Berdalen Explained

Official Name:Berdalen
Settlement Type:Village
Pushpin Map:Agder#Norway
Pushpin Label Position:top
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of the village
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Norway
Subdivision Name1:Southern Norway
Subdivision Name2:Agder
Subdivision Type3:District
Subdivision Name3:Setesdal
Subdivision Type4:Municipality
Subdivision Name4:Bykle
Utc Offset1:+01:00
Utc Offset1 Dst:+02:00
Postal Code Type:Post Code
Postal Code:4754 Bykle
Coordinates:59.4476°N 7.4286°W
Elevation M:793
Elevation Footnotes:[1]

Berdalen is a village in Bykle municipality in Agder county, Norway. The village is located in the Setesdalen valley, along the river Otra and the Norwegian National Road 9. It is about north of the village of Bykle and the same distance south of the village of Hovden. The small village of Hoslemo and the lake Vatndalsvatnet both lie about to the west of the village. Berdalen has several large mountains located about to the east along the municipal border. The mountains (from north to south) include Gråsteinsnosi, Brandsnutene, Svolhusgreini, Sæbyggjenuten, and Støylsdalsnutene.

The small village grew up around three farms that have been in use since before the year 1350, possibly back to the Viking Age. The village gained many new homesteads during the 20th century and by 1991, there were at least 27 farms and residences in the small village.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Berdalen, Bykle (Aust-Agder) . 2017-03-18 . yr.no.
  2. Web site: Berdalen (Bykle gaardnummer 3) . 2017-03-18 . LokalHistorieWiki.no . Norwegian.