Berdalen is a village in

Bykle Bykle is a List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in Agder county, Norway. It is located in the Traditional districts of Norway, traditional district of Setesdal. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Bykle (vil ...

municipality in

Agder Agder is a counties of Norway, county () and districts of Norway, traditional region in the southern part of Norway and is coextensive with the Southern Norway region. The county was established on 1 January 2020, when the old Vest-Agder and Au ...

county,

Norway Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic countries, Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and the archipelago of Svalbard also form part of the Kingdom of ...

. The village is located in the

Setesdalen Setesdal (; older name: Sætersdal) is a valley and a traditional district in Agder County in southern Norway. It consists of the municipalities of Bykle, Valle, Bygland, Iveland, and Evje og Hornnes. The Otra river flows through the valley o ...

valley, along the river

Otra The Otra is the largest river in the Sørlandet region of Norway. It begins in Setesdalsheiene mountains at the lake Breidvatnet in Bykle municipality in Agder county, just south of the border with Vinje municipality in Telemark county. The r ...

and the

Norwegian National Road 9 Norwegian National Road 9 (, ) is often called the ''Setesdal Road'' () and it is the main thoroughfare through the Setesdalen valley. It runs from the city of Kristiansand in the southern coast of Norway, through the Torridal and Setesdal v ...

. It is about north of the village of

and the same distance south of the village of Hovden. The small village of Hoslemo and the lake Vatndalsvatnet both lie about to the west of the village. Berdalen has several large mountains located about to the east along the municipal border. The mountains (from north to south) include Gråsteinsnosi,

Brandsnutene Brandsnutene or Brandsnutane is a tall mountain on the borders of Agder and Telemark counties in southern Norway. It is the second highest mountain of the mountains in Agder with a prominence of at least . The mountain is located on the borders ...

Svolhusgreini Svolhusgreini is a mountain on the border of Agder and Telemark counties in southern Norway. The tall mountain is the 14th highest mountain in Agder county. The mountain has a topographic prominence of . The mountain sits on the border of the mu ...

Sæbyggjenuten Sæbyggjenuten is a mountain on the border of Agder and Telemark counties in southern Norway. The tall mountain is the highest point in Bykle municipality as well as for all of Agder county, and in the whole region of Southern Norway (Sørlandet ...

, and Støylsdalsnutene. The small village grew up around three farms that have been in use since before the year 1350, possibly back to the

Viking Age The Viking Age (about ) was the period during the Middle Ages when Norsemen known as Vikings undertook large-scale raiding, colonising, conquest, and trading throughout Europe and reached North America. The Viking Age applies not only to their ...

. The village gained many new homesteads during the 20th century and by 1991, there were at least 27 farms and residences in the small village.

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