Skogadalsbøen is a cabin in Luster in

Sogn og Fjordane Sogn og Fjordane (; English: "Sogn and Fjordane") was, up to 1 January 2020, a county in western Norway, when it was merged to become part of Vestland county. Bordering previous counties Møre og Romsdal, Oppland, Buskerud, and Hordaland, the c ...

, Norway, in the western part of

Jotunheimen Jotunheimen (; "the home of the Jötunn") is a mountainous area of roughly in southern Norway and is part of the long range known as the Scandinavian Mountains. The 29 highest mountains in Norway are all located in the Jotunheimen mountains, i ...

, owned by the

Norwegian Trekking Association The Norwegian Trekking Association ( no, Den norske turistforening, DNT) is a Norwegian association which maintains mountain trails and cabins in Norway. The association was founded on 21 January 1868 with the scope "to help and develop tourism i ...

(DNT). The cabin lies 834 metres above sea level, in the valley

Utladalen Utladalen (or ''Utladal'') is a valley in Årdal Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It stretches north from the village of Øvre Årdal into the neighboring Luster Municipality. The Avdalen and Fardalen valleys branch off of the main Utlada ...

. The site was originally the location of several summer mountain farms. The tourist cabin was built in 1888 and originally had 12 beds; today there are 109 beds.Lauritzen 1997, pp. 54-57

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Skogadalsboen Tourist huts in Norway Jotunheimen Residential buildings completed in 1888