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Jotunheimen is a mountainous area of roughly 3,500 km² in Southern Norway
Norway

Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a constitutional monarchy in Northern Europe that occupies the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula....
. Jotunheimen is a part of the long Scandinavian Mountains
Scandinavian Mountains

The Scandinavian Mountains, in Swedish language Skanderna, Fj?llen or K?len, and in Norwegian language Kj?len, with the two latter meaning the Keel, are a mountain range that runs through the Scandinavian Peninsula....
 range. The 29 highest mountain
Mountain

A mountain is a landform that stretches above the surrounding land in a limited area usually in the form of a peak. A mountain is generally steeper than a hill....
s in Norway are in Jotunheimen, including the very highest - Galdhøpiggen
Galdhøpiggen

Galdh?piggen is the List of mountains in Norway by height in Geography of Norway and Scandinavia, at 2,469 m above sea level. It is located within the municipality of Lom, Norway, in the Jotunheimen mountain area....
 (2469 m). Jotunheimen straddles the border of the counties Oppland
Oppland

is a Counties of Norway in Norway, bordering S?r-Tr?ndelag, M?re og Romsdal, Sogn og Fjordane, Buskerud, Akershus, Oslo and Hedmark. The county administration is in Lillehammer....
 and Sogn og Fjordane
Sogn og Fjordane

is a County municipality in Norway, bordering M?re og Romsdal, Oppland, Buskerud, and Hordaland. The county administration is in the town of Hermansverk in Leikanger....
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The Jotunheimen area contains the Jotunheimen National Park, covering 1,151 km² since 1980.






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Jotunheimen is a mountainous area of roughly 3,500 km² in Southern Norway
Norway

Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a constitutional monarchy in Northern Europe that occupies the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula....
. Jotunheimen is a part of the long Scandinavian Mountains
Scandinavian Mountains

The Scandinavian Mountains, in Swedish language Skanderna, Fj?llen or K?len, and in Norwegian language Kj?len, with the two latter meaning the Keel, are a mountain range that runs through the Scandinavian Peninsula....
 range. The 29 highest mountain
Mountain

A mountain is a landform that stretches above the surrounding land in a limited area usually in the form of a peak. A mountain is generally steeper than a hill....
s in Norway are in Jotunheimen, including the very highest - Galdhøpiggen
Galdhøpiggen

Galdh?piggen is the List of mountains in Norway by height in Geography of Norway and Scandinavia, at 2,469 m above sea level. It is located within the municipality of Lom, Norway, in the Jotunheimen mountain area....
 (2469 m). Jotunheimen straddles the border of the counties Oppland
Oppland

is a Counties of Norway in Norway, bordering S?r-Tr?ndelag, M?re og Romsdal, Sogn og Fjordane, Buskerud, Akershus, Oslo and Hedmark. The county administration is in Lillehammer....
 and Sogn og Fjordane
Sogn og Fjordane

is a County municipality in Norway, bordering M?re og Romsdal, Oppland, Buskerud, and Hordaland. The county administration is in the town of Hermansverk in Leikanger....
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Jotun600
The Jotunheimen area contains the Jotunheimen National Park, covering 1,151 km² since 1980. The mountain range Hurrungane
Hurrungane

Hurrungane, also written Hurrungene, Hurrungadn, Horungane, is a mountain range in the municipalities Luster, Norway and ?rdal in Sogn og Fjordane, Norway....
 is inside the national park with the sharpest peaks in Jotunheimen. Adjacent to the national park border is Utladalen Nature Reserve covering the valley Utladalen and Falketind
Falketind

Falketind is a mountain in ?rdal, Sogn og Fjordane, Norway.The ascent in 1820 was the first ascent on an alpine mountain in Norway. The party of three went via Sn?ggeken and the northern ridge....
 among other mountains.

