The Folda (or Folla) is a river in

Møre og Romsdal Møre og Romsdal (; en, Møre and Romsdal) is a county in the northernmost part of Western Norway. It borders the counties of Trøndelag, Innlandet, and Vestland. The county administration is located in the town of Molde, while Ålesund is the ...

and

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 ...

counties in

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 ...

.''Store norske leksikon'': Folla – elv i Sør-Trøndelag og Møre og Romsdal.
/ref> The river is part of the Surna watershed and flows into the Surna west-southwest of the village of

Rindal Rindal is a municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is part of the Orkdalen region. The administrative centre is the village of Rindal. Other villages in the municipality include Tiset and Romundstad. The municipality centres on agricult ...

in the municipality of

county. It has its source in the

Trollheimen Trollheimen is a mountain range in Møre og Romsdal and Trøndelag counties in central Norway. The mountain range is part of the Scandinavian Mountains. Etymology The name ('the home of the trolls') was proposed by Håkon Løken and used by Tr ...

mountains on the border of the municipality of

Surnadal Surnadal () is a municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is part of the Nordmøre region. The administrative centre is the village of Skei. Other villages in Surnadal include Glærem, Mo, Stangvik, Surnadalsøra, Sylte, Todalsøra ...

county and the municipality of

Oppdal is a municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is part of the Dovre region and the traditional district of Orkdalen. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Oppdal. Other villages in the municipality include Lønse ...

county. The river heads northwards and, for a time, it forms the border between Møre og Romsdal and Trøndelag counties. Two reservoirs lie along the course of the river: Lake Fold ( no, Foldsjø or ''Follsjø'') and

Gray Lake Gray Lake is a small lake southeast of Old Forge in Herkimer County, New York. It drains north via an unnamed creek which flows into First Lake. See also * List of lakes in New York This is a list of lakes in the state of New York in the Unit ...

( no, Gråsjø). The Folda has a catchment area of and is fed by several tributaries: the Rinna, Bulu, and Vindøla. The name of the river comes from

Old Norse Old Norse, Old Nordic, or Old Scandinavian, is a stage of development of North Germanic languages, North Germanic dialects before their final divergence into separate Nordic languages. Old Norse was spoken by inhabitants of Scandinavia and t ...

''Fold'', probably meaning 'the broad one'.

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Rivers of Møre og Romsdal Rivers of Trøndelag Surnadal Rindal Rivers of Norway {{Norway-river-stub