Editing Heimdal

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| official_name       = Bydel Heimdal
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| settlement_type     = [[Borough]]
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| map_caption         = Heimdal village is the southernmost of the green area in urban Trondheim
| image_skyline       = Adresseavisens lokaler på Heimdal (01).JPG
| image_caption       = Office of Adresseavisen in Heimdal
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| subdivision_name1   = [[Central Norway]]
| subdivision_type2   = [[Counties of Norway|County]]
| subdivision_name2   = [[Trøndelag]]
| subdivision_type3   = [[Municipalities of Norway|Municipality]]
| subdivision_name3   = [[Trondheim Municipality]]
| subdivision_type4   = [[List of towns and cities in Norway|City]]
| subdivision_name4   = [[Trondheim (city)|Trondheim]]
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| postal_code         = 7080 Heimdal
| elevation_m         = 143
| elevation_footnotes = <ref>{{cite web|title=Heimdal, Trondheim (Trøndelag)|url=https://www.yr.no/place/Norway/Tr%C3%B8ndelag/Trondheim/Heimdal/|publisher=[[yr.no]]|access-date=2018-03-18}}</ref>
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'''Heimdal''' is a [[borough]] in [[Trondheim Municipality]] in [[Trøndelag]] county, [[Norway]]. It covers the western and southwestern parts of the municipality.<ref>{{cite SNL|Heimdal_-_bydel_i_Trondheim|Heimdal (bydel i Trondheim)|2025-02-10|Rosvold|Knut A.|2024-11-25}}</ref> The main centre of the borough is also known as Heimdal and it is located in the central part of the borough, near [[Heimdal Church]] and the [[Tillerbyen]] neighborhood.  

This area around the [[Heimdal Station|Heimdal Rail Station]] was until 1964 the center of two separate local [[Municipalities of Norway|municipalities]]: [[Tiller Municipality]] and [[Leinstrand Municipality]]. The western part of Heimdal borough consists of the rural areas of [[Byneset]] (which was the separate [[Byneset Municipality]] prior to 1964). [[Tillerbyen]], the eastern part of the village of Heimdal, is a recent development, planned to ease the pressure on central Trondheim from the commercial boom in the inner city.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.nsb.no/en/our-destinations/stations/heimdal-station|title=Heimdal station|publisher = Norwegian National Rail Administration 
|access-date= December 1, 2016}}</ref>

== History ==
This area south of Trondheim was named after the [[Old Norse]] god [[Heimdall]] from [[Norse mythology]]. The area has been continuously inhabited since at least the [[Iron Age]], and is rich in [[archaeological site]]s. The area where Tillerbyen has been built was initially [[swamp]], but it was drained in the 1930s as an [[airport]] was planned here. [[Operation Weserübung|Nazi invaders of 1940]] halted these plans, as they rather wanted an airport at [[Lade, Trondheim|Lade]].<ref>{{cite web|url= https://snl.no/Heimdall|title=Heimdall |publisher = Store norske leksikon|author=Klaus Johan Myrvoll|access-date= December 1, 2016}}</ref>

In 1963, [[Trondheim Municipality]] bought the areas, and in 1966 they verified a development plan for a new tertiary and commercial hub that could lighten the development pressure on the crowded downtown areas. These plans met much resistance; many politicians thought the development would be too hard to complete, as the [[soil]] was too wet and unstable to support large-scale development.  Ever since the first developments, the areas of Tillerbyen and [[Sjetnemarka]] have been one of the most booming parts of the city and still, large development projects are launched to meet the growing [[population pressure]].

== Today ==
Heimdal proper is a traditional commercial and transportation center; the railway has connections to [[Sweden]] ([[Nabotåget]], literally meaning ''the neighbour train''), to [[Oslo]] and the south of Norway via the [[Dovre Line]] as well as to the north. Many bus lines also connect here.

In addition to the large residential areas, Heimdal houses many of the city's leading [[Company|enterprises]] and services. [[City Syd]] was at the time of its construction the largest [[shopping mall]] in the country and is still one of the most profitable shopping malls in Northern Europe, as it receives customers not only from the city, but from the surrounding countryside and neighbouring counties as well. Heimdal Stadion is a large sports complex with soccer and handball fields adjacent to the Breidablikk School. 

Heimdal is today a city within a city. The central areas of [[Tillerbyen]] resemble a typical western downtown area with high commercial structures, as opposed to the traditional downtown areas of Trondheim, which are dominated by old, two-storey buildings.

==See also==
*[[List of boroughs in Trondheim prior to 2005]]

==References==
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==External links==
*[https://www.trondheim.kommune.no/omradesok/ Map of the boroughs of Trondheim] {{in lang|no}}

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