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Hemsedal fossheim hotel IMG 1419
Image from the Central part og Hemsedal town, municipality of Hemsedal in Buskerud county, Norway. This photograph is used as a geographic witness to the place, not as evidence of the historical date shown in the chapter.
- Visual description
- Image from the Central part og Hemsedal town, municipality of Hemsedal in Buskerud county, Norway
- Nature
- original
- Medium
- Open-licence photograph
- Source
- Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0
BEFORE MODERN SPORT
Hemsedal
How settlement, access and winter sport shaped Hemsedal.
Scroll to read the contour through time
Hemsedal is a municipality in Buskerud county, Norway.
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1327
Work and settlement beneath the snowline
In 1327 it was also mentioned under the name Skodvinar Kirkja i Hemsudali; this refers to alternate names of the farm where it stood, Kyrkjebøen: Skodvin and Skadengård.
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1909
A route reaches Hemsedal
However, things changed dramatically with the opening of the Bergen Railway in 1909.
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Hemsedal skisenter IMG 1340
Hemsedal Skiing Centre, Hemsedal municipality, Norway. This photograph is used as a geographic witness to the place, not as evidence of the historical date shown in the chapter.
- Visual description
- Hemsedal Skiing Centre, Hemsedal municipality, Norway
- Nature
- original
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- Open-licence photograph
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- Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0
1939
Winter becomes organised
A tourist agency was established in 1939 and in 1952 suggested building a ski lift in Hemsedal, but this did not happen until 1959, when Fossheim Pensjonat created the Tottenheisen, a 350-metre (1,150 ft) ski lift behind the inn at Ulsåk, serving the first piste in the village, Tottenløypa.
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THE LIVING MAP
The mapped place
Hemsedal is recorded at 60.861° N, 8.392° E. Its catalogue reference reaches 1,450 metres. A modern resort map compresses terrain, exposure and access into a diagram. This exhibition keeps the underlying contour visible so the place does not become only a list of facilities.
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Open ledger · AOD.EU.HEMSEDAL.V00 · ORIGINALClose ledger · AOD.EU.HEMSEDAL.V00
Ledger AOD.EU.HEMSEDAL.V00
Hemsedal fossheim hotel IMG 1419
Image from the Central part og Hemsedal town, municipality of Hemsedal in Buskerud county, Norway. This photograph is used as a geographic witness to the place, not as evidence of the historical date shown in the chapter.
- Visual description
- Image from the Central part og Hemsedal town, municipality of Hemsedal in Buskerud county, Norway
- Nature
- original
- Medium
- Open-licence photograph
- Source
- Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0
TODAY
Hemsedal now
Skistar also owns Trysil Ski Centre, Sälen and Åre, Vemedalen and Hammarbybacken in Sweden.
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THE LEDGER
Sources and credits
This exhibition is built from local, institutional and sporting records. The source ledger keeps the claims visible and leaves space for correction as further local evidence emerges.
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Artefacts in order of appearance
Hemsedal fossheim hotel IMG 1419
AOD.EU.HEMSEDAL.V00 · original · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0
Hemsedal skisenter IMG 1340
AOD.EU.HEMSEDAL.V01 · original · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0
Editorial record
Full European Beta edition. Place evidence is adapted from the linked Hemsedal overview under CC BY-SA 4.0 and remains subject to named historical and local review. Cartography is generated from the PeakWave location catalogue.