Høvringen
Introduction '''Høvringen''' is a village in Sel Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. The village is located in the northern part of the municipality, high up in the mountains along the Gudbrandsdalen valley. The village area sits at an elevation of about  above sea level. The village area now serves as the main entrance into the mountainous Rondane National Park, the first national park that was established in Norway.
History Originally, Høvringen was filled with small, summer mountain pastures () that were used by farmers from the villages down in the valley. The first tourists came to Høvringen as early as the 1880s. The national park at Rondane was established in 1962, which brought a lot more tourists to the area. As the area transitioned from a farming area into a modern tourist resort, the area's animal life has remained rich and high standards and good service are combined with the preservation of the culture and traditions of the old ''seter'' farms.
Tourism The culture and traditions of the old mountain pasture community are still well preserved, and today Høvringen has lodging accommodations for about 1000 guests including everything from simple self-catering cabins and a mountain school camp to several mountain lodges and hotels. In addition, there are over 200 privately owned cottages that have been built in the area.Høvringen and its surrounding area has about  of prepared cross-country skiing tracks and  of marked tracks within Rondane National Park. The marked summer hiking trails expands for more than  both within and outside Rondane National Park.
Culture Høvringen and Rondane have left their mark in Norwegian cultural history. On his journey through the Gudbrandsdal valley, Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, well known for his compilations of old Norwegian legends and fairy-tales, stayed in Høvringen in 1842.His stay formed the basis for the story of a local legend, Per Gynt, who came upon trolls and terrifying monsters in Rondane. Asbjørnsen's fairy-tale "Reindeer hunt" at Rondane 20 years later created the basis for Henrik Ibsen's drama ''Peer Gynt''.In "The Bridal Wreath", the first part of Sigrid Undset's trilogy Kristin Lavransdatter, the young protagonist, Kristin, is allowed to accompany her father up into the mountains. Here, she describes Høvringen and Rondane with an atmosphere of great legend and superstition. Writer Aasmund Olavsson Vinje gave Rondane a central position in his poetic travelogue "Ferdaminne". His poem ''Ved Rondane'' was later set to music by Edvard Grieg, who also wrote music for Ibsen's play. Painters Erik Werenskiold, Hans Gude and not least Harald Solberg have all found motives in Rondane for their works. Solberg's A winter's night in Rondane has been voted the national painting of Norway.
External links ;Official Tourist Information* Høvringen;Well known lodges at Høvringen:* Den Norske Fjellskolen Rondeheim* Øigardseter Fjellstue* Smuksjøseter Fjellstue* Rondane Haukliseter Fjellhotell* Putten Seter
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