Drivdalen

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title: "Drivdalen" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["oppdal-municipality", "valleys-of-trøndelag"] description: "Valley in Trøndelag, Norway" topic_path: "general/oppdal-municipality" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drivdalen" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Valley in Trøndelag, Norway ::

::data[format=table title="Infobox valley"]

Field	Value
name	Drivdalen
photo	Dovrefjell-Drivdalen.Oppdal.JPG
photo_caption	Drivdalen (Driv valley) with the river Driva going northwards from Dovrefjell. The E6 road follows this valley.
mapframe	yes
mapframe-zoom	8
mapframe-wikidata	yes
mapframe-marker	natural
mapframe-caption	Interactive map of the valley
coordinates
location	Trøndelag, Norway
direction
N-S, then E-W
length	35 km
width	2.5 km
type	River valley
watercourses	Driva river
towns	Oppdal
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Drivdalen is a river valley located in Oppdal Municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. The valley surrounds the river Driva. The European route E6 and the Dovre Line follow the river through much of the valley. The valley is the site of the "Old Kings' Road" () with Kongsvoll being one stop along the road.

The valley runs north through Oppdal Municipality, and then at the mountain Allmannberget and the village of Oppdal, the valley (and river) turns west and heads into the neighboring Sunndal Municipality (in Møre og Romsdal county), where it becomes the Sunndalen valley. The Dovrefjell–Sunndalsfjella National Park lies southwest and east of the valley. The Vinstradalen is a smaller side valley that branches off the main Drivdalen valley, just south of the village of Driva.

Drivdalen is known for its lush vegetation and is of special botanical importance with a number of rare species and varieties. In the southernmost part, where the valley starts at Dovrefjell is found the Kongsvoll Alpine Garden of the NTNU University Museum.

References

References

1. "Informasjon om stadnamn". [[Norwegian Mapping Authority.
2. Caplex. "Drivdalen".
3. Store norske leksikon. "Drivdalen".
4. "Drivdalen/Kongsvoll/Hjerkinn landskapsvernområde".
5. "Floraen i Drivdalen".
6. "Kongsvoll Alpine Garden - NTNU".

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