Middle/Central Norway compromises two counties: Nord-Trøndelag (North-Trøndelag) and Sør-Trøndelag (South-Trøndelag).

One of the many historic sites in Central Norway is Stiklestad, the battlefield where King Olav Haraldsson fell on July 1030, and became known as St. Olav. The battle of Stiklestad represents the introduction of Christianity in Norway. Nidaros Cathedral was erected over his grave, and during the middle Ages, it was a pilgrim site on par with Santiago de Compostela in Spain. Trondheim, or Nidaros as it used to be called was founded by King Olav Tryggvason in 997.

Trondheim, the major city in Central Norway has several dominant educational institutions, including the well known Norwegian University of Science and Technology for technological education and research, and Sintef, a research group that performs contract research and development for industry and the public sector in the fields of technology and the natural and social sciences.

The copper mining town Røros in Sør-Trøndelag, founded in 1644 has approx. 100 nicely preserved timber houses included on UNESCO's World Heritage List of cultural treasures. Today, modern industry, trade, and tourism characterize this old mining town, along with the agriculture and reindeer industries of the surrounding area.

Central Norway is known for its fertile agricultural areas around the Trondheim Fjord, Lake Snåsavatnet, Namdal and the island of Jöa with beautiful landscapes and well-kept farms. Dairy production is particularly important, and large amounts of potatoes and vegetables are grown in the region. The processing industry affiliated with agriculture and the forest industry provides and secure jobs for many farmers and yield considerable employment at sawmills and other wood-processing plants. Norske Skog's plant near Levanger is the third largest paper mill in Europe.

There are several good salmon and sea trout rivers in the two counties including the "Queen of Rivers", the famous Namsen River that has attracted anglers from both Norway and abroad since the 1830s. Fishing plays a major role in coastal municipalities and the Vikna area is the largest fishing community in the two counties where salmon farming is an important export industry. Vikna has Norway's biggest experimental wind power park for generation of electricity.

The fabrication yard Aker Verdal AS, in Central Norway delivers a wide range of floating and fixed installations to the oil industry in the North Sea. A total of 10 semi-submersible platforms of Aker H3 and H3.2 design have been built since 1970. Furthermore, Aker Verdal has built and equipped a wide range of various steel jackets, modules and decks, sub-sea templates, bridges, flare towers and a loading buoy.