NIDELVA

:''This article is about the river that runs through Trondheim. For the river in Aust-Agder see Nidelva (Aust-Agder)''.
'Nidelva' (also known as 'Nidelven') is a river in the county Sør-Trøndelag, Norway. "Elva" is Norwegian for "the river", so the name translates to "The river Nid".
The river starts at the west-end of Selbusjøen (the largest lake in Sør-Trøndelag) at Hyttfossen and runs via Tiller and at the end through the city of Trondheim before reaching the Trondheimsfjord. There are six hydro-electric power stations along the river. The tributary river that empties into Selbusjøen is called Nea. Nidelva is the last part of the watershed Nea-Nidelv.

Nidelven has its very own song, "Nidelven Stille og Vakker du er" (literally ''Nidelven [how] Still and Beautiful you are'').

★ Lyrics (in both Norwegian and English)

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★ Picture of downtown Trondheim with Nidelven