Kvam in Gudbrandsdalen

where it bends along the river Laugen.
The village where I was born and raised

 

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the arrow shows my home place

Nye brua

Kvam is changing
A photo taken september 2014
Ny E6 Ringebu - Otta

Entering Kvam from south

See photos from
our
saeter cottage (summer farm)
at Hovde near Rondane

hovde2

hovde 

Where in Norway is Kvam? See this map

Weather forecast for Kvam

DNT, The Norwegian Mountain Touring Association

 

Kvam Church, rebuild in 1952
as the old church did burn down
during action in the 2. world war.
Architect was Magnus Poulsson.
War memorial to British solider
that lost their life.

 
Some links to locale websites:
 

   
 
 
   
 
 
Links with local associations.
 

   
 
One fjell swoop
Author Paul Watkins leaves all vestiges of the modern world behind on an adventure in Rondane, Norway
 
 
The Massacre of the Scots at Kringen, 26th August 1612
The Battle of Kringen, 1612
 
Richmond Twinning Association
Norwegian memories of Richmond's local regiment the Green Howards, and their defence of Nord-Fron during World War 2
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Battle for Kvam copy from Robert Mårtensson site Norway 1940 that now is retrieved.
 
Gudbrandsdal - The Second Phase from The Campaign in Norway
 
   
 


This page was updated at 16 January, 2010
Created at 29. October 1999