been found in the fjord, which is among the highest concentrations in the world. Name The fjord is named after the city of Trondheim, but originally the name of the fjord might have been just *Þrónd or *Þróund in Old Norse. A name like that would be related to the verb þróast, which means to 'thrive' or 'flourish' and the name Þrór, which means 'likeable' or 'stoutish' (and was one of Odin's nicknames). If this is the case, then the people living around the fjord (the þrœndir; see Trøndelag) named themselves after the fjord. (Compare sygnir, which means 'the people living around the fjord Sogn'.) Media gallery See also Ellen Lie Petter Lie References External links Norwegian Journal of Geology:The deglaciation of Trondheimsfjord NTNU Trondhjem biological station Pictures and information about cold coral reefs Coral reefs in Trondheimsfjord and Norway The sea trees of Trondheim The rich bird life of the inner Trondheimsfjord wetland system Fjords of Trøndelag Geography of Trondheim Indre Fosen Ørland Orkland Skaun Malvik Stjørdal Frosta Levanger Verdal Steinkjer