The majority of the production ends up in the Norwegian cooperative system for meat and milk, but farm produce is a steadily growing business.

During that time, the Swedes conscripted 2,000 men in Trøndelag, forcing young boys down to 15 years of age to join the Swedish armies fighting against Poland and Brandenburg.

Charles X feared the Trønders would rise against their Swedish occupiers, and thought it wise to keep a large part of the men away.

[15] In the fall of 1718, during the Great Northern War, General Carl Gustaf Armfeldt was ordered by king Charles XII of Sweden to lead a Swedish army of 10,000 men into Trøndelag to take Trondheim.

Because of his poor supply lines back to Sweden, Armfeldt's army had to live off the land, causing great suffering to the people of the region.

After Charles XII was killed in the siege of Fredriksten in Norway's southeast, Armfeldt was ordered back into Sweden.

[17] The county is often sub-divided into several geographical regions: There are ten towns/cities in Trøndelag, plus the "mining town" of Røros.

Along the coast in the southwest are the largest islands in Norway south of the Arctic Circle, including Hitra and Frøya.

The broad and long Trondheimsfjord is a main feature, and the lowland surrounding the fjord are among the most important agricultural areas in Norway.

The highest mountain is the 1,985-metre (6,512 ft) tall Storskrymten, which is located in the county border between Møre og Romsdal, Innlandet, and Trøndelag.

North of the Trondheimsfjord is the large Fosen peninsula, where Ørland Municipality is at its southwestern tip.

Several valleys runs north or west to meet the fjord, with a river at its centre, such as Meldal, Gauldal, Stjørdal, Verdal.

Trøndelag is one of the regions in Norway with the largest climatic variation - from the oceanic climate with mild and wetter winters along the coast to the very cold winters in the southeast inland highlands, where Røros is the only place in southern and central Norway to have recorded −50 °C (−58 °F).

The first overnight freeze (temperature below −0 °C (32 °F) in autumn on average is August 24th in Røros, October 9th at Trondheim Airport Værnes, and as late as November 20th at Sula in Frøya.

Although officially prohibited, the art of producing as pure homemade spirits as possible still has a strong following in parts of Trøndelag.

Traditionally the spirit is served mixed with coffee to create a drink called karsk.

The "official dish" of the region is sodd which is made from diced sheep or beef meat and meatballs in boiled stock.

Fosenhallen outside Botngård in southwestern Fosen, is Norway's only full-size speed skating hall north of Hamar.

Trøndelag is covered with fertile lands, especially the lowlands surrounding the Korsfjord, Trondheimsfjord, Borgenfjord, and Beitstadfjord.

[31] The county also houses the most milking-cows, and thereby has the highest milk output,[32] with Steinkjer Municipality producing the most.

Trøndelag provided 21.1% of all milk production, 18.9% of all beef, 28.7% of all chicken, 23.5% of all eggs, 13.2% of cereals, and 23.2% of all hay produced in Norway.

This theory has little written evidence to support it, which may be explained by Spains monopoly on Merino sheep until the 1800s, and export of the breed was punishable by death.

The Norwegian government held a breeding station on Edøy, that was laid to waste by invading forces during WWII.