Stiftsgården in Trondheim was commissioned by the wealthy widow Cecilie Christine Schøller. The architect is not identified with certainty, and the text attributes it probably to Admiral Christian Lerche, her cousin. Construction ran from 1774 to 1778. The style is Baroque with Rococo and neoclassical elements. The building is wooden, with about 140 rooms and 43,000 square feet (4,000 square meters).
Rococo stucco decorates some ceilings and wall niches, and overdoors have painted landscapes and chinoiserie. Two Rococo stoves from 1768 are the only major 18th-century furnishings to survive.
The state bought the building in 1800 for 10,000 rigsdaler. It housed the Bank of Norway from 1816 to 1819. The royal family has had a residence in Trondheim since 1804, and from 1906 this building has served exclusively as that residence. The article gives no hours.
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