Ose is a village in

Bygland Bygland is a List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in Agder county, Norway. It is located in the Traditional districts of Norway, traditional district of Setesdal. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Bygland ...

municipality in

Agder Agder is a counties of Norway, county () and districts of Norway, traditional region in the southern part of Norway and is coextensive with the Southern Norway region. The county was established on 1 January 2020, when the old Vest-Agder and Au ...

county,

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. The village is located along the river

Otra The Otra is the largest river in the Sørlandet region of Norway. It begins in Setesdalsheiene mountains at the lake Breidvatnet in Bykle municipality in Agder county, just south of the border with Vinje municipality in Telemark county. The r ...

, just north of the lake

Åraksfjorden Åraksfjorden is a lake in the municipality of Bygland in Agder county, Norway. The lake is part of the Otra drainage basin. The northern part of the lake is fed directly by the river Otra. The southern part of the lake goes through a narrow ...

. The

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 ...

runs through the village. Just across the river to the north lies the village of Austad, and about to the north along Highway 9 lies the village of

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. The Reiårsfossen waterfall lies about to the south. The area just southeast of the waterfall is the site of Reiårsfossen Camping, which is also the location of the Ose Country Music festival. There is a traditionally-built log building in Ose called ''Storståga'', which is used for various exhibitions. The is a wood-fuelled heritage steamboat that travels the route between Byglandsfjord-

-Ose across the lake

Byglandsfjorden Byglandsfjorden is a lake in Agder county, Norway. The lake lies on the river Otra, primarily in the municipality of Bygland, but the far southern tip of the lake extends into the neighboring municipality of Evje og Hornnes. The river flows ou ...

and

each summer.

Media gallery

Bygland Ose IMG 7429.JPG, View of Ose village Bygland Ose IMG 7428.JPG, View of Ose village Bygland ose Reiaarsfossen IMG 7433.JPG, View of the nearby Reiårsfossen waterfall Ose Countryfestival 062.jpg, Ose Country Music Festival Bygland Ose bru IMG 7431.JPG, Ose bridge, just south of the village, crossing the river

References

Villages in Agder Bygland {{Agder-geo-stub