E-sport programme now open to all

The Trøndelag / Trondheim news of the past 48 hours is marked by a national first in education: the e-sport programme at Tiller videregående skole, in Trondheim, is now open to students from across the country. At the same time, Trøndelag county is still grappling with the Fosen wind turbines case, five years after the Supreme Court ruling. Several police incidents and an industrial fire round off the picture for 12 and 13 October 2026.

Trøndelag / Trondheim news: e-sport opens up to the whole country

Tiller videregående skole, in Trondheim, is the first school in Norway to offer an e-sport programme with national recruitment. For the first time this year, students from across the country have been able to apply for this highly sought-after course (NRK Trøndelag / Trondheim).

Håkon Nørdsti Østereng, 18, from Alvdal, is in his final year on the programme. "I actually had little hope of being admitted, because I came from another fylke," he tells NRK Trøndelag. Three years earlier, when he wanted to start, the programme was not open to students from another county.

The young man's interest in video games began at the age of four, with games on his phone. In middle school, he took up Counter-Strike, and it was then that he decided to devote himself to e-sport. When it came to choosing his upper secondary school, he needed one that allowed him to combine this practice with a regular school curriculum (NRK Trøndelag / Trondheim).

Fosen: five years after the ruling, the fight is being passed on

Five years have passed since the Norwegian Supreme Court ruled the Fosen wind turbines illegal, finding that their operation violated human rights. The turbines are still turning in the mountains (NRK Trøndelag / Trondheim).

This week, Leif Arne is celebrating his 60th birthday. Beside him is his niece Ingke, 26, who will one day take up the family fight for the territory. Born in 2000, the same year as the first wind measurements on the site, she grew up within Sør-Fosen sijte. "It was maybe a bit of whispering and hushed conversations," she tells NRK, describing the atmosphere of her childhood, when the family spoke as little as possible about the trials.

The Fosen case remains one of the most enduring points of tension between the Norwegian state and Sámi reindeer herding in Trøndelag. On the ground, the picture is unchanged: the court ruling has not led to the installations being shut down.

Employment and local politics in Trøndelag county

On the employment front, NAV has set out its goal of bringing more people into work, in a column broadcast by NRK Trøndelag under the title "Midtnytt" (NRK Trøndelag / Trondheim).

The theme of returning to work is also taken up by the regional press: Adresseavisen devotes its Monday 12 October edition to a profile of a person nicknamed "Bruttern", who waited 40 years before getting a permanent job (Adresseavisen).

On the political front, the local branch of the Høyre party in Trondheim is going through a turbulent period. According to Adresseavisen, in its Monday 12 October 21:00 edition, local leaders are trying to resolve the "chaos" shaking the party in the city (Adresseavisen).

National rail traffic disrupted

Norwegian rail traffic remains heavily disrupted: several hundred trains are being cancelled in the coming days due to an ongoing strike, according to The Local Norway. This situation affects the national network, which includes the lines serving Trøndelag and Trondheim.

📌 Local briefs

A fire broke out on Monday evening in a commercial building in Ler, in Melhus municipality (Trøndelag county). The blaze started in a wood-chip combustion plant that feeds the district heating network. Firefighters extinguished the fire and the situation was under control at the scene. One person was taken to a doctor after inhaling smoke. The alert was raised at 20:34 and a risk of spread to neighbouring buildings had been reported (NRK Trøndelag / Trondheim).

A man in his sixties was stabbed on Monday in Trondheim, outside an institution. The incident was reported at 14:51. The suspected attacker is a man in his twenties who lives at the facility; he was quickly restrained by the police. Contrary to initial reports, the victim had no connection with the attacker but was a neighbour of the institution. The injury, a cut above the eye, was closed with strips by the paramedics (NRK Trøndelag / Trondheim).

Overnight, Trøndelag police handled a large number of callouts spread across the county, with many calls related to alcohol and disorder. Six people were held in cells at the Trondheim city centre police station, including one who had brandished a weapon. Shortly before 01:00, a patrol responded to Midtbyen after a report of an armed man; he was a man in his twenties carrying an air pistol, who explained he had brought it "for a laugh" after a party (NRK Trøndelag / Trondheim, Adresseavisen).

Sources: NRK Trøndelag / Trondheim, Adresseavisen, The Local Norway — Period: 12 October 2026 and 13 October 2026