Sverresborg

Sverresborg
Trondheim, Norway
View of the former castle hill today
Type	Castle
Site information
Controlled by	Norway Birkebein Party Kings of Norway
Site history
Built	1182-1183
In use	1183-1263
Materials	Stone
Garrison information
Past commanders	Sverre Sigurdsson Håkon Håkonsson

Sverresborg (Norwegian:Sverresborg i Trondheim) or Sverre Sigurdsson's castle (Kong Sverres borg) was a fort and residence built in the medieval city of Nidaros (later Trondheim) by King Sverre Sigurdsson. The fortification was built in support of Sverre Sigurdsson's struggle against his rival King Magnus Erlingsson to claim the throne of Norway. The site now forms part of the Sverresborg Trøndelag Folk Museum, an open-air museum for the region of Trøndelag.^{[1] [2]}