Morgedal
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| Country | Norway | ||||
| Province (fylke) | Vestfold and Telemark | ||||
| Municipality (commune) : | Kviteseid | ||||
| Coordinates : | 59 ° 28 ′ N , 8 ° 26 ′ E | ||||
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| Street: | E 134 | ||||
Statue of Sondre Norheim in Morgedal
Morgedal is a village in the municipality of Kviteseid , which is part of the Norwegian province of Vestfold og Telemark . Morgedal is also called the “cradle of skiing”.
Morgedal is the birthplace of the famous ski pioneer Sondre Norheim , who among other things revolutionized ski bindings and introduced steel-reinforced skis.
The Olympic flames for the 1952 Winter Olympics in Oslo , the 1960 Winter Olympics in Squaw Valley and the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer were lit on the kitchen stove in Sondre Norheim's birthplace .
Personalities
- Sondre Norheim (1825–1897), pioneer of modern skiing
- Olav Bjaaland (1873–1961), skier who, together with Roald Amundsen, was the first to reach the South Pole