Skjelstadmarka
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Skjelstadmarka is a village in the municipality of Stjørdal
Stjørdal
is a municipality in Nord-Trøndelag county, Norway. It is part of the Stjørdalen region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Stjørdal, also called Stjørdalshalsen...

 in Nord-Trøndelag
Nord-Trøndelag
is a county constituting the northern part of Trøndelag in Norway. As of 2010, the county had 131,555 inhabitants, making it the country's fourth-least populated county. The largest municipalities are Stjørdal, Steinkjer—the county seat, Levanger, Namsos and Verdal, all with between 21,000 and...

 county, Norway
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...

. It is located in the central part of the municipality, about 12 kilometres (7.5 mi) northeast of the municipal center of Stjørdalshalsen
Stjørdalshalsen
Stjørdalshalsen is a town and the administrative centre of the municipality of Stjørdal in Nord-Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located between the rivers Stjørdalselva and Gråelva, and their mouth into the Trondheimsfjord.The town has a population of 10,779. The population density of the town is...

, about 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) north of Hegra
Hegra
Hegra is a village and former municipality in Nord-Trøndelag county, Norway. The former municipality encompassed most of the eastern part of the present-day municipality of Stjørdal....

, and about 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) east of the mountain Forbordsfjellet
Forbordsfjellet
Forbordsfjellet is a mountain in the municipality of Stjørdal in Nord-Trøndelag county, Norway. The tall mountain lies directly to the north of Trondheim Airport, Værnes and the town of Stjørdalshalsen. There is a toll road to the summit from European route E6 near Skatval Church....

. The village is the location of Okkelberg Chapel
Okkelberg Chapel
Okkelberg Chapel is a chapel in the municipality of Stjørdal in Nord-Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located in the village of Skjelstadmarka. The church is part of the Hegra parish in the Stjørdal deanery in the Diocese of Nidaros. The wooden church building was constructed in 1905 and seats...

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