Strandavatnet is a lake in

Hol Hol is a municipality in Viken county, Norway. Administrative history The area of Hol was separated from the municipality Ål in 1877 to become a separate municipality. In 1937 a part of neighboring Uvdal with 220 inhabitants moved to Hol munic ...

municipality,

Norway Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic countries, 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 ...

. The lake covers an area of , and lies above sea level.' The lake is a reservoir for the Rud hydroelectric powerstation in

Hovet, Buskerud Hovet is a mountain village in Hol, Buskerud, Norway. Hovet is located between Strandavatnet and Hovsfjorden. Hovet is the site of Hovet Chapel (''Hovet kapell''). The church is located in the south-east slope of a hill that shoots out into t ...

. In 1952/1953 a dam was constructed which lifted the lake level 28 meters, thus the lake varies between 950 and 978 m above sea level. Strandavatnet, Hovet

First rock filling dam in Norway

The dam in the Strandavatnet was the first rock filling (embankment) dam in Norway. You can see the dam on your left hand side from FV 50 at Myrland (the road to Raggsteindalen goes over the dam). The Hol 1 power station, in

utilizes water from two watercourses, Urunda, where Strandavatnet, is the intake reservoir, and Votna where Varaldset is the intake reservoir. Stolsvatnet is the biggest and highest reservoir in the Votna watercourse. See figure below.E-CO energi

Overview of two watercourses

Photos

A frozen Strandavatnet.jpg, A frozen Strandavatnet Surroundings of Strandavatnet.jpg, Surroundings Strandavatnet Strandavatnet, and the Hallingskarvet mountain area..jpg, View on Hallingskarvet National Park Strandavatnet.jpg, Strandavatnet Powerstation, Hovet.jpg, Powerstation, Hovet Electricity transport, from Hovet to Oslo.jpg, Green energy to Oslo

Sources

E-Co Energi

References

Hol Lakes of Viken (county) Reservoirs in Norway {{Viken-geo-stub