minutes ahead of the next finisher. The record time of 1 hour 16 minutes and 48 seconds still holds today. The women's record, set in 1963, is held by Valborg Østberg from Gjøvik with a time of 1 hour 39 minutes and 47 seconds. She was a 32 year old housewife and mother of two kids and the Dagbladet newspaper said that she "ran like a goat over Besseggen". In literature Besseggen is known from act 1, scene 1 of Henrik Ibsens play Peer Gynt. Peer tries to convince his mother, Åse, that he has ridden over Gjendineggen, now known as Besseggen, on a reindeer bull. Besseggen is also described in the poem «Besseggen» by Ragnvald Skrede. Name The mountain ridge is named after Bessvatnet, the last element is the finite form off egg which means 'edge'. In the local dialect, the form is Besseggje. The Bokmål written form of the name is Besseggen and the Nynorsk written form is Besseggi. See also List of mountains of Norway by height References Further reading External links Infopage Jotunheimen / Besseggen Memurubu cabin Gjendesheim cabin Infopage Besseggen Ferry on Gjende (Gjendebåtene) Article on Besseggløpet UT.no about hiking on Besseggen https://www.ncbar.org/news/norwegian-hiking-adventure-tests-members-mettle/ Jotunheimen Vågå Mountains of Innlandet Landforms of Innlandet Ridges of Europe