| Official Name: | Fagernes |
| Settlement Type: | Town[1] |
| Pushpin Map: | Innlandet#Norway |
| Pushpin Label Position: | top |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of the town |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Norway |
| Subdivision Name1: | Eastern Norway |
| Subdivision Name2: | Innlandet |
| Subdivision Type3: | District |
| Subdivision Name3: | Valdres |
| Subdivision Type4: | Municipality |
| Subdivision Name4: | Nord-Aurdal Municipality |
| Utc Offset1: | +01:00 |
| Utc Offset1 Dst: | +02:00 |
| Established Title: | Established as |
| Established Date: | |
| Established Title1: | Town (Norwegian: By) |
| Established Date1: | 8 Sept 2007 |
| Area Total Km2: | 2 |
| Population As Of: | 2021 |
| Population Total: | 1951 |
| Population Density Km2: | 978 |
| Postal Code Type: | Post Code |
| Postal Code: | 2900 Fagernes |
| Coordinates: | 60.9859°N 9.2323°W |
| Elevation M: | 360 |
| Elevation Footnotes: | [2] |
is a town in Nord-Aurdal Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. The town is the administrative centre of the municipality as well as the largest urban/commercial centre for the Valdres region. It is located just northwest of the village of Leira and about south of the village of Skrautvål. The 2km2 town has a population (2021) of 1,951 and a population density of .[3] [4]
Fagernes lies approximately 3 hours northwest of the capital city of Oslo, and is an important destination for tourism in Norway, due to good transportation connections and the nature in the surrounding Valdres valley, including the mountain areas such as Jotunheimen and Spåtind. The European route E16 highway runs through the town. The Strondafjorden lake lies on the south side of the town. Tingnes Church is located in the town. Russian–Norwegian singer Erika Lundmoen was born in Fegernes.
On 14 June 2007 the municipal council of Nord-Aurdal decided to bestow town status on the large village of Fagernes. The decision came into force on 8 September 2007, when Fagernes celebrated the 150th anniversary of its establishment as a village.[5]
Fagernes is a compound word made up of fager which means "fair" or "beautiful" and nes which means "headland".
Fagernes has a boreal climate (subarctic), close to a humid continental climate. February–April is the driest season, while summer is the wettest. The all-time low was recorded January 1987, and the all-time high was recorded in both July 2014 and August 1982. The average date for first overnight freeze (below) in autumn is 25 September (1981-2010 average).[6]