Its bishop is seated at the Molde Cathedral which is located in the county administrative center of Molde.

A further environment that also served as a living space can still be seen on the island of Hjertoya near Molde, Norway.

His hut on the Norwegian island of Hjertøya, near Molde, is also frequently regarded as a Merzbau.

The Dano-Norwegian government officials in charge of the giving of the coats, had a party to remember the momentous occasion and became too drunk and hungover to remember which was which, and so Molde got the coat with a whale ( which are scarce in between the Romsdal fjords ) and Kristiansund got the waterfall ( since Molde is on the mainland and Kristiansund lies in the open sea, it would be more likely that the waterfall was intended for Molde's mountains and the whales for Kristiansund.

Molde was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 ( see formannskapsdistrikt )

After World War II, Molde experienced accelerated growth, merging with Bolsøy and parts of Veøy on 1 January 1964, and has become a center for not only administrative and public services, but also academic resources and industrial output.

The medieval township on Veøya, an island outside present day Molde, was first mentioned by the historian Snorri Sturluson as the location of the Battle of Sekken in 1162, where king Håkon the Broad-shouldered was killed fighting the aristocrat Erling Skakke, during the Norwegian civil wars.

However, commercial life in the region was not dead, and originating from the two settlements at Reknes and Molde ( later Moldegård ), a minor port called Molde Fjære ( Molde Landing ) emerged, based on trade with timber and herring to foreign merchants. Molde's main street and commercial center.

Molde was in effect the capital of Norway for a week after King Haakon, Crown Prince Olav, and members of the government and parliament arrived at Molde on April 23, after a dramatic flight from Oslo.

The city of Molde was established as a urban municipality on 1 January 1838 ( see formannskapsdistrikt ).

The city is named after the original settlement on the farmstead of Molde ( Old Norse: Moldar ).

Molde proper consists of a long and wide strip of urban land running east-west along the north shore of the Moldefjord, an arm of the Romsdalsfjord, on the Romsdal peninsula.

Molde holds the national high for the month of October, with ( on 11 October 2005 ).

Skiing is a popular activity among the inhabitants of Molde in the winter, on groomed tracks, in resorts or by own trail.

Hurtigruta visits Molde every day, on its journey between Bergen and Kirkenes.

The Museum of the Fisheries is an open air museum located on the island of Hjertøya, 10 minutes from the center of Molde.

The King and his ministers took refuge in the snow-covered woods and escaped harm, continuing farther north through the mountains toward Molde on Norway's west coast.

As the British forces in the area lost ground under Luftwaffe bombardment, the King and his party were taken aboard the British cruiser HMS Glasgow at Molde and conveyed a further 1000 km north to Tromsø where a provisional capital was established on 1 May.

Founded on 19 June 1911, Molde was originally known as International.

Molde FK was founded on 19 June 1911 by a group gathered by Klaus Daae Andersen ( born 30 September 1873 ); they named J. Ferninand Dahl as the inaugural chairman.

In 1970, Molde was promoted to the second tier and played there for three seasons until its promotion to the First Division with a 5-1 win against Sogndal Fotball in Sogndal on 16 September 1973.

Molde has a maritime, temperate climate, with cool-to-warm summers, and relatively mild winters.

Molde consisted of luxurious hotels surrounding an idyllic township with quaint, wooden houses, lush gardens and parks, esplanades and pavilions, earning it the nickname the Town of Roses.

On 1 January 1964, the urban municipality of Molde ( population: 8, 289 ) was merged with the Sekken, Veøya, and Nesjestranda part of Veøy ( population: 756 ), all of Bolsøy municipality ( population: 7, 996 ), and the Mordal area of Nord-Aukra ( population: 77 ) to form a new, larger Molde municipality.

Molde has a maritime, temperate climate, with cool-to-warm summers, and relatively mild winters.

A natural phenomenon occurring in Molde and the adjacent district, are frequent winter days with temperatures above, sometimes even above.

Combined with a steady influx of warm, moist south-westerly winds from the Atlantic Ocean, warmed by the Gulf stream, it gives Molde a climate much warmer than its latitude would indicate.

Varden, above sea level is a viewpoint directly above Molde, with a good view of the city, the fjord with the Molde archipelago and the Molde panorama.

Other authors from or with ties to Molde include Edvard Hoem, Jo Nesbø, Knut Ødegård, and Nini Roll Anker, a friend of Sigrid Undset.

The " town street " with Mali's Café shows typical Molde town houses from the pre-World War I period.

At the end of the season, Rosenborg won the league with 69 points, 13 points ahead of the nearest rival Molde FK.

Kristiansund Airport, Kvernberget opened in 1970 and Molde Airport, Årø in 1972, with Braathens SAFE granted concession to operate the routes.

After the consolidation of the town itself and its adjacent communities in 1964, Molde became a modern city, encompassing most branches of employment, from farming and fisheries, through industrial production, to banking, higher education, tourism, commerce, health care, and civil administration.

Due to its geographic location, Molde experiences frequent snowfalls in winter, but this snow is usually wet as the winters are usually mild.

The rising interest and activity in football in neighbouring towns caused the club to change its name to " Molde Fotballklubb " in 1915.

The following year, when Molde reached the UEFA Champions League, the stadium was converted to an all-seater, reducing its capacity.

But in 1972 Molde, the capital of Møre and Romsdal, opened its own airport.

Rica Seilet Hotel is located a few steps west of downtown Molde and is a neighbour of Molde stadion with its 11, 167 seats.

This name may be further related to its Viking roots, since there is an island on an inland fiord in Norway, called ' Roedven ' ( inland from the town of " Molde ).

After the rebellion and liberation in 1660, Molde became the administrative headquarter of Romsdalen Amt and was incorporated through a royal charter in 1742.

The Norwegian gold reserve was also conveyed to Molde, and was hidden in a clothing factory.

April 29 turned out to be the worst day in the history of Molde, as the remainder of the town was transformed into a sea of flames by incendiary bombs.

On 1 July 1915, a part of Bolsøy ( population: 183 ) was transferred to Molde.

On 1 January 1952, another part of Bolsøy ( population: 1, 913 ) was transferred to Molde.

Molde was never a whaling port ; the image is merely a representation of the once-held belief that whales were chasing ( and not following ) the schools of fish into the fjords at certain times of the year.

Bondevik was born in Molde, Norway.