Espedalen

Espedalen is a valley in the Sør-Fron and Gausdal municipalities of Innlandet county, Norway. The 18-kilometre (11 mi) long valley is a continuation of the Gausdalen valley, which itself is a side valley that branches off of the main Gudbrandsdal valley in Eastern Norway.^[1]

Espedalen Chapel

Espedalen
Ruten Fjellstue in the Espedalen valley
Espedalen Location of the valley Show map of Innlandet Espedalen Espedalen (Norway) Show map of Norway
Length	18 kilometres (11 mi)
Geology
Type	River valley
Geography
Location	Innlandet, Norway
Coordinates	61.4263°N 9.4944°E / 61.4263; 9.4944

Espedalen was a mining region for copper dating to the 1600s with nickel mining introduced in the 1880s. At the north end of the lake Espedalsvatnet [no] are the remains of smelting and mining settlements from that time.^[1]

Espedalen Chapel was built in 1974 to serve the local population.^[2][3] Peer Gynt Road (Peer Gyntveien) is a 60 kilometres (37 mi) long private tourist road that runs from Svingvoll in Gausdal to Ruten in Espedalen.^[4]