Meråker
Municipality · Trøndelag
About Meråker
The last valley on the E14 before Sweden, with salmon fishing on the Stjørdalselva and trails into Skarvan and Roltdalen National Park.
Meråker is the upper end of Stjørdalen, where several rivers meet in an open valley; about 60 per cent of the land lies above the tree line. Copper and pyrite were mined here in the past, and Kopperå keeps its old industrial village of workers' houses, a stone chapel and a station on the line to Sweden.
Most people drive straight through. Stop for an hour at Kopperå, or give it a night near the border at Teveldalen for pilgrim paths and old mine trails.
Good to know
- Getting there: The E14 follows the railway to Storlien. Midtbygda is about 1 h 30 from Trondheim, 55 minutes from Værnes and 25 from the border.
- Season: Meråker Alpinsenter runs roughly December–April; the pilgrim crosses at Skurdalsporten are reached when the pass is free of snow, June–September.
- Sleeping: Teveltunet Fjellstue by the border (open all year), Turifoss Camping (April–October) and Meråker Kro og Camping.
- Food: Sissels Spiseri on the E14 in the centre, with lunch dishes, pizza and homemade cakes.
What to do and where to stay in Meråker
Places to stay are run locally, with no hotel or campsite chain behind them.
1Skurdalsporten pilgrim crossesHistory & culture
A border pass where pilgrims heading for Nidaros carved crosses into the rock from about the 1000s to the early 1500s; about an hour's climb from Teveldalen.
Norway–Sweden border above Teveldalen, east end of Meråker · 2–3 h return walk · June–September (snow-free)
2Tunnelhaugen, GudåLocal oddity
A 3 km marked walk at Gudå to 1905 border-defence trenches above the railway tunnel that SOE saboteurs from Norway and Sweden blew up on 18 May 1941.
Gudå, western Meråker, start at Gudå grendahus · 1 h (3 km return) · May–October
3Lillefjell copper mine trailHike
A 7.6 km return hike from Bjørneggen in Stordalen to the old Lillefjell copper mine, worked from 1760 and one of the most important of Meråker's mines.
Rotvoll, Stordalen, south-east Meråker · 2 h (7.6 km return, about 240 m up) · May–September
4Kluken mines below StorklukenHike
Ruins and small pits of a lead mine tried from 1874 to 1910 on a marked DNT trail below Storkluken, which you can climb for wide views; keep away from the flooded pits.
Kluksdalen · 8.75 km return with the summit · July–September
5BrudesløretNature
A waterfall near the Swedish border that has drawn walkers from both sides for over 60 years, on a marked path from Teveltunet; the path is in poor repair.
Teveltunet, by the E14 near the border · summer–autumn
6Karolinerveien at SulåmoHistory & culture
A marked path from Sulåmo over a suspension bridge to stretches of log road laid across the bog by Armfeldt's Swedish army in 1718, with a sign telling the story.
Behind the smithy at Sulåmo, northern Meråker · summer–autumn
7Kopperå industrial villageHistory & culture
Copper smelting finds here date to the 1200s–1300s; walk past the 1899 station, at times used as a gallery, the 1936 stone chapel and the Myra workers' housing.
Kopperå, eastern Meråker · 30–60 min · all year
8Meråker StationHistory & culture
One of the original 1881 stations on the Meråker Line, designed by Peter Andreas Blix and well preserved; trains to Trondheim and Storlien still stop.
Midtbygda, Meråker · 15 min · all year
9Stordalen ChapelHistory & culture
A small white-and-yellow wooden chapel from 1863 seating about 130, built for the farms of Stordalen and Teveldalen up by the Swedish border.
Stordalsvollen, Stordalen, south-east Meråker · 15–30 min · all year (exterior); inside only at services
10Meråker AlpinsenterActivity
A ski hill on Kjørkebyfjellet with about 8.5 km of slopes, six lifts and a 440 m vertical drop, roughly an hour's drive from Trondheim airport.
Fagerliveien 454, Fagerlia, Meråker · half day–full day · winter (roughly December–April)