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Nord-Fron

Nord-Fron is a municipality

Municipalities of Norway

||}Norway is divided into 19 administrative regions, called county , and 430 municipality . The capital city Oslo is considered both a county and a municipality....
in 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....
county

Counties of Norway

||-||}Norway is divided into 19 subnational, called county . The counties form the primary first-level subdivisions of Norway and are further divided into 431 Municipalities of Norway ....
, Norway

Norway

Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a constitutional monarchy in Northern Europe that occupies the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula....
. It is part of the traditional region

Districts of Norway

Norway is divided into a number of districts. Many districts have deep historical roots, and only partially coincide with today's administrative units of counties of Norway and municipalities of Norway....
of Gudbrandsdal

Gudbrandsdal

Gudbrandsdalen is a valley and Districts of Norway in the Norway fylke of Oppland. The valley is oriented in a north-westerly direction from Lillehammer at Lake Mj?sa, extending 230 km toward Romsdal....
. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Vinstra

Vinstra

Vinstra is the name of both a village and a river in Gudbrandsdalen. The village lies in Nord-Fron municipality in Oppland County, Norway. The administrative centre of Nord-Fron, the population is 2449....
. The old municipality of Fron

Fron

Fron is a former municipality in Gudbrandsdal in Oppland, Norway.It was created in 1837 as Fron formannskapsdistrikt, but in 1851 the municipality was split into Nord-Fron and S?r-Fron....
was divided into Nord-Fron and Sør-Fron
Sør-Fron

S?r-Fron 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 Hundorp....
in 1851. In 1966, they were merged back together again, but that only lasted until 1977 when they separated once again.

Old Norse

Old Norse

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Nord-Fron is a municipality

Municipalities of Norway

||}Norway is divided into 19 administrative regions, called county , and 430 municipality . The capital city Oslo is considered both a county and a municipality....
in 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....
county

Counties of Norway

||-||}Norway is divided into 19 subnational, called county . The counties form the primary first-level subdivisions of Norway and are further divided into 431 Municipalities of Norway ....
, Norway

Norway

Districts of Norway

Gudbrandsdal

Vinstra

Fron

General information

Name

The Old Norse

Old Norse

Old Norse is a North Germanic languages that was spoken by inhabitants of Scandinavia and inhabitants of their overseas settlements during the Viking Age, until about 1300....
form of the name was Frón. The meaning of the name is unknown (maybe "earth" or "land"). Therefore the meaning of Nord-Fron is "(the) northern (part of) Fron" (since the parish and municipality of Fron was divided in 1851.)

Coat-of-arms

The coat-of-arms

Coat of arms

A coat of arms, more properly called an armorial achievement, armorial bearings or often just arms for short, in European tradition, is a design belonging to a particular person and used by them in a wide variety of ways....
is from modern times. They were granted on 18 July 1980. The arms show a gold-colored Dole Gudbrandsdal

Dole Gudbrandsdal

The Dole Gudbrandsdal, D?lahest or Dole is a draft-type horse from Norway. There are two subtypes of the breed, the Dole Gudbrandsdal and the Dole Trotter, with the former being used mainly for heavy draft horse and farm work and the latter for harness racing....
on a red background. The Fron area has a longstanding tradition in horse breeding

Horse breeding

Horse breeding refers to reproduction in horses, and particularly the human-directed process of selective breeding of animals, particularly purebred horses of a given list of horse breeds....
and is one of the main centres of horse breeding in Norway. In the beginning of the century the Fron municipality used unofficial arms with a horse on it. After Fron was divided into Nord- and Sør-Fron, Nord-Fron choose the above arms.

History

The farm Nord-Hoge in Sødorp parish, Nord-Fron is the legendary home of Peer Gynt

Peer Gynt

Peer Gynt is a five-Act play in Verse by the Norwegian dramatist Henrik Ibsen. Interpreted in its day as a satire on the Norwegian people personality, Peer Gynt is the story of a life based on avoidance....
. Peer was made famous by both Peter Asbjørnsen's folk tales and Henrik Ibsen

Henrik Ibsen

Henrik Johan Ibsen was a major Nineteenth-century theatre Norway playwright of realism drama and poet. He is often referred to as the "father of modern drama" and is one of the founders of modernism in the theatre....
's play.

The body of Captain Sinclair

Prillar-Guri

Pillar-Guri, Prillarguri or Pillarguri was a woman who according to oral tradition played a key role in the Battle of Kringen, in which Scottish forces were defeated on their way to Sweden to enlist in Swedish service in the Kalmar War against Denmark and Norway....
is buried in Kvam

Kvam, Oppland

Kvam is a village in Gudbrandsdalen. The place lies in Nord-Fron municipality in Oppland County, Norway. During the military campaign in Norway in 1940, Kvam was the scene of a large military action between German and British soldiers....
.

