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{{Infobox settlement
|official_name          = Undredal
|other_name             =
|native_name            =
|nickname               =
|settlement_type        = Village
|image_skyline          = Undredal.jpg
|image_caption          = View of Undredal
|pushpin_map            = Vestland#Norway
|pushpin_label_position = top
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|pushpin_map_caption    = Location of the village
|subdivision_type       = Country
|subdivision_name       = [[Norway]]
|subdivision_type1      = [[List of regions of Norway|Region]]
|subdivision_name1      = [[Western Norway]]
|subdivision_type2      = [[Counties of Norway|County]]
|subdivision_name2      = [[Vestland]]
|subdivision_type3      = [[Districts of Norway|District]]
|subdivision_name3      = [[Sogn]]
|subdivision_type4      = [[List of municipalities of Norway|Municipality]]
|subdivision_name4      = [[Aurland Municipality]]
|population_as_of       = 2001
|population_footnotes   = <ref name="ssb">{{cite journal|title=Folke- og boligtellingen 2001, kommune- og bydelshefter 1421 Aurland|url=http://www.ssb.no/fob/kommunehefte/1421/fob_1421_tabeller.pdf|year=2001|language=Norwegian|format=PDF|author=Statistisk sentralbyrå|authorlink=Statistics Norway}}</ref>
|population_total       = 112
|timezone1              = [[Central European Time|CET]]
|utc_offset1            = +01:00
|timezone1_DST          = [[Central European Summer Time|CEST]]
|utc_offset1_DST        = +02:00
|postal_code_type       = Post Code
|postal_code            = 5746 Undredal
|coordinates            = {{coord|60.9501|7.1019|region:NO_type:city|display=inline,title}}
|elevation_m            = 20
|elevation_footnotes    = <ref>{{cite web|title=Undredal, Aurland (Vestland)|url=https://www.yr.no/place/Norway/Vestland/Aurland/Undredal~124038/|publisher=[[yr.no]]|accessdate=2020-01-25}}</ref>}}
'''Undredal''' is a small village in [[Aurland Municipality]] in [[Vestland]] county, [[Norway]].  The popular tourist destination of Undredal is located along the [[Aurlandsfjorden]] which is a branch off the massive [[Sognefjorden]] in Norway's "fjord-country."  It sits along the Aurlandsfjorden, about {{convert|5|km}} south of the mouth to the [[Nærøyfjord]].  Undredal is home to the smallest [[stave church]] in [[Northern Europe]], [[Undredal Stave Church]].
With a population of approximately 100 people and 500 goats, Undredal is famous for the brown goat cheese ([[Brunost|geitost]]) that is still produced the traditional way.  The production of cheese is important to the local economy as eight farms produce {{convert|10|to|12|ST|kg|lk=on}} of cheese each year. Goat sausage is also produced locally.
Prior to 1988, Undredal was only accessible by boat, but since then a road connection has been made by constructing two lengthy tunnels as part of the [[European route E16]] highway.  The [[Gudvanga Tunnel]] leads southwest to the village of [[Gudvangen]] and the [[Flenja Tunnel]] goes to the villages of [[Flåm]] and [[Aurlandsvangen]] to the northeast.  There is a brief {{convert|700|m|adj=on}} long length of road between the tunnels that has an access road to Undredal {{convert|6.5|km}} to the north.
This little village was mentioned in [[Rick Steves]]' show about Norway.
==History==
Historically, Undredal was first mentioned when the Bishop of Bjørgvin ([[Bergen]]) placed [[Pål Bårdson]], a known scholar, there as a representative of the church.  Pål Bårdson was the Chancellor to the court of [[Magnus IV of Sweden|King Magnus]], and he later was the [[Archbishop of Nidaros]] ([[Trondheim]]) from 1333 until 1346.  The [[Undredal Stave Church]] can be dated back to 1147.
==Media gallery==
<gallery mode="packed">
File:Undredal from Sognefjord.jpg|Undredal
File:Undredal 1.jpg|View of Undredal
File:Undredal stave church front view.jpg|Undredal stave church
File:Undredal stavkyrkje frå fjorden.jpg|Undredal with church in background
</gallery>
==References==
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==External links==
{{commons category|Undredal}}
*[http://undredal.no/ Undredal's web site]
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[[Category:Villages in Vestland]]
[[Category:Aurland]]
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