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The Student Society in Trondheim ((ノルウェー語:Studentersamfundet i Trondhjem), Samfundet for short) is Norway's largest student society. Besides housing a café, a restaurant, several bars and frequently hosting concerts and other activities (among them Norway's biggest culture festival, UKA), it is an independent organization for all students and teachers in Trondheim, owned fully by its members. (At the end of 2011, there are about 9000 members.〔Samfundet - http://www.samfundet.no/informasjon〕) Many famous artists have held concerts here. Among others, Sex Pistols, Iggy Pop, N.E.R.D., Phoenix, Public Enemy, White Lies, Crystal Fighters, Tom McRae, Motörhead, Suede, Motorpsycho, Dum Dum Boys, In Flames and many, many more. Quite a few famous Norwegian bands have started their careers on one of Samfundet's many stages. Some examples are Knutsen & Ludvigsen, deLillos and Postgirobygget. Every other year world figures attend The Student Society through its festival ISFiT and past speakers include His Holiness the Dalai Lama, former Director-General of WHO Dr Gro Harlem Brundtland and Nobel Peace Prize Laureates Dr José Ramos-Horta and Professor Wangari Maathai.〔ISFIT.org - http://www.isfit.org/about/page/show/7〕 During the summer (late June to mid August) Samfundet transforms into Trondheim InterRail Centre (TIRC). TIRC was started in 1992 by members of the Student Society, and has been run by society volunteers every summer since then. ==History== As the Norwegian Institute of Technology (NTH) (later the Norwegian University of Science and Technology, NTNU) opened, September 15, 1910, Trondheim got its first real group of students, and the need for an organized student society soon became apparent. Only one week later, a group of students met and decided to create a student society, and yet one week later, on October 1, ''Norges Tekniske Høgskolens Studentersamfund'' ("The student society of NTH") first came into existence. In the beginning, membership was limited to NTH students; this was later expanded to all students (over 18) in the Trondheim area, and thus, in 1912, the name changed into ''Studentersamfundet i Trondhjem'' ("The student society of Trondheim"), which still is its current name, although the city has switched names twice since. In the first two years, Samfundet did not have its own building, but in 1912, they bought an old abandoned circus building (only called "Circus"), and 15 years later, in 1927, one began the building of the characteristic red round house which is today known as Samfundet. In 1929, the building was finished and the activities were moved. Although Circus was abandoned, the old traditions were carried through by architect Eystein Michaelsen; ''Storsalen'' (the main concert hall) still looks very much like a circus. The building still stands, with active maintenance on a day-to-day basis and bigger projects taking place every two years (related to UKA). 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Student Society in Trondheim」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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