Hemsedal Road .Norway

Hemsedal's modern history can be said to begin in the period just after the turn of the 20th century, when the Skogstad Hotel was clear that the first hotel in the village in 1905. Prior to this, in the latter half of the 19th century, was ferdelsåra through the village has been developed, in the hope that the new road would be trunk road to the West Coast. When the Bergen Line was opened in 1909, however, this was dramatically changed. Hemsedal was again a bidal, while the upper Hallingdal took over as the main thoroughfare. In the 1920s began, however, a burgeoning development of the first lodges in the area. Utenbygds Halling People bought houses and moved to the mountains, first to the cabin sites that were acquired by Lykkja, located under the Forest Horn and the Great Lakes. Back then there was the fresh mountain air and hunting and fishing people came to enjoy, not winter sports. After the Second World War, there arose new accommodations in the valley. Vangen House in Tuv (1947) and Lykkja Home Bed (1953) were two of them. Hemsedal Tourist Trafikklag, which was founded in 1939, aired all of 1952 the idea of building a ski lift in the village, but it took a few more years before it happened. In 1959, however, Spurs opened the elevator. It was a 350 meter long ski lift, which was set up by Fossheim House in the hills behind the guest house in Hemsedal. The ski lift, however, was torn down again early in 1961. Tottenham lift may well be said to be the beginning of the village's "golden age". A few years later began planning what would eventually lead to the conclusion that Hemsedal was nicknamed "Scandinavian Alps". Towards 1980, the community's development towards tourism and carefully controlled, but in the next five years, growth was so significant that a number of new tourist businesses were established. From this and forward to today, the tourism industry only become more and more significant for the village, which has about 500 000 nights spread over 6,500 beds for rent during the winter months. Over half the guests are foreign. Today, however, Hemsedal also popular in the summer, due to the fishing, hiking, mountaineering, cycling, golf courses and numerous other activities and good accommodation..god bless all