Rosenborg is an area of Trondheim

Trondheim

Trondheim , historically, Nidaros and Trondhjem, is a city and municipality in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. With a population of 173,486, it is the third most populous municipality and city in the country, although the fourth largest metropolitan area. It is the administrative centre of...

, Norway

Norway

Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...

 located east of Møllenberg, south of Lademoen

Lademoen

Lademoen is a residential area in Trondheim, Norway about two kilometers east of the city centre located just east of Nedre Elvehavn, west of Leangen, south of Nyhavna and north of Rosenborg....

, north of Tyholt

Tyholt

Tyholt is an area located on the highest point in the city of Trondheim, Norway. It borders to Singsaker in the west, Strindheim in the north, Moholt in the south and Valentinlyst in the east. The area has a good view of Trondheim on the one side and to Lade and Strinda...

 and west of Persaunet. Organisationally it is part of the Østbyen

Østbyen

Østbyen is a borough of the city of Trondheim, Norway consisting of the areas of Møllenberg, Nedre Elvehavn, Rosenborg, Lade, Strindheim, Jakobsli, Ranheim and Vikåsen. It has 39,171 residents....

 borough. The area is mostly residential, both housing and apartments. To the east Rosenborg also borders to Kristiansten Fortress

Kristiansten Fortress

Kristiansten Fortress is located on a hill east of the city of Trondheim in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. It was built after the city fire of Trondheim in 1681 to protect the city against attack from the east. Construction was finished in 1685. It fulfilled its purpose in 1718 when Swedish forces...

 and the surrounding park

Park

A park is a protected area, in its natural or semi-natural state, or planted, and set aside for human recreation and enjoyment, or for the protection of wildlife or natural habitats. It may consist of rocks, soil, water, flora and fauna and grass areas. Many parks are legally protected by...

. There is also a large amateur football

Football (soccer)

Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...

 arena that among others hosts the women's team Trondheims-Ørn

Trondheims-Ørn S.K.

SK Trondheims-Ørn is a Norwegian association football club from Trondheim. The club has one of Norway's most famous women's football teams.The club was founded on 18 May 1917, and became a member of the Workers' Sports Federation in the 1920s. It was first based around Lademoen, and had a clubhouse...

. The area also has given name to the Norwegian Premier League

Norwegian Premier League

Tippeligaen is a Norwegian professional league for association football clubs. At the top of the Norwegian football league system, it is the country's primary football competition. The league is also unofficially known under its neutral name Eliteserien , although the name has never been official...

 team Rosenborg Ballklub, that now is located at Lerkendal

Lerkendal, Trondheim

Lerkendal is an area and borough in Trondheim, Norway.The area is located south of Gløshaugen and Elgeseter, west of Berg, north of Tempe and east of the river Nidelva. The area is dominated by the Norwegian University of Science and Technology, SINTEF and the home stadium of Rosenborg, Lerkendal...

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