Skarvan and Roltdalen National Park ( no, Skarvan og Roltdalen nasjonalpark) is a

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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 Denmar ...

county,

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. The park is located in the municipalities of

Selbu Selbu is a municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Mebonden. Other villages in Selbu include Flora, Fossan, Hyttbakken, Innbygda, Selbustrand, Trøa, Tømra, and Vikvarvet. The ...

Tydal Tydal is a municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Ås. Other villages include Østby, Gressli, Aunet, and Stugudalen. There is a school and a kindergarten in Tydal. The inhabi ...

Meråker Meråker is a List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in Trøndelag Counties of Norway, county, Norway. It is part of the Stjørdalen Districts of Norway, region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Midtbygda, T ...

, and

Stjørdal Stjørdal () or is a municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is part of the Stjørdalen region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Stjørdal, also called Stjørdalshalsen. Some of the villages in the municipalit ...

, not too far from the border with

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to the east. The park was opened in 2004 and it borders the Stråsjøen-Prestøyan nature reserve. The park includes a large

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forested area (the Roltdalen valley is the largest roadless mountain valley in southern Trøndelag county) as well as the Skarvan mountainous region which is typical of the

region, both in cultural and natural history. The Skarvan mountains, which stretch from Ruten to

Fongen or is a mountain in Trøndelag county, Norway. The mountain sits along the border of the municipalities of Selbu, Tydal, and Meråker. The summit is located inside the Skarvan and Roltdalen National Park. The nearest villages are Mebonden in ...

is the most notable mountainous area in the region. '' Trondhjems Turistforening'' maintains a network of touring trails connecting Roltdalen to the trail network of the Nord-Trøndelag Tourist Association and trails in the

Sylan Sylan (Norwegian), Sylarna (Swedish), or Bealjehkh (Southern Sami) is a mountain range on the border between Norway and Sweden. The mountain range lies in Trøndelag and Jämtland counties. The central part of the range includes a large mounta ...

area.

Names

The name of the park is a combination of two names. ''Skarvan'' is the finite plural of ''skarv'' which means "mountain without vegetation". The first element in the name ''Roltdalen'' (for ''Rotldalen'', see metathesis) comes from the river name Rotla and the last element is the finite form of ''dal'' which means " dale" and "

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". The meaning of the river name is unknown.

References

External links

Map of Skarvan og Roltdalen National Park
National parks of Norway Meråker Stjørdal Tydal Selbu Protected areas established in 2004 Protected areas of Trøndelag Tourist attractions in Trøndelag 2004 establishments in Norway {{Europe-protected-area-stub