The Peer Gynt Road (Norway: ''Peer Gynt Vegen'') is a 60-kilometre-long tourist mountain road, named for the folkloric character

Per Gynt Per Gynt (, ) is a Norwegian fairy tale which originated in the traditional region of Gudbrandsdal. The story of Per Gynt is set in the historic district of Gudbrandsdal in Norway. Per Gynt's home in the folklore is traditionally claimed to h ...

. It is a toll road. It runs in the east of Norway in

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 ...

county with views of

Jotunheimen Jotunheimen (; "the home of the Jötunn") is a mountainous area of roughly in southern Norway and is part of the long range known as the Scandinavian Mountains. The 29 highest mountains in Norway are all located in the Jotunheimen mountains, in ...

, along the villages Skeikampen, Fagerhøy,

Gålå Gålå is a village in Sør-Fron Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. The village is located in the Gudbrandsdal valley, about to the southwest of the village of Hundorp. Gålå is located on the eastern shore of the lake Gålåvatnet. G ...

, Fefor and Dalseter. The road is only open in the summer, mostly from 1 June, and is closed when the snow starts.

External links

Peer Gynt VegenInformation
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Fagerhøy
Roads in Innlandet {{Norway-road-stub