The beautiful small church in Kvam, built in 1775, was burnt during the Occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany

Occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany

Starting with the Operation Weser?bung of April 9, 1940, Norway was under military occupation of Germany forces and civil rule of a German commissioner in collaboration with a Nasjonal Samling....
during World War II

World War II

World War II, or the Second World War , was a global military conflict which involved a Participants in World War II, including all of the great powers, organised into two opposing military alliances: the Allies of World War II and the Axis powers....
.

Geography

Nord-Fron is bordered to the north by Sel

Sel

Sel 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 List of cities in Norway of Otta, Norway....
municipality, to the south and east by Sør-Fron, in the south by Gausdal

Gausdal

Gausdal 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 Segalstad bru....
and Øystre Slidre

Øystre Slidre

?ystre Slidre is a Municipalities of Norway in Oppland Counties of Norway, Norway. It is part of the Districts of Norway of Valdres. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of...
, and in the southwest by 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....
.

The district stretches from the mountains of Rondane and in the east to Jotunheimen

Jotunheimen

Jotunheimen is a mountainous area of roughly 3,500 km? in Southern Norway. Jotunheimen is a part of the long Scandinavian Mountains range. The 29 highest mountains in Norway are in Jotunheimen, including the very highest - Galdh?piggen ....
in the west. A point of Nord-Fron "touches" Folldal

Folldal

Folldal is a Municipalities of Norway in Hedmark Counties of Norway, Norway. It is part of the Districts of Norway of Dovre region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Folldal....
municipality in Hedmark

Hedmark

is a Counties of Norway in Norway, bordering S?r-Tr?ndelag, Oppland and Akershus. The county administration is in Hamar.Hedmark makes up the northeastern part of ?stlandet, the southeastern part of the country....
County.

There are two population centers in Nord-Fron: the villages of Vinstra and Kvam. Kvam is located at the northern end of the Peer Gynt Road, which passes through high roads with excellent views of the Jotunheimen, Dovrefjell

Dovrefjell

Dovrefjell is a mountain range in central Norway that forms a natural barrier between Eastern Norway and Tr?ndelag, the area around Trondheim. As a result, it has been heavily trafficked during and probably preceding historical times....
, and Rondane mountain.

Attractions

Eidefoss petroglyphs

The Rock carvings at Eidefoss

Rock carvings at Eidefoss

The rock carvings at Eidefoss by the river Fossen in Nord-Fron municipality in Oppland county in Norway, comprise two images of moose. These are on a rock, possibly fallen from a west-facing, nearly vertical cliff, about 20 meters from the river....
are located on the east side of the river south of the white water.

National parks

Rondane National Park
Rondane National Park

Rondane National Park is the oldest national park in Norway, established on 21 December 1962. The park contains ten peaks above , with the highest being Rondeslottet at an altitude of ....
, which lies partially in Nord-Fron, was the first Norwegian National Park
List of national parks of Norway

File:Nasjonalparker Norge.JPGList of National Parks of Norway covers 29 national parks in the Norway, and 7 on Svalbard. The list provides date of establishment, area and tourism facilities....
, established on 21 December 1962. In 2003, Rondane National Park was enlarged and smaller areas of nature protection were opened or enlarged.

Jotunheim National Park
Jotunheim National Park

Jotunheimen National Park is a national park in Norway, recognized as one of the country's premier hiking and fishing regions. The national park covers 1,151 km? and is part of the larger area Jotunheimen....
is not technically in Nord-Fron, but its southern border brushes Nord-Fron's western border.

Sister cities

The following cities are twinned

Town twinning

Town twinning, also known as sister cities, is a concept whereby towns or city in geographically and politically distinct areas are paired, with the goal of fostering human contact and cultural links between their inhabitants....
with Nord-Fron: - Hedemora

Hedemora Municipality

Hedemora Municipality is a Municipalities of Sweden in Dalarna County in central Sweden. Its seat is in the city of Hedemora.In 1966 the City of Hedemora was amalgamated with the rural municipality by the same name and with Husby....
, Dalarna County

Dalarna County

Dalarna County is a Counties of Sweden or l?n in middle Sweden. It borders the counties of J?mtland County, G?vleborg County, V?stmanland County, ?rebro County and V?rmland County....
, Sweden

Sweden

Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic countries on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden has land borders with Norway to the west and Finland to the northeast, and it is connected to Denmark by the ?resund Bridge in the south....
- Richmond

Richmond, North Yorkshire

Richmond is a market town on the River Swale in North Yorkshire, England and is the administrative centre of the district of Richmondshire. Situated on the edge of the Yorkshire Dales National Park, it is a popular tourist destination, with a total population of 8970....
, North Yorkshire

North Yorkshire

North Yorkshire is a shire county or shire county, located in the Yorkshire and the Humber region of England, and a ceremonial counties of England in that region and also partly in North East England....
, England

England

United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe....

External links

from Statistics Norway
Statistics Norway

Statistics Norway is the Norway statistics bureau. It was established in 1876.Relying on a staff of about 1000, Statistics Norway releases more than 800 Norwegian statistical publications every year on its web site....
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