Gaupne is the

administrative center An administrative center is a seat of regional administration or local government, or a county town, or the place where the central administration of a commune A commune is an alternative term for an intentional community. Commune or comună or ...

of the municipality of Luster in

Vestland Vestland is a county in Norway established on 1 January 2020. The county is located in Western Norway and it is centred around the city of Bergen, Norway's second largest city. The administrative centre of the county is the city of Bergen, where t ...

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. The village is located along the Gaupnefjorden, an arm of the Lustrafjorden, about north of the village of

Hafslo Hafslo is a Former municipalities of Norway, former municipality in the old Sogn og Fjordane Counties of Norway, county, Norway. The municipality existed from 1838 until its dissolution in 1963. It is located in the present-day Luster Municipal ...

. The village of

Veitastrond Veitastrond is a small village in the western part of the municipality of Luster in Vestland county, Norway. It is located near the Jostedalsbreen glacier, and Jostedalsbreen National Park surrounds the village on three sides. Veitastrond is lo ...

is located across the mountains to the northwest. The Sognefjellsvegen road passes through here on its way to the village of

Skjolden Skjolden is a village in the municipality of Luster in Vestland county, Norway. It is located at the end of the Lustrafjorden, a branch of the Sognefjorden. Skjolden is located at the innermost point of the Sognefjorden, Norway's longest fjord, ...

and beyond. The village has a population (2019) of 1,257 and a

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of . Gaupne sits at the southern end of the Jostedalen valley, with the river Jostedøla's mouth located in Gaupne. It sits southwest of the Jostedalsbreen

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, between Jostedalsbreen National Park and Breheimen National Park. The village is about south of the famous

Nigardsbreen Nigardsbreen ( en, the Nigard Glacier) is a glacier arm of the large Jostedalsbreen glacier. Nigardsbreen lies about north of the village of Gaupne in the Jostedalen valley in Luster Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It is located just w ...

glacier, and the Breheimsenteret museum is located about to the north of Gaupne in the village of

Jostedal Jostedal is a former municipality in the old Sogn og Fjordane county in Norway. The municipality existed from 1838 until its dissolution in 1963. It was located in the Jostedalen valley in the northern part of the present-day municipality of ...

. There are two churches in Gaupne, the historic

Old Gaupne Church Old Gaupne Church ( no, Gaupne gamle kyrkje) is a historic parish church of the Church of Norway in Luster Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It is located in the village of Gaupne. It was the main church for the Luster parish (which is part ...

and the newer

Gaupne Church Gaupne Church ( no, Gaupne kyrkje) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Luster Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It is located in the village of Gaupne. It is the church for the Gaupne parish which is part of the Sogn prosti ( dea ...

Economy

The village is home to several industries including

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, printing,

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manufacturing, and

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manufacturing. The nearby Leirdøla power plant is located just north of the village. Also,

Statkraft Statkraft AS is a hydropower company, fully owned by the Norwegian state. The Statkraft Group is a generator of renewable energy, as well as Norway’s largest and the Nordic region's third largest energy producer. Statkraft develops and generates ...

's administration for Central Norway is based here. The village is known as
Etikettbygda
(Label Village).

Notable residents

Kåre Øvregard Kåre Øvregard (born 19 February 1933 in Jostedal) is a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party. He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Sogn og Fjordane in 1977, and was re-elected on two occasions. On the local level he was deputy m ...

, a former member of the

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(''Storting'')

References

Villages in Vestland Luster, Norway {{Vestland-geo-stub