NORWEGIAN MOUNTAINS have been the basis of existence for people for more than 10,000 years. Here, you are invited on an exploration journey through Norway’s most spectacular mountain areas, including Jotunheimen, Hardangervidda and Rondane.

This is a book published in the series NORWEGIAN HERITAGE. A series of books about a range of Norway’s best-known national icons. The respective titles deal with significant figures within arts and literature, science, sports and society, as well as the country’s many natural wonders, important historical periods and cultural topics. Each book offers the reader an updated introduction to readers who wish to familiarize themselves with a given subject.

See www.norwegian-heritage.no for more titles and information about the series.

The books are published in Norwegian and English.

PER ROGER LAURITZEN

NORWEGIAN MOUNTAINS

TRANSLATED FROM THE NORWEGIAN BY JOHN IRONS

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Contents

Norwegian mountains over the past 10,000 years

Norway’s ten finest mountain areas

Ryfylkeheiene

Hardangervidda

Stølsheimen

Skarvheimen

Jotunheimen

Rondane

Trollheimen

Saltfjellet and Svartisen

The Narvik mountains

Finnmarksvidda

Appendix

The reindeer (Rangifer tarandus) is welladapted to life in the high mountains, both summer and winter, as here in Hardangervidda