| Official Name: | Ranheim |
| Settlement Type: | Neighborhood in Trondheim |
| Pushpin Map: | Trøndelag#Norway |
| Pushpin Label Position: | top |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of the neighborhood |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Norway |
| Subdivision Name1: | Central Norway |
| Subdivision Name2: | Trøndelag |
| Subdivision Type3: | Municipality |
| Subdivision Name3: | Trondheim |
| Subdivision Type4: | Borough |
| Subdivision Name4: | Østbyen |
| Utc Offset1: | +01:00 |
| Utc Offset1 Dst: | +02:00 |
| Coordinates: | 63.4286°N 10.5383°W |
| Elevation M: | 17 |
| Elevation Footnotes: | [1] |
Ranheim is a neighbourhood in the city of Trondheim in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located in the borough of Østbyen. The neighbourhood is approximately to the east of the centre of Trondheim. It comprises Olderdalen, Væretrøa, Reppe, and Vikåsen.
Historically, Ranheim is a working class community due to paper production at the local paper mill, where an overwhelming majority of Ranheim residents worked. Today, however, it is mostly middle class in composition and most residents work elsewhere. Ranheim Church was built 1933.
Ranheim is home to Ranheim Idrettslag sportsclub and Ranheim Fotball. Ranheim was once known for its foul odour, commonly referred to as "Ranheimslukta," (the smell of Ranheim) which was caused by a paper processing byproduct, hydrogen sulfide. In recent years, the paper mill has become a paper recycling plant which has decreased the emission of sulfides. The characteristic smell has consequently disappeared.[2]
In 2010, a sizeable pre-historic heathen hof was discovered during an urban development plan. After excavation by archaeologists, the Ranheim cult site has been dated to the 4th century AD in the Nordic Iron Age and was in use up until the 10th century at the end of the Viking Age.[3] [4]