Haukeli (historically Haukeligrend) is a village in

Vinje Municipality Vinje is a municipality in Telemark county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Vest-Telemark which is part of Øvre Telemark. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Åmot. Other villages in the munic ...

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county,

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. The village is located up in the Haukelifjell mountains, just south of the

Hardangervidda National Park Hardangervidda National Park (, ), at , is Norway's largest national park. It spans from Numedal and Uvdal in the east and Røvelseggi and Ullensvang in the west across the Hardanger mountain plateau (Hardangervidda). Designated as a national p ...

and immediately west of the village of Edland. Haukeli is where

Norwegian National Road 9 Norwegian National Road 9 (, ) is often called the ''Setesdal Road'' () and it is the main thoroughfare through the Setesdalen valley. It runs from the city of Kristiansand in the southern coast of Norway, through the Torridal and Setesdal v ...

and

European route E134 European route E134 () is a International E-road network, European highway that crosses Norway starting at Haugesund Airport, Karmøy near the city of Haugesund on the west coast, heading over Haukeli, passing the city of Drammen, and ending in V ...

meet. It is the last larger village heading west before going over the mountain pass and entering

Western Norway Western Norway (; ) is the Regions of Norway, region along the Atlantic coast of southern Norway. It consists of the Counties of Norway, counties Rogaland, Vestland, and Møre og Romsdal. The region has no official or political-administrative fu ...

. In 2000, the village's name was officially changed to Haukeli. Haukeli hotell

Popular activities in the area are fishing, hunting, hiking, and skiing. Haukelifjell is located about to the west of Haukeli, and it is a skiing destination in wintertime. Some of the rivers around Haukeli have been dammed to produce

hydropower Hydropower (from Ancient Greek -, "water"), also known as water power or water energy, is the use of falling or fast-running water to Electricity generation, produce electricity or to power machines. This is achieved by energy transformation, ...

. Development started in 1957 with the construction of the Haukeli Power Station and was finished in 1979 when the system was all completed.

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Visit Haukeli
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