Vågå is a municipality in the county of Oppland, Norway.

It borders on the north to the municipality of Lesja, in the east to Dovre and Sel, in the southeast to Nord-Fron, in the south to Vang and in the West to Lom.

The Vågå community lies in a mountainous region just to the north of Norway's Jotunheimen National Park, east of Rondane National Park and south of The Dovrefjell mountains. Vågå includes a mountain road to the top of Jetta (1618 meters) which provides an unobstructed view of both the Gudbrandsdal Valley and the surrounding national parks.

In Vågå one also finds a historic stave church, later converted to a cruciform church in 1625.

History

1130 - Ivar Gjesling the earliest-known owner of Sandbu, was King Magnus IV's lendmann for the Opplands. Sigrid Undset's fictional Lady Ragnfrid, wife of Lavrans, was created a Gjesling from Sandbu.

1177 Ivar Gjesling , allied himself with the Birchlegs (Birkebeinerne) — who chose Sverre as their king at Øreting in 1177. Sverre granted him the valley of Heidal .

References

East Norway and its Frontier by Frank Noel Stagg, George Allen and Unvin, Ltd., 1956.