| Official Name: | Skåbu |
| Settlement Type: | Village |
| Pushpin Map: | Innlandet#Norway |
| Pushpin Label Position: | top |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of the village |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Norway |
| Subdivision Name1: | Eastern Norway |
| Subdivision Name2: | Innlandet |
| Subdivision Type3: | District |
| Subdivision Name3: | Gudbrandsdalen |
| Subdivision Type4: | Municipality |
| Subdivision Name4: | Nord-Fron Municipality |
| Utc Offset1: | +01:00 |
| Utc Offset1 Dst: | +02:00 |
| Postal Code Type: | Post Code |
| Postal Code: | 2643 Skåbu |
| Coordinates: | 61.5296°N 9.4163°W |
| Elevation M: | 870 |
| Elevation Footnotes: | [1] |
Skåbu is a village in Nord-Fron Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. The village is located along the river Vinstra, about southwest of the town of Vinstra. Skåbu has about 600 inhabitants. Skåbu Church is located in the village. Skåbu is situated at an elevation of above sea level which makes it the highest permanently inhabited village in Norway.[2] [3]
The village is named after the old Skåbu farm (Norse, Old: Skaðabú). The first element could come from the genitive case of Norse, Old: skaði which means 'damage' or it could come from the male name Skaði. The last element is the word Norse, Old: bú which means 'farm'.
Due to its high altitude, it has a subarctic climate which is even colder than some arctic areas.