Sparbu
Sparbu is a village in Steinkjer Municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. The village is located about south of the town of Steinkjer. The European route E6 highway runs through the village as does the Nordlandsbanen railway line which stops at the Sparbu Station. The village of Mære lies about to the north, the village of Røra lies about to the south, and the lake Leksdalsvatnet lies about to the east.
The village has a population of 595 and a population density of.
The village was the administrative centre of the old Sparbu Municipality from 1838 until the dissolution of the municipality in 1964.
Notable residents
- Hans Ystgaard, a farmer, politician, and Mayor of Sparbu
- Peder E. Vorum, an educator and politician for the Labour Democrats & Nasjonal Samling
- Kristen Eik-Nes, a medical scientist, academic, and art collector
- Jarle Benum, a Norwegian politician
- Torgeir Brandtzæg, a ski jumper, two bronze medals in the 1964 Winter Olympics then became a farmer in Sparbu
- Mona Juul, a Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and former politician
- Sigrid Ekran,, the 11th-place winner of the 2012 Iditarod
- Karl Morten Eek, a Norwegian footballer