The Gudbrandsdalslågen (or simply Lågen ) is a river which flows through the Gudbrandsdal valley in Innlandet county, Norway . The 204-kilometre (127 mi) long river runs through a large valley in Eastern Norway before emptying into Mjøsa , the largest lake in Norway. The river flows through the municipalities of Lesja , Dovre , Sel , Nord-Fron , Sør-Fron , Ringebu , Øyer , and Lillehammer .
13-422: Lågen may refer to: Gudbrandsdalslågen 61°08′N 10°25′E (Oppland) Numedalslågen 59.0375°N 10.0556°E (southeastern Norway) [REDACTED] Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles about distinct geographical locations with the same name. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to
26-697: Is a village in Sel Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway . The village is located at the confluence of the rivers Gudbrandsdalslågen and Sjoa . The Dovrebanen railway line and the European route E6 highway both run through the village. Sjoa Chapel is located in the village. The mountain Saukampen lies just to the southwest of the village. In 2016, the Perkolo Bridge, a glued laminated timber bridge over
39-563: Is bred at the Hunderfossen waterfall on the Gudbrandsdalslågen river, by the 280-metre (920 ft) long power station dam. Next to the dam, there is an outdoor exhibition centre for hunder trout. There is a hatchery on the west bank; it produces 20,000 hunder trout every year and releases them into the river to compensate for the loss of fish and of spawning grounds when the power plant was established. Sjoa (village) Sjoa
52-449: Is completely catastrophic, completely unreal," local mayor Jon Halvor Midtmageli told Norway's Dagbladet newspaper. The Tretten bridge was last checked in 2021. On 14 August 2023 a railway bridge near the village of Ringebu collapsed after heavy rain had caused damage to the central bridge foundation. Nobody was hurt or injured. Lågen is the finite form of låg ( Old Norse : lǫgr ) which means "water" or "river". The meaning
65-544: Is just 'the river', and this term must have replaced an old name that is now forgotten and unknown. The word lågen is somewhat common in the Norwegian language as a suffix meaning river. The first part of the river name is often the name of the valley in which the river is located (the Gudbrandsdal valley in this case). Examples of this use include Gudbrandsdalslågen , Numedalslågen , and Suldalslågen . The Hunder trout
78-818: The Gudbrandsdal valley. Western tributaries of the Gudbrandsdalslågen include the Gausa River flowing through the Gausdal valley, the Otta River flowing through the Ottadalen valley, the Vinstra River flowing through Vinstradalen, and the Sjoa River , flowing through the Heidal valley. The eastern rivers, Jora, Ula , Frya , Tromsa , and Mesna are shorter and drop precipitously from
91-462: The Gudbrandsdalslågen at Sjoa collapsed.The bridge was made of glued laminated timber. After the 2016 collapse, 11 similar bridges, including the one in Tretten, were closed temporarily. On 15 August 2022 the bridge over the Gudbrandsdalslågen, near the village of Tretten collapsed. The 150m wooden bridge opened in 2012. A lorry driver was rescued by helicopter and a car driver escaped by himself. "It
104-420: The Gudbrandsdalslågen river at Soja, collapsed. The official report into the collapse determined that "the direct cause is a defective joint in the framework." The Perkolo Bridge collapse led to 11 similar bridges being closed for inspection, including one at Tretten . A similar bridge over the Gudbrandsdalslågen river at Tretten collapsed in 2022, despite it having been checked for defects in 2021. The village
117-529: The far northern part of the county. Lesjavatn is the only lake in Norway which has two outlets, and they both flow into two of Norway's more famous rivers. In the southeast at the village of Lesjaverk , the lake serves as the headwaters for the Gudbrandsdalslågen, while in the northwest at Lesjaskog village, Lesjavatn is the headwaters for the Rauma river which heads to the west. The Gudbrandsdalslågen river flows through
130-510: The heights of the Rondane mountains. Although relatively placid for extended stretches of its 204-kilometre (127 mi) path, the Gudbrandsdalslågen drops rapidly through the Rosten Gorge in Sel Municipality . Between the municipalities of Ringebu and Øyer the river widens out and creates the large so-called "riverlake" Losna) . The Gudbrandsdalslågen terminates in the lake of Mjøsa at
143-512: The intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Lågen&oldid=932956197 " Category : Place name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Gudbrandsdalsl%C3%A5gen The Gudbrandsdalslågen begins in the lake Lesjaskogsvatnet (or Lesjavatn), which lies in Lesja municipality in
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#1732872193904156-436: The rare year when both crest at the same time, their confluence at Nes is the site of great floods. The most famous simultaneous crest of the Gudbrandsdalslågen and Glomma rivers resulted in the flood that took place on 20–23 July 1789, with crests over 50 feet (15 m) above the average level of the water. At the lake Øyeren which is beyond Nes there was extensive damage, including 68 casualties. In 2016 Perkolo Bridge over
169-511: The town of Lillehammer . It is the largest river flowing into this lake. The lake which discharges into the short Vorma River which in turn flows into the Glomma River at Nes . Norwegian rivers crest in the spring as the snow melts. The Gudbrandsdalslågen, draining higher elevations and being primarily glacier fed, typically crests later than the Glomma river, which drains the east valleys. In
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