Hovden

Hovden is a small town situated in upper Setesdal in Aust Agder about 800m above sea level. The scenery here is beautiful with mountains, open country, water and birch woodland.
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  • Type: Village with 464 residents
  • Description: settlement in Bykle municipality, Norway
  • Also known as: “Hovde”, “Hovden I Setesdal”, and “Hovden, Agder”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Fjellgardane Church and Kaldsåni power station.

Church
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is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Bykle Municipality in county, . It is located in the village of Hovden. It is one of the churches for the Bykle parish which is part of the Otredal prosti in the Diocese of Agder og Telemark.

Industrial building
Photo: PeltonMan, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is an industrial building.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Breive.

Hamlet
is a village in Bykle Municipality in county, . The village is located in the northern part of the Setesdalen valley, on the northern shore of the lake Breivevatnet, about 5 kilometres west of the village of Hovden. is situated 4 km northwest of Hovden.

Hovden

Latitude
59.5602° or 59° 33′ 37″ north
Longitude
7.356° or 7° 21′ 22″ east
Population
464
Elevation
782 metres (2,566 feet)
Open location code
9FF9H964+3C
Open­Street­Map ID
node 24935671
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
3151676
Wiki­data ID
Q1277657
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Swedish—“Hovden” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Hovden, Aust-Agder”
  • Cebuano: “Hovden”
  • Danish: “Hovden i Setesdal”
  • Danish: “Hovden”
  • Dutch: “Hovden (Setesdal)”
  • Dutch: “Hovden”
  • Finnish: “Hovden”
  • French: “Hovden”
  • German: “Hovden”
  • Javanese: “Hovden, Aust-Agder”
  • Javanese: “Hovden”
  • Malay: “Hovden, Aust-Agder”
  • Malay: “Hovden”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Hovden”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Hovden i Setesdal”
  • Norwegian: “Hovden”
  • Polish: “Hovden”
  • Romanian: “Hovden”
  • Russian: “Ховден”
  • Spanish: “Hovden”
  • Swedish: “Hovden, Agder”
  • Swedish: “Hovden”

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