Official Name: | Haukeli |
Other Name: | Haukeligrend |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Pushpin Map: | Telemark#Norway |
Pushpin Label Position: | top |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of the village |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Norway |
Subdivision Name1: | Eastern Norway |
Subdivision Name2: | Telemark |
Subdivision Type3: | District |
Subdivision Name3: | Vest-Telemark |
Subdivision Type4: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name4: | Vinje Municipality |
Utc Offset1: | +01:00 |
Utc Offset1 Dst: | +02:00 |
Postal Code Type: | Post Code |
Postal Code: | 3895 Edland |
Coordinates: | 59.7348°N 7.5516°W |
Elevation M: | 569 |
Elevation Footnotes: | [1] |
Haukeli (historically Haukeligrend) is a village in Vinje Municipality in Telemark county, Norway. The village is located up in the Haukelifjell mountains, just south of the Hardangervidda National Park and immediately west of the village of Edland. Haukeli is where Norwegian National Road 9 and European route E134 meet. It is the last larger village heading west before going over the mountain pass and entering Western Norway. In 2000, the village's name was officially changed to Haukeli.[2]
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.[3]
Some of the rivers around Haukeli have been dammed to produce hydropower. Development started in 1957 with the construction of the Haukeli Power Station and was finished in 1979 when the system was all completed.[4]