The Grønkjølen Nature Reserve ( no, Grønkjølen naturreservat) is located in Møre og Romsdal 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 Denma ...

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 the ...

. The reserve is located in the municipalities 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, Todalsø ...

(in Møre og Romsdal) and

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 ...

and Heim (in Trøndelag). The nature reserve covers and most of it lies in the municipality of Rindal. The reserve was established in 1996 to protect a large intact marsh area in a mountainous region, according to the conservation regulations.

References

External links

''Mijlø-direktoratet: Grønkjølen''. Map and description of the nature reserve.

Miljøverndepartementet. 1996. ''Grønkjølen naturreservat, Surnadal og Rindal kommunar, Møre og Romsdal fylke''. 1:5,000 map of the nature reserve.

''Forskrift om fredning av Grønkjølen naturreservat, Surnadal og Rindal kommunar, Møre og Romsdal''. 1996.
{{DEFAULTSORT:Gronkjolen Nature Reserve Nature reserves in Norway Protected areas of Møre og Romsdal Protected areas of Trøndelag Heim, Norway Rindal Surnadal Protected areas established in 1996