Lade Mansion, Empire style manor house in Trondheim municipality, Norway.
Lade Mansion is a manor house built in the Empire style on a peninsula just outside Trondheim, Norway, in the early 1800s. The building has a symmetrical facade with clean horizontal lines, and it stands within a larger estate that includes agricultural land and outbuildings.
The current building was erected in 1810 for County Governor Hilmar Meincke Krohg, who replaced an earlier structure on the same site. The estate changed hands several times through the 19th and 20th centuries before receiving heritage protection.
The name Lade comes from the peninsula on which the estate sits, a name that appears throughout Norwegian history. Today the property is used as an event and business venue, and visitors can walk around the grounds to take in the facade and the setting.
The estate sits on the Lade peninsula, a short drive northeast of central Trondheim, and can also be reached by bicycle along the waterfront. Since parts of the building are used for private events and business, it is worth checking access conditions before visiting.
Long before the current building stood here, this spot was the seat of the Earls of Lade, who held power over much of central and northern Norway from the 9th century onward. The quiet grounds by the water give little hint of that earlier role as a center of regional power.
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