Fagerhaug or Fagerhaugen is a village in Oppdal municipality in

Trøndelag Trøndelag (; sma, Trööndelage) is a county in the central part of Norway. It was created in 1687, then named Trondhjem County ( no, Trondhjems Amt); in 1804 the county was split into Nord-Trøndelag and Sør-Trøndelag by the King of Denmar ...

county,

Norway Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe, the mainland territory of which comprises the western and northernmost portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and t ...

. The village is located along the

European route E6 European route E6 ( no, Europavei 6, sv, Europaväg 6, or simply E6) is the main north-south thoroughfare through Norway as well as the west coast of Sweden. It is long and runs from the southern tip of Sweden at Trelleborg, into Norway and t ...

highway, about northeast of the village of Oppdal. Fagerhaug is located just south of the municipal border with Rennebu. In 1921,

Fagerhaug Church Fagerhaug Church ( no, Fagerhaug kirke) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Oppdal municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located in the village of Fagerhaug in the northern part of Oppdal. It is the church for the Fagerhaug pa ...

was built in the village. Fagerhaug stasjon

Fagerhaug previously had a

train station A train station, railway station, railroad station or depot is a railway facility where trains stop to load or unload passengers, freight or both. It generally consists of at least one platform, one track and a station building providing suc ...

along the Dovrebanen railway line, but the station is no longer in use. The

Oppdal Airport, Fagerhaug Oppdal Airport, Fagerhaug ( no, Oppdal flyplass, Fagerhaug; ) is an airport serving the municipality of Oppdal in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located on the south side of the village of Fagerhaug, about northeast of the municipal center of ...

is located on the south side of the village. It is used by MFL (''Midtnorsk Fly- og Luftsportsenter'') for various aviation sport activities, such as

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and

gliding Gliding is a recreational activity and competitive air sport in which pilots fly unpowered aircraft known as gliders or sailplanes using naturally occurring currents of rising air in the atmosphere to remain airborne. The word ''soaring'' is al ...

. This is the home base for NTNU Parachute Club and NTH Soaring Club.

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Midtnorsk Fly- og LuftsportsenterNTNU Parachute Club (NTNU Fallskjermklubb)NTH Soaring Club (NTH Flyklubb)
Villages in Trøndelag Oppdal {{Trøndelag-geo-stub