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Tim S.
May 7, 2026
Through Melhus flows the Gaula, one of the world's most productive salmon rivers -- but the real story of this municipality runs deeper. In 793, Vikings from Trøndelag raided the monastery on the island of Lindisfarne, the beginning of the Viking Age. What they brought back landed here: a tiny reliquary made of yew wood, just twelve by eight centimetres, given to a woman in a boat grave around 800. It is one of the earliest pieces of evidence for the connection between Norway and the British Isles.
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