Jotunheimen is very popular among hiker
Hiking

Hiking is an outdoor activity which consists of walking in natural environments, often on trail. It is such a popular activity that there are numerous :Category:Hiking organizations worldwide....
s and climber
Climbing

Climbing is the activity of using one's hands and feet to ascend a steep object. It is done both for recreation and professionally, as part of activities such as maintenance of a structure, or military operations....
s, and the Norwegian Mountain Touring Association
Norwegian Mountain Touring Association

The Norwegian Trekking Association is a Norwegian association which maintains mountain trails and cabins in Norway. The association was founded on 21 January 1868 with the scope "to help and develop tourism in this country"....
 maintains a number mountain lodges in the area, as well as marked trails between the lodges and to some of the peaks.

The image from Gjende shows a cliff trailing down into the lake. At its base there is a popular guest house called Memurubu
Memurubu

Memurubu is a tourist hut in Norway, at the end or start of the famous Besseggen hiking trail. Memurubu is originally an old mountain pasture dating back to 1872, but has had tourists just as long....
. The picture is taken from Gjendesheim
Gjendesheim

Gjendesheim Turisthytte have been a staffed lodge with Norwegian Mountain Touring Association Oslo og Omegn as proprietor since 1878, and are located in the heart of the Norwegian mountains....
, a starting point for hiking into the mountain range. There is a very popular trail along Besseggen
Besseggen

Besseggen, or Besseggi, is a mountain ridge in V?g? kommune in Oppland county. Besseggen lies east in Jotunheimen, between the lakes Gjende and Bessvatnet....
 that follows the edge of the mountainous range to the right, which it is named after.

There is a National Tourist Route the Sognefjell Road from Skjolden
Skjolden

Skjolden is a village in the municipality of Luster, Norway in Sogn og Fjordane county, Norway. It is located at the end of the Lustrafjord....
 to Lom
Lom, Norway

Lom is a Municipalities of Norway in Oppland Counties of Norway, Norway. It is part of the Districts of Norway of Gudbrandsdal. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Fossbergom....
. There is a other road the RV 51 from Gol
Gol, Norway

is a Municipalities of Norway in Buskerud Counties of Norway, Norway. It is part of the Districts of Norway of Hallingdal. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Gol....
 to Vågå
Vågå

V?g? is a Municipalities of Norway in Oppland Counties of Norway, Norway. It is part of the Districts of Norway of Gudbrandsdal. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of V?g?mo....
 through a special area the Valdresflya.

The name

Originally there was no common name for this large mountainous area, but in 1820 the geologist B. M. Keilhau proposed the name Jotunfjeldene "the mountains of the giants" (inspired by the German name Riesengebirge). This was later changed to Jotunheimen by the poet Aasmund Olavsson Vinje
Aasmund Olavsson Vinje

Aasmund Olavsson Vinje was a famous Norway poet and journalist who is remembered for poetry, travel writing, and his pioneering use of Landsm?l ....
 in 1862 - and this name/form is directly inspired by the name Jötunheimr
Jötunheimr

J?tunheimr is the world of the j?tnar in Norse Mythology. From there they menace the humans in Midgard and the gods in Asgard .Gastropnir, home of Menglad, and ?rymheimr, home of ?jazi, were both located in Jotunheim, which was ruled by King Thrym....
 in Norse mythology
Norse mythology

Norse, Viking or Scandinavian mythology comprises the beliefs, myths and legends of the Norse paganism of the North Germanic language people, including those who settled on Faroe Islands and Iceland, where most of the written sources for Norse mythology were assembled....
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See also

  • Eidsbugarden
    Eidsbugarden

    Eidsbugarden is a tourist center which lies at the western end of Lake Bygdin in the Jotunheimen mountain range on the outskirts of Jotunheim National Park in Oppland, Norway....
  • Tourism in Norway
    Tourism in Norway

    The main tourist attractions of Norway are the fjord-indented coastline and its mountains, the unspoiled nature of the inner parts of the country, and the cities and smaller towns....
  • Jens Esmark
    Jens Esmark

    Jens Esmark was an expert mountain climber and professor of mineralogy who contributed to many of the initial discoveries and conceptual analyses of glaciers, specifically the concept that glaciers had covered larger areas in the past....


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towards Gjendebu
Gjendebu

Gjendebu is the oldest cabin of the Norwegian Mountain Touring Association . The cabin lies 995 meters above sea level, by the western end of the lake Gjende, central in Jotunheimen....
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