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Breheimen National Park
IUCN category II (national park)
Gamle Strynefjellsvegen
Location	Innlandet and Vestland, Norway
Nearest city	Skjolden, Bismo
Coordinates	61°43′10″N 7°05′48″E / 61.7195°N 7.0967°E / 61.7195; 7.0967
Area	1,671 km (645 sq mi)
Established	2009
Governing body	Directorate for Nature Management

Breheimen National Park (Norwegian: Breheimen nasjonalpark) (Lit: Home of The Glaciers) is a national park that was established in 2009. The park is located in the municipalities of Skjåk and Lom in Innlandet county and in Luster in Vestland county, Norway. The park covers 1,671 square kilometres (645 sq mi) of the Breheimen mountain range.

The park is surrounded by three other national parks: Jostedalsbreen National Park, Jotunheimen National Park, and Reinheimen National Park.

The park includes the mountains Hestbreapiggan, Tverrådalskyrkja, and Holåtinden as well as the glaciers Harbardsbreen, Spørteggbreen, and Holåbreen.

Archeology

In the summer of 2011, a well-preserved man's coat was found that dates back to 300 A.D., making this coat the oldest coat in the country. The coat was found in bed of the melted glacier.

References

1. "Breheimen. Frå evig is til frodige stølsdalar" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Directorate for Nature Management. Archived from the original on 6 June 2011. Retrieved 14 February 2010.
2. "Archeology Daily News". Archeology Daily News. Archived from the original on 2 April 2012.

External links

• Map of Breheimen National Park

v t e National parks of Norway
Mainland	Anárjohka Blåfjella–Skjækerfjella Breheimen Børgefjell Dovre Dovrefjell–Sunndalsfjella Femundsmarka Folgefonna Forollhogna Fulufjellet Færder Gutulia Hallingskarvet Hardangervidda Jomfruland Jostedalsbreen Jotunheimen Junkerdal Láhko Langsua Lierne Lofotodden Lomsdal–Visten Møysalen Raet Rago Reinheimen Reisa Rohkunborri Rondane Saltfjellet–Svartisen Seiland Sjunkhatten Skarvan and Roltdalen Stabbursdalen Varangerhalvøya Ytre Hvaler Øvre Dividal Øvre Pasvik Ånderdalen
Svalbard	Forlandet Indre Wijdefjorden Nordenskiöld Land Nordre Isfjorden Nordvest-Spitsbergen Sassen–Bünsow Land Sør-Spitsbergen
Former	Gressåmoen Ormtjernkampen

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