Fagerhaug is a village in the municipality of Oppdal

Oppdal

is a village and municipality in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. It is part of the Dovre region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Oppdal. Other villages in the municipality include Lønset, Vognillan, Fagerhaug, and Holan...

 in Sør-Trøndelag

Sør-Trøndelag

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 county, Norway

Norway

Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...

. The village is located along the European route E6

European route E6

European route E 6 is the designation for the main north-south road in Norway, and the west coast of Sweden, running from the southern tip of Sweden, at Trelleborg, into Norway and through almost all of the country north to Finnmark. The route ends close to the Norwegian border with Russia...

 highway, about 12 kilometres (7.5 mi) northeast of the village Oppdal. The village is located just south of the municipal border with Rennebu

Rennebu

Rennebu is a municipality in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. It is part of the Orkdalen region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Berkåk, located along European route E6...

. In 1921, Fagerhaug Chapel

Fagerhaug Chapel

Fagerhaug Chapel is a parish church in the municipality of Oppdal in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. The church is located in Fagerhaug, about northeast of the municipal center of Oppdal....

 was built in the village.

Fagerhaug previously had a train station

Train station

A train station, also called a railroad station or railway station and often shortened to just station,"Station" is commonly understood to mean "train station" unless otherwise qualified. This is evident from dictionary entries e.g...

 on the Dovrebanen

Dovrebanen

The Dovre Line is the main line of the Norwegian railway system between Oslo and Trondheim. The 64 km section south of Eidsvoll has been replaced by the Gardermo Line, the only high-speed line in the country. The line between Eidsvoll and Dombås is from old times the Eidsvoll–Dombås Line. The line...

 railway line, but the station is no longer in use.

The Oppdal Airport, Fagerhaug

Oppdal Airport, Fagerhaug

Fagerhaug Airport is an airport serving Oppdal, in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located at Fagerhaug, about northeast of the municipal center of Oppdal, along the European route E6 highway.-Facilities:...

 is located in the village. It is used by MFL (Midtnorsk Fly- og Luftsportsenter) for various aviation sport activities, such as parachuting

Parachuting

Parachuting, also known as skydiving, is the action of exiting an aircraft and returning to earth with the aid of a parachute. It may or may not involve a certain amount of free-fall, a time during which the parachute has not been deployed and the body gradually accelerates to terminal...

 and gliding

Gliding

Gliding is a recreational activity and competitive air sport in which pilots fly unpowered aircraft known as gliders or sailplanes using naturally occurring currents of rising air in the atmosphere to remain airborne. The word soaring is also used for the sport.Gliding as a sport began in the 1920s...

. This is the home base for NTNU Parachute Club and NTH Soaring Club.

External links

• Midtnorsk Fly- og Luftsportsenter
• NTNU Parachute Club (NTNU Fallskjermklubb)
• NTH Soaring Club (NTH Flyklubb)