engineering

Kongsvoll

Kongsvoll is a engineering topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Kongsvoll rather than just read about it. In short: Kongsvoll (historic: Kongsvold Fjeldstue) is a historic mountain lodge built on the site of a former inn located in the Drivdalen valley in Oppdal Municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. The original inn dated to the 12th century.

Key takeaways

Kongsvoll belongs to engineering; place it in that map before memorising details.
Learn the definition first, then one example that makes the definition concrete.
Connect Kongsvoll to a quantity you can measure, compute or draw — that is where exam questions come from.
Reproduce the core statement of Kongsvoll from memory before moving on to harder problems.

Reference excerpt

Kongsvoll (historic: Kongsvold Fjeldstue) is a historic mountain lodge built on the site of a former inn located in the Drivdalen valley in Oppdal Municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. The original inn dated to the 12th century. The oldest buildings of the present mountain lodge date from the 18th century. Nearby is found the Kongsvoll Alpine Garden of NTNU.

Background Kongsvold Fjeldstue is located along the Pilgrim´s Route (Norwegian: Pilegrimsleden) and Old Kings' Road (Norwegian: Kongeveien) between the cities of Oslo and Trondheim. During his reign, King Eystein I of Norway ordered the construction of mountain stations (Norwegian: fjellstue) along the route that pilgrims followed in visiting the shrine of St. Olav in Trondheim. These stations, including Kongsvoll, were inns where pilgrims crossing the mountain passes could find food and shelter. This one was built along the Driva river in what is now Oppdal Municipality. The oldest buildings presently at the site date from 1720. The original inn was located about 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) from where the lodge is now located. In 1701, a landslide damaged the inn. This resulted in a decision to move Kongsvold to the current location. In 1712, construction of the new Kongsvold lodge was started, but during the Great Northern War, Kongsvold and the other mountain lodges in the Dovre Region were burned. Reconstruction of the lodge began in 1720. During the period 1979–1990, there was major restoration work completed on the historic lodge. The lodge has an exhibition about the history of the area and a collection of historical artifacts from the operation of the former inn. The Kongsvoll railway station is located 500 metres (1,600 ft) from Kongsvoll.

References

Footnotes

Other sources Hansen, Knut Ingar (1997). Pilegrimsgang til Nidaros (in Norwegian). Oslo: Gyldendal Norsk Forlag. ISBN 9788247800287. Kollandsrud, Mari (1997). Pilgrimsleden til Nidaros (in Norwegian). Oslo: Gyldendal Norsk Forlag. ISBN 9788205247864. Luthen, Eivind (1992). I pilegrimenes fotspor til Nidaros (in Norwegian). Oslo: Cappelen Damm AS. ISBN 9788202132491.

Related Reading Sandberg, Cecilie Christina (2010). En smak av Norge (in Norwegian). Oslo: Schibsted forlag. ISBN 9788251626880. Severud, Jon (2010). Ferdaminne av A.O.Vinje – Ei gjenreise (in Norwegian). Oslo: Det Norske Samlaget. ISBN 9788252173925. Weber, Birthe (2007). Vesle Hjerkinn – Kongens gård og sælehus (in Norwegian). Oslo: Universitetetets kulturhistoriske museer. ISBN 9788280840394.

External links Kongsvold Fjellstue official website Archived 2010-09-14 at the Wayback Machine

Illustrations

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Kongsvoll

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Kongsvoll claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In engineering, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Kongsvoll before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Kongsvoll ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Kongsvoll

In research: Kongsvoll appears in engineering research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Kongsvoll in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Kongsvoll is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 12th-century establishments in Norway, Buildings and structures completed in 1100, Buildings and structures in Trøndelag, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Kongsvoll outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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How to study Kongsvoll in 20 minutes

Read the reference excerpt below once, without taking notes.
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Frequently asked questions

What is Kongsvoll in simple terms?

Why does Kongsvoll matter?

Because it connects several engineering ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

How should I study Kongsvoll?

Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

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It gives you a compact reference excerpt plus original lgStudy explanations, examples, applications and study material on Kongsvoll.