Skog bought the British Columbia -based Fletcher Challenge Canada with nine mills and Pacifica Papers (formerly MacMillan Bloedel ) and created NorskeCanada . At the same time it absorbed the Australian Newsprint Mills ,

352-407: The fjord east to Charlottenlund . The western part climbs small hilltops, often with a beautiful view of the Trondheimsfjord. The eastern part is almost flat. There is lush vegetation along the track, with birch , pine , spruce , Rowan , alder , and hazel , the latter being very common in the western part of the track. In addition, sycamore maple , although not a part of the original flora ,

374-465: The fjord. (Compare sygnir , which means 'the people living around the fjord Sogn '.) [REDACTED] Media related to Trondheimsfjorden at Wikimedia Commons Norske Skog Norske Skog ASA, formerly Norske Skogindustrier ASA , which translates as Norwegian Forest Industries , is a Norwegian pulp and paper company established in 1962. The company has long been one of the world's leading manufacturers of newsprint and magazine paper. Due to

396-399: The lush Ladestien with the calm waves from the fjord rolling gently against rocks and beaches might give associations to places much further south. 63°27′24″N 10°27′0″E  /  63.45667°N 10.45000°E  / 63.45667; 10.45000 Trondheimsfjord The largest islands in the fjord are Ytterøya and Tautra ; the small island of Munkholmen is located near

418-404: The most popular are Ringvebukta (not far from Ringve Museum and botanical garden ) and Djupvika; the latter includes a large lawn and volleyball net. Swimming in the fjord is indeed refreshing, although a water temperature of 18 °C (64 °F) is fairly common during warm spells, and in warm summers water temperatures might reach 21 °C (70 °F). In nice summer weather, a walk along

440-401: The responsibility to clean up the work site, by closing the paper mill plant, they are refusing to engage with local indigenous Maori, guardians of the environment. Norske Skog continue to ignore requests and written plans, to remediate the land. Norske Skog hide behind out dated and old legislation that gave them the legal means to pollute on such a huge scale. Around 600,000m3 of toxic sludge

462-524: The west and northwest, giving some shelter from the wind common to coastal areas. The Trondheimsfjord was an important waterway in the Viking Age , as it is still today. In 1888, an undersea mudslide caused a tsunami that killed one person in Trondheim and ruptured three railway lines. Four giant squid have been found in the fjord, which is among the highest concentrations in the world. The fjord

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484-670: Was delisted from the Oslo Stock Exchange. However, the operations continued, and was reorganized under a new parent company, Norske Skog ASA, which was reintroduced to the Oslo Stock Exchange in October 2019. Over the following years, the group has diversified in order to counter the downward trend of the publication paper market. In 2020, it was announced that two paper machines, at Bruck an der Mur in Austria and Golbey in France, would be converted to produce recycled containerboard. The company

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