Skatval
Skatval is a village and former municipality in Nord-Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located in the present-day municipality of Stjørdal. The inhabitants are called as Skatvalsbygg.
The 0.56-square-kilometre (140-acre) village of Skatval has a population (2013) of 949. The population density is about 1,695 inhabitants per square kilometre (4,390/sq mi). Other villages in the Skatval area include Auran, Kvithammer, and Steinvika.
Geography
The Skatval peninsula is an important farming area, belonging to the plain districts of Trøndelag. The cultural landscape is dominated in the east by mountainous area with the highest being Forbordsfjellet at 596 metres (1,955 ft) above seal level. The mountaintop is a regional landmark.
Skatval is divided in several geographical parts listed here counterclockwise from north: Langstein, Nordbygda, Sørbygda, Midtbygda, and Vassbygda.
History
The southwestern coast of the peninsula was called Aglo during the Viking Age. In autumn 962, Sigurd Håkonsson Ladejarl (the ruling Earl of Trøndelag and surrounding areas) and his party were burned to death by the Erikssønene (sons of Eric Bloodaxe), among them Harald Greyhide, while staying the night at a party at Oglo (Aglo), according to the Heimskringla by Snorri Sturlasson.
Podcasts:
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by Ian Love
Sky To Fall
by: Ian LoveYour a saint,
not a sinner.
Don't you feel
so secure now?
Your all talk,
and such a quiter.
And you think your
alone now.
[chorus]
Don't hold, your breath,
and wait, for some, sky, to fall,
and raise, your hands,
and scream, some more,
and run, to what, you know.
I wondered why, you look so dismissive.
And you can't take that pain in your heart.
Never mind; never mind.
But you couldn't, deliver
If you don't feel so safe now, now.
[chorus]
Don't hold, your breath,
and wait, for some, sky, to fall,
and raise, your hands,
and scream, some more,