Fongen is a mountain

Mountain

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 on the border of the municipalities of Selbu

Selbu

Selbu is a municipality in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Mebonden. Other villages in Selbu include Flora, Fossan, Hyttbakken, Innbygda, Selbustrand, Tømra, and Vikvarvet.-General information:...

 (Sør-Trøndelag

Sør-Trøndelag

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), Tydal

Tydal

Tydal is a municipality in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Ås. Other villages include Østby, Gressli, Aunet, and Stugudalen. There is a school and a kindergarten in Tydal....

 (Sør-Trøndelag

Sør-Trøndelag

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), and Meråker

Meråker

Meråker is a municipality in Nord-Trøndelag county, Norway. It is part of the Stjørdalen region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Midtbygda which is about west of Storlien in Sweden and east of Stjørdalshalsen in Stjørdal. Other villages in Meråker include Gudåa,...

 (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...

) in 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...

. The 1441 metres (4,727.7 ft) summit is located inside Skarvan and Roltdalen National Park, about 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) north of Aunet

Aunet

Aunet is a village in the municipality of Tydal in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. The village is located along the Nea River, about west of the municipal center of Ås. The village is the location of Tydal Church, built in 1696....

 in Tydal

Tydal

Tydal is a municipality in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Ås. Other villages include Østby, Gressli, Aunet, and Stugudalen. There is a school and a kindergarten in Tydal....

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The closest Norwegian Trekking Association cabin is Ramsjøhytta, several kilometers east of the summit.

Name

The name is probably the finite form of fong which means "pole" (used in roundpole fence

Roundpole fence

The roundpole fence is a wooden fence typical to the countryside in Sweden , Finland and Norway . It is normally made from unbarked and unsplit youngish trees, mostly spruce or juniper...

). It is common in Norway to compare the form of high and steep mountains with staffs, sticks, and poles.