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Nidaros Cathedral, Trondheim, Norway Country Norway Metropolitan
Nidaros, Trondheim, Sør-Trøndelag Denomination Roman Catholic
Rite Latin Rite Established 1152 - 1537 (Diocese 1030–1152,
Evangelical Lutheran diocese1 1537- ) Cathedral Nidaros
Cathedral  The Archdiocese of Nidaros was the metropolitan see
covering Norway in the later Middle Ages. The see was the
Nidaros Cathedral, in the city of Nidaros (now Trondheim). The
archdiocese existed from the middle of the twelfth century until
the Protestant Reformation.   In Norway it was the kings who
introduced Christianity, which first became known to the people
during their martial expeditions.2 The work of Christianization
begun by Haakon the Good (d. 981)3 was carried on by Olaf
Tryggvason (d. 1002) and Olaf Haraldsson (St. Olaf, d. 1030).
Both were converted Vikings, the former h