Acronyms that contain the term kvikne 

Kvikne

Kvikne is a former municipality in Hedmark, Norway and a mountain village between Østerdalen and Trøndelag. The river Orkla begins in Kvikne. Further south the river Tunna descends to meet the Glomma. Kvikne was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt). It was split on 1 January 1966, with the Kvikne village (with 664 residents) incorporated into Tynset municipality in Hedmark and Innset village (with 420 residents) incorporated into Rennebu municipality in Sør-Trøndelag. The greatest portion of the land became part of Tynset. In 1970 the farm Garlia with 5 residents was transferred from Tynset to Rennebu. The Norwegian author Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson was born at the Bjørgan parsonage in Kvikne. Vollan gård in Kvikne is the national park center for Forollhogna National Park. The farm was the site for filming of the Secondløitnant in 1993.

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