County key facts

Population

183 637 (2008)

Area

25 192 km2

Number of municipalities

26

Towns

Gjøvik – 27 860 inhabitants

Lillehammer – 25 411 inhabitants

Fagernes – 1762 inhabitants

Sel/Otta - 6.088 inhabitants (1604 in the town centre)

Mountains and lakes

Galdhøpiggen – 2964 m – is the highest mountain top in Norway

Mjøsa is Norway’s biggest lake (365 km2)

Within the county you find 5 national parks; Jotunheimen, Rondane, Dovrefjell, Reinheimen and Ormtjernkampen.

Some famous persons from Oppland

• Sigrid Undset (1882-1949) – Nobel prize in literature in 1928 – her home in Lillehammer, Bjerkebæk, is now a museum.
• Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson (1832-1910) – Nobel prize in literature in 1903 – his home Aulestad can be visited in Gausdal, 18 km from Lillehammer.
• Carl Lumholtz (1851-1922) – adventurer from Fåberg
• Jakob Weidemann (1923-2001) – artist
• Åsne Seierstad (1970- ) – author and journalist