Bårdshaug Herregård hosts conferences for up to 140 people in theatre layout, weddings for 120 in its banquet hall and private dinners for 40 in the parlors of a historic manor. The estate is in Orkanger, in the municipality of Orkland, about 30 minutes from Trondheim, and combines a modern hotel building with a manor house and historic railway station buildings.
Seminars and company events
The hotel has nine meeting rooms for groups of 12 to 140. The Banquet Hall, 131 square meters, seats 140 in theatre style and 110 in classroom style, the largest plenary option. Orkanger, 122 square meters, takes 120 in theatre style and 80 in classroom. Fannrem, Gjølme and Svorkmo, from 75 to 83 square meters, seat 60 to 74 in theatre, and Evjen, 36 square meters, suits a team of 12 in classroom layout or 24 in theatre. The hotel also offers group rooms and group activities, so a program can mix plenary work, breakouts and a team activity on the same site.
Weddings and receptions
Weddings are a core offer. The banquet hall takes up to 120 guests and opens onto a courtyard next to the Jaktbaren lobby bar. Smaller weddings can dine in the manor's dining room or library, with up to 40 guests in the historic parlors. Ceremonies can take place outdoors in the borggården, the courtyard between the manor, the borgstua and the hotel, or inside the manor house or The Norway Building. A marquee in the manor park is possible through a partner supplier.
Rooms and capacities
The Norway Building covers 88 square meters and takes up to 80 people, with 34 in classroom and 42 at a boardroom table. The Library, 60 square meters, takes up to 40 around its existing furniture, with 20 recommended. The Banquet Hall takes 140, Orkanger 120, Fannrem 74, Gjølme 60, Svorkmo 60 and Evjen 24.
Accommodation
Guests sleep in the modern hotel building, from 14-square-meter standard rooms to 25-square-meter deluxe rooms with balconies, or in the historic buildings. The manor's rooms include Tham's room, known as the King's room, with a bed carved for a visit by King Oskar II, and the Baroness de Spengler's room. Six rooms are designed for wheelchair users.
Catering
Restaurant Ministeren serves the hotel, and banquet menus are built on regional produce with drinks chosen by the hotel's wine team. Wedding parties are served a local breakfast the next morning.
History and setting
The farm was built in 1860. Christian Thams bought it in 1890 and spent 14 years rebuilding it, and the manor rooms date from 1904. The station buildings, from 1908, belonged to the Thamshavn Railway. The Norway Building was made by M. Thams and Co. in Orkanger as Norway's pavilion at the 1893 Chicago World's Fair and came back to Orkanger after 123 years in the United States. The third generation of the family took over management in 2015, and the manor joined the hotel operation in 2023.
Getting there
The hotel is at Orkdalsveien 105 in Orkanger, about 30 minutes by road from Trondheim. Trondheim Airport Værnes is about an hour away, and the hotel can arrange airport transfers. Buses 310 and 410 run frequently from Trondheim.
