Forollhogna National Park ( no, Forollhogna nasjonalpark) is a national park in the counties of

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 Denma ...

and

Innlandet Innlandet is a county in Norway. It was created on 1 January 2020 with the merger of the old counties of Oppland and Hedmark (the municipalities of Jevnaker and Lunner were transferred to the neighboring county of Viken on the same date). The ...

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 the ...

. Forollhogna (or ''Forelhogna'') park includes extensive plant life and is an important range for wild

reindeer Reindeer (in North American English, known as caribou if wild and ''reindeer'' if domesticated) are deer in the genus ''Rangifer''. For the last few decades, reindeer were assigned to one species, ''Rangifer tarandus'', with about 10 sub ...

. The park lies in the municipalities of

Tynset Tynset is a municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Østerdalen. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Tynset. Other villages in Tynset include Fådalen, Fåset, Telnes ...

, Tolga, and Os in

and Holtålen, Midtre Gauldal, and

Rennebu Rennebu is a municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is part of the Orkdalen region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Berkåk, located along European route E6. The majority of the population lives in the vill ...

. The scenery of Forollhogna consists of large alpine areas, with gentle slopes rising from the valleys below—an area often referred to as "the gentle mountains". Here are thriving villages and a lush cultural landscape formed by the region's farming traditions. For centuries the mountain farms have been in use during the summer, and many still are. This is the setting of Forollhogna National Park, Norway's 19th park to be so designated.

Name

The name is a composition of two words. The last element is the finite form of ''hogn'' which means "defender" or "protector" (this tall and impressive mountain marks the border between

and

). The first element comes the name of the lake in the central part of the park: ''Forollen'' ( Forollsjøen).

References

National parks of Norway Protected areas established in 2001 Protected areas of Trøndelag Protected areas of Hedmark Tourist attractions in Trøndelag Tourist attractions in Hedmark 2001 establishments in Norway Tynset Os, Innlandet Tolga, Norway Holtålen Midtre Gauldal Rennebu {{Europe-protected-area-stub