{"id":45248,"date":"2026-06-23T15:07:09","date_gmt":"2026-06-23T13:07:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.arbeid.hindrumfjordsenter.no\/?page_id=45248"},"modified":"2026-06-24T09:59:14","modified_gmt":"2026-06-24T07:59:14","slug":"petroglyphs","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.hindrumfjordsenter.no\/en\/activities\/culture-and-history\/petroglyphs\/","title":{"rendered":"Rock Carvings near Trondheim \u2013 6,000-year-old petroglyphs"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"45248\" class=\"elementor elementor-45248 elementor-3690\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-233c56b elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"233c56b\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div 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elementor-element-5a3dea2 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5a3dea2\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a9c2c98\" data-id=\"a9c2c98\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-69fb132 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"69fb132\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">A short trip from Hindrum Fjordsenter \u2013 five figures carved in stone over 6,000 years ago<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-07841e5 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"07841e5\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3fa6a9c\" data-id=\"3fa6a9c\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8dfd6a9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"8dfd6a9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hf-media-card-heller\">\n  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hindrumfjordsenter.no\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Kultur-og-historie-menu-2026-helleristning-3-2.webp\"\n       alt=\"Petroglyphs by the Trondheim Fjord \u2013 Stone Age rock art from Stadsbygd, Norway\">\n<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-738897f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"738897f\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-065f29a\" data-id=\"065f29a\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-984716c elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"984716c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hf-info-block hf-info-block--tight\">\n  <span><strong>Sources and documentation<\/strong><\/span>\n  <span>Tracing: K. Sognnes (1979) \u00b7 Vitenskapsmuseet, NTNU \u00b7 S\u00f8r-Tr\u00f8ndelag County Council<\/span>\n  <span class=\"hf-info-note\">\n    The rock carvings are dated to the Late Neolithic period \u2013 approx. 6,000\u20134,000 BC.\n  <\/span>\n<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-bc19c64 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"bc19c64\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-36701be\" data-id=\"36701be\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-c128bd2 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"c128bd2\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-7a970d3\" data-id=\"7a970d3\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1e192cd elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"1e192cd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"p3\"><em><strong>The rock carvings of Tr\u00f8ndelag were discovered in 1977 when a pupil from Stadsbygd found five ancient figures \u2013 carved 6,000 years ago by the Trondheim Fjord.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"p3\">Picture it: A Stone Age hunter stands before the rock face. A sharp stone in hand. Ready to create art that will outlast kingdoms.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"p3\">With focused precision, he carves elk figures into living stone. A calf turns toward its mother. This was no idle scratching \u2013 it was part of a global Stone Age movement. Indigenous peoples across the world carved their deepest secrets into rock.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"p3\">These Trondheim Fjord carvings lay at the narrowest crossing point from the Fosen Peninsula to Byneset. The perfect meeting place for hunters from both shores. Here, hunting magic secured good catches. Shamans journeyed to spirit worlds. Elders shared stories around crackling fires.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"p3\">At this sacred place near Trondheim, people, wisdom and belief met across vast networks.<\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-bcd0b75\" data-id=\"bcd0b75\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2f094d3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"2f094d3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"p3\"><em><strong>The five figures that greet us today carry riddles that will never be solved \u2013 four elk and one mysterious being that defies all classification.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"p3\">Without written language or records, modern archaeologists face the same mystery that fascinates every visitor: What did the artist really mean? The largest figure has only a head and two legs, apparently never completed, while one of the elk has a backwards-turned head \u2013 a rare motif that sets the Stadsbygd carvings apart from other finds. These details may be spontaneous art or deep symbols we will never fully understand.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"p3\">In Tr\u00f8ndelag, these people lived by fishing, hunting and gathering shellfish, plants and roots \u2013 an existence where each elk represented survival, spiritual force, or perhaps something else that only the silence of the stone knows. The elk motif appears on rock surfaces across the entire northern world, a testament to shared beliefs and a common spiritual life.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"p3\">Here we stand before artwork that speaks without words, where each figure carries secrets that outlast both artist and interpreter \u2013 a testament that some truths are too great for language.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"p3\">\n  <a class=\"subtle-link\"\n     href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/dir\/Drakestranda+1300,+Vanvikan\/Helleristningene+p%C3%A5+Stykket,+7105+Stadsbygd,+Norway\"\n     target=\"_blank\"\n     rel=\"noopener\">\n    Directions from Hindrum \u2013 25 min (Google Maps)\n  <\/a>\n<\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-b55320a elementor-section-full_width 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data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-845635b\" data-id=\"845635b\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3dc665e elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"3dc665e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hf-info-block hf-info-block--tight\">\n  <span><strong>Video<\/strong><\/span>\n  <span>\"The Petroglyphs at Stykket\" \u00b7 Kulmin \u00b7 Stykket, Rissa<\/span>\n<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-a907c2e elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"a907c2e\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b0b51ff\" data-id=\"b0b51ff\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8ea1f7a elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"8ea1f7a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"p3\" style=\"text-align: center;\">\n  Also read about <a class=\"subtle-link\" 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