Namsos fights to keep its airport

The Trøndelag / Trondheim news of the past 48 hours: the mayor of Namsos, Amund Lein (H), rejects the plan to close the local airport and is asking for a meeting with the Minister of Transport. Elsewhere, upper secondary pupils in Indre Fosen are trying out a week of crisis preparedness, and a national survey shows that Norwegian students, not least in Trondheim, report being more satisfied with their lives.

Trøndelag / Trondheim news: Namsos defends its airport

The new Minister of Transport, Kamzy Gunaratnam (Ap), has sent out a consultation on the future of subsidised air routes (FOT). Two alternatives are proposed. The first is to maintain the current service. The second, more extensive one, would remove several routes, including flights to and from Namsos. That is what Namdalsavisa reported on Wednesday afternoon, and what NRK Trøndelag picked up.

The mayor of Namsos, Amund Lein (H), says he is « kraftig provosert » by the proposal. He says it is not acceptable to close the airport. He has sent an invitation to the minister to come to Namsos to discuss the matter. “We invited the minister to Namsos today. We are waiting for her to come so that we can discuss it properly with her,” he tells NRK Trøndelag. Asked about the possibility of a closure, he replies: “No, we can never accept that.”

Education: Trøndelag pupils prepare for crises

At Johan Bojer upper secondary school in Indre Fosen, pupils are taking part in a week of crisis and war preparedness. They handle fake money, practise hiding from drones, plan their own vegetable garden and work out how much food a family needs for a week. The Minister of Education, Kari Nessa Nordtun (Ap), has announced that pupils could receive war preparedness training from next year. The school in Indre Fosen is ahead of that programme.

“We, as a school, want to create robust young people who do not panic and do not fall apart,” Solveig Øverland, who is in charge of the preparedness week, tells NRK Trøndelag. She believes it is very important that young people are somewhat prepared for the situations they may encounter in life, whether it be extreme weather conditions leading to power cuts, food shortages, or in the worst case a major crisis or a war.

Students: national survey shows better quality of life in Trondheim

A new survey, the SHoT (Studentenes helse- og trivselsundersøkelse), shows that 73.7% of Norwegian students report an average or high quality of life. It is the largest Norwegian survey of students. The survey was presented on Tuesday. Ada Melsom, a civil and infrastructure engineering student at NTNU, speaks to NRK Trøndelag. She has been a student since 2021 and is a member of the Studentersamfundet in Trondheim.

“Having an arena where you can come and be creative and meet people who are not only studying the same thing as you,” she says. When she arrived in Trondheim, she knew no one. “But when I started at NTNU and became a member of the Samfundet, my network exploded. It went from 0 to 100,” she says.

Fosen: seven mayors oppose new reindeer pasture

Seven mayors in the Østerdalen valley oppose a state plan to allocate new winter pastures for the reindeer of Fosen. In particular, they object to a planned 100-kilometre fence. They believe the state cannot simply promise the mountains as winter pasture. “Stans prosessen” (stop the process), they demand, according to NRK Trøndelag.

Sport and culture: Sørloth under threat, RBK near fiasco, a bistro moves

In NRK's podcast “Bakrommet”, Andrine Hegerberg says Alexander Sørloth could lose his place in the national team's starting line-up. Kristoffer Løkberg agrees and sees Oscar Bobb as a natural replacement for the Trønder. National team coach Ståle Solbakken unveiled a squad of 25 players on Tuesday for the upcoming matches, without Sørloth. Norway will face Denmark, Wales and Portugal (twice) in the Nations League. The first match is scheduled for 24 September. (NRK Trøndelag)

In Adresseavisen, the regional daily talks of a “nesten-fiasko” (near fiasco) for Rosenborg (RBK) and of comments on a “gutter mot menn” (boys against men) match. The paper also reports that a highly successful bistro is moving to downtown Trondheim, to the Midtbyen district. (Adresseavisen, 16 September 2026)

📌 Local news in brief

A fire destroyed a home in Nord-Statland, in the municipality of Namsos, on Wednesday at around 18:30. The dwelling, a two-storey detached house, was described as being engulfed in flames. Emergency services worked to prevent the fire from spreading to an outbuilding and to neighbouring houses. Three fire engines were sent to the scene. The owner reported the fire himself. At 19:23, operations leader Svein Erik Wagnild said the fire was reasonably under control and was not spreading to other buildings. No one was injured. (NRK Trøndelag / Trondheim)

Sources: NRK Trøndelag / Trondheim, Adresseavisen, The Local Norway — Period: 16 September 2026 and 17 September 2026