Yset
{{Infobox settlement
|official_name = Yset
|other_name = Kvikne
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|settlement_type = Village
|image_skyline = Kvikne kirke Tynset.jpg
|image_caption = View of the village church
|pushpin_map = Innlandet#Norway
|pushpin_label_position = top
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|pushpin_map_caption = Location of the village
|subdivision_type = Country
|subdivision_name = Norway
|subdivision_type1 = Region
|subdivision_name1 = Central Norway
|subdivision_type2 = County
|subdivision_name2 = Innlandet
|subdivision_type3 = District
|subdivision_name3 = Østerdalen
|subdivision_type4 = Municipality
|subdivision_name4 = Tynset
|timezone1 = CET
|utc_offset1 = +01:00
|timezone1_DST = CEST
|utc_offset1_DST = +02:00
|postal_code_type = Post Code
|postal_code = 2590 Yset
|coordinates = {{coord|62.5657|10.3223|region:NO_type:city|display=inline,title}}
|elevation_m = 560
|elevation_footnotes = {{Cite web |title=Yset, Tynset |url=https://www.yr.no/place/Norway/Hedmark/Tynset/Yset/ |access-date=July 28, 2018 |publisher=yr.no}}}}
Yset or Kvikne is a village in Tynset Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. The mountain village is located near the mountain pass that lies between the large Østerdalen valley and Trøndelag county. The village is located along the Orkla River at the confluence with the Ya River{{Cite web |last=Mæhlum |first=Lars |title=Ya – elv i Hedmark |url=https://snl.no/Ya_-_elv_i_Hedmark |access-date=2018-07-28 |website=Store norske leksikon}} about {{convert|31|km}} southeast of the village of Innset and about {{convert|33|km}} northwest of the village of Tynset. Norwegian National Road 3 passes through the village.{{Cite book |url=https://docplayer.me/68928013-Rv-3-gang-sykkelveg-yset-samvirkelag-vollan-bru.html |title=Rv. 3 gang-/sykkelveg Yset samvirkelag-vollan bru |date=2007 |publisher=Statens vegvesen |location=Hamar |page=3 |access-date=July 28, 2018}}
The old dam construction for the Eidsfossen Hydroelectric Power Station can be seen from National Road 3 about {{convert|5|km|sp=us}} south of Yset.{{Cite web |title=Eidsfossen |url=http://www.kvikne.com/Attraksjoner/Eidsfossen.aspx |access-date=July 28, 2018 |website=Kvikne i storbukkens rike}}
The Norwegian author Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson was born at the Bjørgan parsonage in Kvikne.
Vollan gård in Kvikne is the site of the national park center for the nearby Forollhogna National Park. The farm was the site for filming of the movie Secondløitnanten in 1993.
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External links
- [http://www.kvikne.no/ Kvikne] {{in lang|no}}
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Category:Villages in Innlandet
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