Oppland
Oppland is a
county in
Norway, bordering
Sør-Trøndelag,
Møre og Romsdal,
Sogn og Fjordane,
Buskerud,
Akershus,
Oslo and
Hedmark. The county administration is in
Lillehammer.
Oppland extends from the lakes
Mjøsa and
Randsfjorden to the mountains
Dovrefjell,
Jotunheimen and
Rondane. The county is conventionally divided into traditional districts. These are
Gudbrandsdal,
Valdres,
Toten,
Hadeland and
Land.
Oppland includes the towns
Lillehammer,
Gjøvik and
Otta, and Norway's two highest mountains,
Glittertind and
Galdhøpiggen.
Several museums and other attractions are situated in Oppland and tourism is important to the economy,
Valdres and
Gudbrandsdal being popular attractions. The Gudbrandsdal surrounds the river
Gudbrandsdalslågen, and includes the villages
Øyer,
Dovre and
Dombås. Valdres includes the area extending from Jotunheimen down to
Bagn at
Begna river. It is a well known place for
skiing and winter sports. The main population centres in this area are
Beitostølen and
Fagernes.
In the late
Iron Age, Oppland was a
petty kingdom.
Some kings of Oppland:
* Eystein, father of Åsa who married
Halfdan Hvitbeinn (see
Ynglinga Saga, paragraph 49)
* Halfdan "the Aged" Sveidasson (c. 750)
* Ivar Halfdansson (c. 770)
* Eystein "Glumra (the Noisy)" Ivarsson, son-in-law of
Ragnvald the Mountain-High and father of
Ragnvald Eysteinsson (788)
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Location of Oppland Municipalities |
Oppland County has a total of 26 municipalities:
