Todalen is a village on the north shore of the

Vinjefjorden Vinjefjorden or Vinje Fjord is a fjord in Møre og Romsdal and Trøndelag counties in Norway. It begins at the village of Vinjeøra in Heim Municipality (in Trøndelag county) and flows west through the municipalities of Aure, Tingvoll, and Kris ...

Aure Municipality Aure is a municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is part of the region of Nordmøre. The administrative centre is the village of Aure. Other villages in Aure include Gullstein, Stemshaug, Todalen, Tjeldbergodden, Arasvika, and ...

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county,

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. It is located about south of the municipal center of Aure. Until the beginning of the 19th century, it was a municipal center with a

lensmann in modern Norwegian or in Danish and older Norwegian spelling (; ) is a term with several distinct meanings in Nordic history. The Icelandic equivalent was a . Fief-holder The term traditionally referred to a holder of a royal fief in Denmark ...

and council. Todal had a post office until 1956, a

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connection to the town of

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and primary school until 1968. It is now best known for its festival
Rock mot ras
based on an idea by Kristian Todal.

References

Aure, Norway Villages in Møre og Romsdal {{MøreRomsdal-geo-stub