What is "botnedalen"

Botnedalen is a valley in the municipality of Tokke in Telemark, Norway. It used to contain a number of mountain farms. Water from the lake Botnedalsvatn is utilised in the Byrte Hydroelectric Power Station.

Botnedalen is known for the occurrence of various minerals, including hausmannite, jacobsite, braunite, bustamite and rhodonite.