Electric car sales surge before New Year

Trøndelag / Trondheim news from the past 48 hours has been marked by a surge in electric car purchases ahead of a possible reduction in the VAT exemption on 1 January, a change to Trondheim Ap’s list, and a schoolgirl from Steinkjer advocating for Lille norske leksikon. News briefs from Stjørdal, Trondheim and the Trøndelag police district are collected at the end of the article.

Trøndelag / Trondheim news: Strong demand for electric cars before New Year

In Trondheim, Line Brandtzæg and Hicham Haouata visited Nardo bil to look at electric cars. Rising fuel prices and the government’s proposal to continue reducing the VAT exemption on electric cars from 1 January have prompted them to buy. “It is starting to become expensive to fill the tank,” Line Brandtzæg said, according to NRK Trøndelag / Trondheim.

Frank Skjærstad, manager of the Nardo bil dealership for Volvo and Polestar, says demand has been very strong in recent times and reached an all-time high a few weeks ago. He believes fuel prices and the reduction in the VAT exemption are supporting sales. NRK Midtnytt summarizes the trend under the headline Elbil-boom før nyttår (NRK Trøndelag / Trondheim). For Trøndelag / Trondheim news, this pressure on the car market comes before the possible introduction of the tax change.

NRK Midtnytt also reports a tight county economy in Trøndelag, without detailed figures in the available headlines (NRK Trøndelag / Trondheim).

Trondheim Ap changes its list after intervention from central party

Trondheim Ap’s nomination committee received a request from the central Labour Party: when nominating a candidate for mayor or leader of the municipal council, there should be a person of each gender. NRK has seen the message sent on Monday evening by committee chair Trond Giske to the members; Adresseavisen broke the story first (NRK Trøndelag / Trondheim, Adresseavisen).

On the initial list, Jørn Arve Flått was proposed first as the candidate for leader of the municipal council, and Magnus Aastrøm as the candidate for mayor. The new list presented on Monday evening nominates Siv Julie Ramsø as the candidate for mayor, Giske told NRK. She sits on the board of the social-democratic Nidaros forum, where she is treasurer and responsible for women’s issues (NRK Trøndelag / Trondheim).

Steinkjer schoolgirl defends Lille norske leksikon in Oslo

Ingveig Viken Grut, 10, a fifth-grade pupil at Lø school and a student fact-checker for Lille norske leksikon, spoke before the Storting’s education and research committee. She had travelled from Steinkjer to Oslo to try to save the free digital service for children, which has existed since 2024 (NRK Trøndelag / Trondheim).

The site allows children to look up words and concepts and obtain explanations in several subjects, from natural sciences to geography and history. Lille norske leksikon is threatened with closure from New Year: initially funded by private money, it must be included in the state budget to continue operating (NRK Trøndelag / Trondheim).

📌 Local briefs

In Stjørdal, employees at a sawdust silo contained the flames before emergency services arrived; no injuries were reported after the alert at 12:15. The police initially described it as a grain silo before correcting the information at 13:17 (NRK Trøndelag / Trondheim).

Two weeks earlier, two separate grain dryers caught fire in Trondheim, according to NRK Trøndelag / Trondheim.

Adresseavisen reports an emergency response for a resident who suffered burns (Adresseavisen). The newspaper also reports two police interventions after a series of break-ins at ten cabins (Adresseavisen).

The Trøndelag police district believes that a 17-year-old teenager arrested in Malaga on 26 June had accepted “stabbing” assignments in Morocco and Cyprus; he denies the allegations, according to NRK Trøndelag / Trondheim.

Sources: NRK Trøndelag / Trondheim, Adresseavisen — Period: 28 October 2026 and 29 October 2026