Norefjell is a

mountain range A mountain range or hill range is a series of mountains or hills arranged in a line and connected by high ground. A mountain system or mountain belt is a group of mountain ranges with similarity in form, structure, and alignment that have aris ...

in the Scandes Mountains system in

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 ...

. It stretches between the valleys of Eggedal (west) and

Hallingdal Hallingdal () is a valley as well as a traditional district located in the traditional and electoral district Buskerud county in Norway. It consists of six municipalities: Flå, Nes, Gol, Hemsedal, Ål and Hol. Hallingdal is one of the ma ...

(east). It covers parts of the municipalities Flå, Sigdal, and

Krødsherad Krødsherad (''Krødsherad kommune'') is a Municipalities of Norway, municipality in Buskerud Counties of Norway, county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Noresund. The municipality of Krødsherad was establ ...

, all in the county

Buskerud Buskerud () is a Counties of Norway, county and a current electoral district in Norway, bordering Akershus, Oslo, Innlandet, Vestland, Telemark and Vestfold. The region extends from the Oslofjord and Drammensfjorden in the southeast to Hardanger ...

. The highest peaks within the mountain range are: * Gråfjell, * Høgevarde,

Norefjell Ski Resort Norefjell Ski Resort () is a mountain ski resort located in Krødsherad, Norway, on the mountainside of Norefjell. The venue for four Winter Olympics, Olympic Alpine skiing at the 1952 Winter Olympics, alpine skiing events in 1952 Winter Olympics ...

is an alpine ski resort located in the municipality

. It is about one and a half hours drive north of

Oslo Oslo ( or ; ) is the capital and most populous city of Norway. It constitutes both a county and a municipality. The municipality of Oslo had a population of in 2022, while the city's greater urban area had a population of 1,064,235 in 2022 ...

. Norefjell was host to the downhill and

giant slalom Giant slalom (GS) is an alpine skiing and alpine snowboarding competitive discipline. It involves racing between sets of poles ("gates") spaced at a greater distance from each other than in Slalom skiing, slalom but less than in Super-G. Giant sl ...

competitions of the

1952 Winter Olympics The 1952 Winter Olympics, officially known as the VI Olympic Winter Games (; ) and commonly known as Oslo 1952, were a winter multi-sport event held from 14 to 25 February 1952 in Oslo, the capital of Norway. Discussions about Oslo hosting ...

. The Norefjell mountain range is named after the old farm ''Nore'' (see

Noresund Noresund is a small village in Krødsherad in the county of Buskerud, Norway. Noresund is located on Lake Krøderen (lake), Krøderen. Highway 7 (''Riksvei 7'') passes through the village. Norefjell Ski Area is located 3 kilometers northwest ...

). The last element is ''fjell'' meaning 'mountain'. Haugen, Einar (1967) Norwegian-English Dictionary (University of Wisconsin Press)

References

External links

1952 Winter Olympics official report.
pp. 36–8.
On The Snow - Norefjell
(English)
Norefjell Skiresort Official website

Oslo Vinterpark Official website
Mountain ranges of Norway Krødsherad Flå Sigdal Mountains of Buskerud Venues of the 1952 Winter Olympics Olympic alpine skiing venues {{Buskerud-mountain-stub