Orkdal

Orkdal municipality has approximately 11.000 inhabitants and covers a area of 594,2 km2. The biggest centres in the district is the community administrative centre at Fannrem. Orkanger has approximately 6.000 inhabitants. Orkdal has a diversified agriculture which amongst other things, has contributed to maintaining a very beautiful cultivated landscape.

The commercial life of Orkdal is dominated by agriculture, small industries and services. The biggest employer is Orkdal Township with approximately 915 employe. The firm Orkel Compaction at Fannrem have after 4 yaears of testing taken out patent on the technology doing the same for maize as for corn. They ship this new product all over the world. Other places in Orkdal is Svorkmo, Ofstad, Vormstad and Gjølme. Orkdal has its own World Champion in ski-flying, Roar Ljøkelsøy. He become the World Champion in ski-flying with 225 metres in Planica.

ORKLA INDUSTRIAL MUSEUM

The Museum preserves industrial and technical pieces of historical interest in the districts of Orkdal and Meldal. Includes the Thamshawn railway.

TRØNDER

The Trønder is a variable racial strain, ranging in type from large, Irish-looking Brünn individuals and tall, slender Battle-Axe survivors, to almost completely Nordic populations. This range is well represented throughout the population of western and central Norway "the Trønder homeland" from out which wandered the hordes of Vikings who came to settle parts of Iceland, Scotland, and northeastern England more than a thousand years ago, leaving an important racial imprint abroad.

The two central Norwegian Trøndelag provinces, North and South Trøndelag, form the northern geographical extreme of the Trønder type, which is mostly Nordic and very high-vaulted, most probably due to the presence of a strong Battle-Axe strain. This type is concentrated in the valley of Orkdal in Sør-Trøndelag, and predominates north of the Dovre mountains from Nordmøre eastward into Sweden (Jämtland). The western Norwegian inland contains a similar population, albeit one in which the Brünn element is much stronger and the Battle-Axe strain is at times negligible. One exeption to this western rule is the population of Hardanger, which is strikingly long-headed, and which seems to be of predominantly Battle-Axe and Nordic type. In this Hardanger type the Brünn strain is more masked.

FISHING

The Orkla River is by everyone visiting this "big-salmon-river" amazed how easy accessible and easy to fish she is. The total salmon run is for about 60 km (40 miles) from the Tosetfoss at Rennebu to the river mouth at the town of Orkanger. The Norwegian fly fishing fraternity regards the Orkla as "the Norwegian Flyfishing River" and the Orkla has probably more experienced fly-fishers per mile than any other Norwegian river.

The fishing conditions throughout the whole river are excellent and there are a stable run of big salmon during the season from early June to late August. In addition the river has a satisfactory grilse run as well. The Orkla is the southernmost river we are offering in Central Norway and we are very pleased to be able to represent some excellent beats in this river.

A quite remarkable feature about the Orkla is that she is one of the few Norwegian rivers that have benefited from hydro power regulations and in fact so much that the Orkla has increased the catches of salmon during the last decade. An added benefit is that it has provided a better quality fishing on the upper parts of the river and a more stable run throughout the season.

The Orkla has been known as a big-salmon-river since the 1880s when English noblemen discovered the river and her features. The fishing stretches are variable with waterfalls, white water areas, deep holding pools as well as magnificent steady current making the fly move tempting across the current.

GOLF

Orkanger Golfclub is a golf course under construction.