Falketind

Infobox Mountain
Name = Falketind
Photo = Falketind 1985.jpg
Caption = Seen from east
Elevation = convert|2067|m|ft|0|lk=on
Location = Årdal, Sogn og Fjordane, NOR
Range = Jotunheimen
Prominence = convert|175|m|ft|0|abbr=on
Coordinates = coord|61|23|4|N|8|5|49|E|type:mountain_region:NO|display=inline,title
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First ascent = 12 July 1820 Christian Peder Bianco Boeck, Baltazar Mathias Keilhau, Ole Urdi
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Falketind is a mountain in Årdal, Sogn og Fjordane, Norway.

The ascent in 1820 was the first ascent on an alpine mountain in Norway. The party of three went via Snøggeken (Falkbreen) and the northern ridge. At that time the mountain was named Koldedalstinden, but Aasmund Olavsson Vinje named the mountain Falketind more than fifty years later. In retrospect, the expedition leading to the first ascent is seen like the "discovery of Jotunheimen".

Guidebook

* A. Dyer et al "Walks and Scrambles in Norway", ISBN 1-904466-25-7.