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2 unusual facts about Valdres


Bugle calls of the Norwegian Army

One such example is the Unit call for the Valdres Battalion, which is also the baseline tune for the more known Valdres March.

Valdres

The valley is protected to the west and north by the Jotunheimen mountains (see Valdresflye) and to the south by the Gol mountain ridge.


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Bessheim

Bessheim is a mountain lodge in Sjodalen and is situated 964 metres above sea level next to Øvre Sjodalsvatnet on the mountain passage between Valdres and Gudbrandsdalen (Riksveg 51 over Valdresflya).

Fagernes

Fagernes lies approximately 3 hours north west of Oslo, and is an important destination for tourism in Norway, due to good communications and the nature in the surrounding Valdres valley, and mountain areas such as Jotunheimen and Spåtind.

Gulating

The Gulaþing received delegates from Lyngør in the south to north of Ålesund, and its laws were observed from the eastern inland valleys of Valdres and Hallingdal to the Faroe Islands in the west.

Høre stave church

Høre stave church (Høre Stavkyrkje) is a stave church located at Ryfoss in Vang municipality, Valdres, Norway.

Oppland

Valdres includes the area extending from Jotunheimen down to Bagn at Begna river.

Philip Kruse

He has produced about 300 music records, including Øivind Blunck's Reidar, Viggo Sandvik's Fisking i Valdres, Trond-Viggo Torgersen's Tramp på en smurf and Vidar Sandbeck's Ballade.

Realf Ottesen Brandt

His father, Nils Olsen Brandt (1824-1921), who had been born Slidre, Valdres, Norway, served as President of Luther College.

Supercentenarian

Norwegian Church records, the accuracy of which is subject to dispute, also show what appear to be several supercentenarians who lived in the south-central part of present-day Norway during the 16th and 17th centuries, including Johannes Torpe (1549–1664), and Knud Erlandson Etun (1659–1770), both residents of Valdres, Oppland, Norway.

Vang stave church

The church is a four-post single-nave stave church originally built around 1200 in the parish of Vang in the Valdres region of Norway.


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