Møsvatn (or Møsvann) is the tenth-largest lake 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 ...

with a surface area of 78.31 km². It lies primarily Møsstrond,

Vinje Vinje is a Municipalities of Norway, municipality in Telemark in the Counties of Norway, county of Vestfold og Telemark in Norway. It is part of the Districts of Norway, traditional regions of Upper Telemark and Vest-Telemark. The administrative ...

Vestfold og Telemark Vestfold og Telemark (; ) is a county under disestablishment in Norway. The county is the southernmost one of Eastern Norway and consists of two distinct and separate traditional regions: the former counties of Telemark and (most of) Vestfold ...

. The lake lies in the watershed of the Skien river (''Skiensvassdrag'') and discharges into the

Måna The Måna or Måne is a river in Tinn in Vestfold og Telemark, Norway; it flows from Møsvatn through Vestfjorddalen and Rjukan to Vestfjorden in Lake Tinn. It is part of the Skiensvassdraget drainage basin A drainage basin is an area of l ...

river. Along the shores of the lake, many traces of Stone Age settlers can be found. It is 919 meters above sea level and regulated to use for hydroelectric production. Some of Norway's highest mountain farms can be found here as well. On 19 November 1942, as part of the efforts to sabotage German heavy water production, gliderborne troops were to land on the frozen lake Møsvatn near the

Vemork Vemork is a hydroelectric power plant outside Rjukan in Tinn, Norway. The plant was built by Norsk Hydro and opened in 1911, its main purpose being to fix nitrogen for the production of fertilizer. At opening, it was the world's largest power pl ...

hydroelectric plant, run by

Norsk Hydro Norsk Hydro ASA (often referred to as just ''Hydro'') is a Norwegian aluminium and renewable energy company, headquartered in Oslo. It is one of the largest aluminium companies worldwide. It has operations in some 50 countries around the world a ...

, near

Rjukan Rjukan () is a town and the administrative centre of Tinn municipality in Telemark, Norway. It is situated in Vestfjorddalen, between Møsvatn and Lake Tinn, and got its name after Rjukan Falls west of the town. The Tinn municipality council gra ...

. This effort was not successful; however ultimately the Norwegians stopped the heavy water production activities and helped limit the German nuclear weapons research program. The museum and visitor's centre

Hardangervidda Natursenter The Hardangervidda Natursenter is a museum and visitor center at Hardangervidda National Park in Vestland county, Norway. The nature centre is located in the village of Øvre in the municipality of Eidfjord. It is accessible off Norwegian Na ...

is located close to the lake. From Skinnarbu there is a boattrip with the MB ''Fjellvåken'' to Mogen.

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Lakes of Vestfold og Telemark {{VestfoldTelemark-geo-stub

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