Trondheim Kino

Trondheim Kino is a municipally owned cinema company based in Trondheim, Norway. It operates two cinemas in the city: Prinsen Kino and Nova Kinosenter. The company is organized as a limited company (aksjeselskap) owned by Trondheim Municipality. Its managing director since 2013 has been Arild Kalkvik, and the chairman of the board is Geirmund Lykke. The company traces its origins to 1918, when Trondheim Municipality took over the privately owned Verdensteateret at Circus plass in Prinsens gate, following a 1913 decision by the Norwegian Parliament (Stortinget) granting municipal councils the right to license cinema operations. The first municipal cinema manager was Hans Kunig. Over the decades, Trondheim Kino expanded and modernized its venues. In 1938 it entered an agreement with Folkets hus for cinema operations, and six years later a cinema opened under the name Sentrum Kino. That venue operated until 1993, when its main auditorium was converted into five screens and renamed Nova Kinosenter. Further expansion in 2003–2004 added six more screens. Nova's largest auditorium, the Liv Ullmann hall, has been modernized several times, most recently in 2013 with a new screen and a Dolby Atmos sound system. Trondheim Kino also operated a cinema in the neighboring municipality of Strinda, where the municipal council was not interested in running a cinema and instead let distributors Metro-Goldwyn and Universal Pictures operate Rosendal Kino until 1929, when Trondheim Kino rented the premises and later bought them in 1957. For many years the company also ran a cinema in the Heimdal community center under the name Heimdal Kino. From 1992 to 2000, Trondheim Kino was organized as a municipal enterprise, and in 2000 it was converted into a municipal limited company. Today, Trondheim Kino offers a wide range of programming, including current films, upcoming films, D-BOX, baby cinema, matinee, Monday films, knitting cinema, student cinema, and special screenings. It also provides customer services such as gift cards, newsletters, FAQs, ticket prices and discounts, hall rental, age limits, accessibility, cinema birthdays, and school cinema. The company operates two cinema centers: Nova Kinosenter and Prinsen Kinosenter. Since 2005, the Trondheim International Film Festival (Kosmorama) has held its screenings at Trondheim Kino. The company is also a certified environmental lighthouse (Miljøfyrtårn).

Trondheim Kino was established in 1918 after the Norwegian Parliament (Stortinget) five years earlier granted municipal councils the right to license cinema operations. Trondheim Municipality took over the privately owned Verdensteateret at Circus plass in Prinsens gate, which had previously been the largest cinema in the Nordic countries with 1,150 seats. Its director, Hans Kunig, became the first municipal cinema manager. The cinema has been rebuilt several times, and Prinsen Kino today appears as a modern cinema with eight screens. In 1938, Trondheim Kino entered an agreement with Folkets hus for cinema operations, and six years later the cinema opened under the name Sentrum Kino. It operated until 1993, when the main auditorium was converted into five screens and renamed Nova Kinosenter. The cinema was further rebuilt in 2003–2004, adding six more screens. Nova's largest auditorium, the Liv Ullmann hall, has been modernized several times, most recently in 2013 with a new screen and a completely new Dolby Atmos sound system. In the neighboring municipality of Strinda, the municipal council was not interested in running a cinema and instead let distributors Metro-Goldwyn and Universal Pictures operate Rosendal Kino until 1929, when Trondheim Kino rented the premises, which it later bought in 1957. Trondheim Kino also operated a cinema in the Heimdal community center under the name Heimdal Kino for many years. From 1992 to 2000, Trondheim Kino was organized as a municipal enterprise, and in 2000 it was taken over as a municipal limited company. Since 2005, the Trondheim International Film Festival – Kosmorama has held its screenings at Trondheim Kino.

• 2013

  Liv Ullmann hall modernized with new screen and Dolby Atmos sound system.

• 2013

  Arild Kalkvik becomes managing director.

• 2005

  Kosmorama film festival begins holding screenings at Trondheim Kino.

• 2003

  Further expansion of Nova Kinosenter begins, adding six screens (completed 2004).

• 2000

  Converted into a municipal limited company.

• 1993

  Sentrum Kino converted into five screens and renamed Nova Kinosenter.

• 1992

  Organized as a municipal enterprise.

• 1957

  Trondheim Kino buys the Rosendal Kino premises.

• 1944

  Sentrum Kino opens.

• 1938

  Agreement with Folkets hus for cinema operations.

• 1929

  Trondheim Kino rents Rosendal Kino premises in Strinda.

• 1918

  Trondheim Kino established; municipality takes over Verdensteateret.

• 1913

  Norwegian Parliament grants municipal councils the right to license cinema operations.

Municipally owned cinema operator providing a broad range of film experiences and community-oriented services in Trondheim.

• Prinsen Kino

  Cinema with eight screens in Trondheim.

• Nova Kinosenter

  Cinema center with multiple screens, including the Liv Ullmann hall with Dolby Atmos.

• D-BOX

  Motion seat technology available at Trondheim Kino.

• Babykino

  Screenings for parents with babies.

• Studentkino

  Special screenings for students.

• Kosmorama

  Trondheim International Film Festival screenings hosted at Trondheim Kino since 2005.

1. 1Trondheim Kino official websitetrondheimkino.no
2. 2Trondheim Kino - Wikidatawikidata.org
3. 3Trondheim Kino - Danish Wikipediada.wikipedia.org