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From the 17th to 19th century, the island was used as a quarry and some of its masonry was sold and removed from the site. This activity was condoned by the Danish-Norwegian authorities as a way of eliminating a monument to the opposition of the
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had to be brought from the mainland. A wooden bridge served as the only way to the island other than boat. Although the castle design was common across Europe in 1525, its
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in the Netherlands (now in Belgium), where he died on 7 February 1538. At the castle the archbishop left behind
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design was becoming obsolete because of the improved siege firepower offered by gunpowder and cannons.
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The castle occupies about half of the land on the rocky island. The absence of a spring meant that
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Buildings and structures owned by the Society for the Preservation of Ancient Norwegian Monuments
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Church's military strongholds in Norway. In April 1537, the Danish-Norwegian
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succeeded in driving the archbishop from the castle into exile at
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Society for the Preservation of Norwegian Ancient Monuments
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Steinvikholm fort is owned and operated today by the
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The island has been the site of the midnight opera,
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Skatval
Trøndelag
Norway
63°32′37″N 10°48′47″E / 63.54361°N 10.81306°E / 63.54361; 10.81306
Star fort
Norway
Denmark-Norway
Nazi Germany

Siege of Steinvikholm (1537)
Northern Seven Years' War


fortress
Stjørdal
Trøndelag
Norway
Roman Catholic
Archbishop
Olav Engelbrektsson
middle age


fresh water
medieval
Olav Engelbrektsson
Diocese of Nidaros
Pope
Rome
Frederick I of Denmark

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