Valleys of Norway - Valleys of Aust-Agder, Valleys of Buskerud, Valleys of Hedmark, Valleys of Hordaland, Valleys of More Og Romsdal (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 164. Not illustrated. Chapters: Valleys of Aust-Agder, Valleys of Buskerud, Valleys of Hedmark, Valleys of Hordaland, Valleys of More Og Romsdal, Valleys of Nord-Trondelag, Valleys of Nordland, Valleys of Oppland, Valleys of Oslo, Valleys of Sogn Og Fjordane, Valleys of Svalbard, Valleys of Sor-Trondelag, Valleys of Telemark, Valleys of Troms, Valleys of Vest-Agder, Saltdal, Sirdal, Grane, Nordland, Gausdal, Rendalen, Gudbrandsdal, Hemsedal, Jostedal, Bindal, Dunderlandsdal, Setesdal, Beiarn, Hattfjelldal, Hallingdal, Skjomen, Vassfaret, Adal, Valdres, Oslo Graben, Sulitjelma, Sjodalen, Numedal, Utladalen, Heidal, Gjetingsdalen, Eitera, Namdalen, Grorud Valley, Odal, Norway, Avdalen, Halandsdal, Maridalen, Eggedal, Korgen, Stjordalen, Osterdalen, Adventdalen, Boverdal, Sorkedalen, Ottadalen, Kivledalen, Vetti Gard, Glommadal, Orkdalen, Malselvdalen, Hessdalen, Seimsdalen, Audnedalen, Fardalen, Julussdalen, Mandalen, Gauldal, Lyngdalen, Gronnfjelldal, Drivdalen, Vestfjorddalen, Vinstradal, Billingsdal, Tordal, Bergensdalen, Steinsdalen, Espedalen. Excerpt: Saltdal - Saltdal map The Old Norse form of the name must have been Salptardalr. The first element is the genitive case of the river name Salpt (now Saltelva) and the last element is dalr which means "valley" or "dale." The meaning of the river name is unknown. The coat-of-arms is from modern times. They were granted 1988. The arms show two gold-colored rowan twigs on a red background. During World War II, the Germans decided to lengthen the Nordlandsbanen from Lonsdal in Saltfjellet. Over a period of three years, the original plan was to first have both the road and the railroad all the way to Narvik and then on to Kirkenes, but they only managed to build the railroad to Bodo. The Germans continued to lengthen the road to Kirkenes, and it came to be known as Blodvegen (the Blo...