Frosta


Frosta is the smallest municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. The administrative centre is the village of Frosta. The municipality is located along the Trondheimsfjord, on the Frosta peninsula, just north of the city of Trondheim. It also includes the island of Tautra which is connected to the mainland by a causeway bridge.
The municipality is the 337th largest by area out of the 356 municipalities in Norway. Frosta is the 246th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 2,627. The municipality's population density is and its population has increased by 5.3% over the previous 10-year period.

General information

Frosta was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838. It is one of very few municipalities in Norway with unchanged borders since that date. In 2018, the municipality, which was part of the old Nord-Trøndelag county became part of the new Trøndelag county.

Name

The Old Norse form of the name was Frosta. The meaning of the name is unknown. Historically, the name was also spelled Frosten.

Coat of arms

The coat of arms was granted on 26 June 1987. The arms show a gold sceptre or mace on a green background. The coat of arms was inspired by the old seal of the medieval Frostating assembly, where King Magnus VI the law-mender is sitting with a lily sceptre in his hand. Frosta was one of the historic places of justice, so this was chosen to commemorate that fact.

Churches

The Church of Norway has one parish within the municipality of Frosta. It is part of the Sør-Innherad prosti in the Diocese of Nidaros.
Parish Church NameLocation of the ChurchYear Built
FrostaFrosta ChurchFrosta1866
FrostaLogtun ChurchLogtun16th century

History

Several rock engraving sites can be found in the parish, together with burial mounds from Viking times. Archaeologists have for the first time found the remnants of a :no:Vikinghavna på Fånestangen|Viking harbour in Norway at Frosta. A number of logs sticking up along the shoreline at Frosta have been dated back to around year 1000.
Norway's oldest court, Frostating, had its seat here at Tinghaugen, close to the mediaeval church at Logtun. On the island of Tautra can be found the remains of Tautra Abbey, a Trappist convent, established in 1207.

Government

All municipalities in Norway, including Frosta, are responsible for primary education, outpatient health services, senior citizen services, unemployment and other social services, zoning, economic development, and municipal roads. The municipality is governed by a municipal council of elected representatives, which in turn elect a mayor. The municipality falls under the Inntrøndelag District Court and the Frostating Court of Appeal.

Municipal council

The municipal council of Frosta is made up of 17 representatives that are elected to four year terms. The party breakdown of the council is as follows:

Mayor

The mayors of Frosta :
makes up the largest business in Frosta, which is sometimes called "Trondheim's kitchen garden" due to the substantial production of vegetables, strawberries, and flowers.

Notable residents