Vetti Gard Matta1379 25. april 2022

Vetti Farm Tourist Station has been an essential place for mountaineers since the mountain pioneers found their way into the valley of Utladalen as early as the 19th century. Famous Norwegian composer Edvard Grieg once said that he became 10 years younger every time he visited Vetti, and chances are that if you have found your way there once, you will want to visit again. The farm also housed other famous people, such as the explorer Fridtjof Nansen, mountaineer William C. Slingsby, and the current queen consort of Norway, Queen Sonja.

About Vetti Gard

Accommodation

You can stay at Vetti Farm during the summer season. We have single rooms, twin rooms, 4-bed dorms, and dorms with bunk beds in the barn. We have 30 beds divided into the main house, Malastova, and stabburet.

Summer host

We are hiring new summer hosts for the 2024 season. The season starts June 28th and ends September 1st. Since the high season is pretty hectic, the role of host must be divided between the persons on a roster.

Tindevegsbussen

Ta bussen mellom Årdal og Turtagrø i sommar, og kom deg enkelt frå fjord til fjell eller omvendt. Perfekt transport for fjellfolk og vandrarar på tur i Jotunheimen og Utladalen. Book på nett for å sikra deg plass.

Today, Vetti Farm Tourist Station is a summer open farm in the heart of Jotunheimen. The farm has 13 rooms and 30 beds, in addition to 6 rooms and 12 beds in the barn. It’s also possible to camp on the farm grounds. The farm offers food during the summer season.

History

Vetti Farm has a long history. The name «vetti» is believed to mean something like «fairy tale field», and the connection to a fairy tale landscape is understandable when you witness the contrast of the hay field, the noise of the waterfall and the proximity to the wilderness.

From the early days, the whole of the Utladalen valley was outlying fields belonging to the farm of Vetti. Early sources tell us that people did fieldwork and grain cultivation here in the 1120s. Like many other farms on the outskirts, Vetti lay deserted as a result of the Black Death plague. Sources mention the desertion of Vetti farm in 1601. From 1603, sources mention a man named Eirik as a cultivator of the farm. The current Vetti family line probably arrived at the farm in 1714. 

Jørgen Anfinnson, born in 1747, was probably Vetti’s first peasant proprietor. Since then, the family lived on the farm until the 1980s. Up until the 19th century, there was only one farm in Vetti. Lauvhaugen and Flaten were built later, first as small holdings, then later as farms in their own right. Vetti has had cabins and summer farms in both the mountain hamlet of Vettismorki and the valley of Fleskedalen. The latter was previously called Fleskenosdalen. This establishment functioned up until 1953. Vettismorki had cabins and summer farms up until 1968. On the hill was a fenced hayfield cut and reaped until the end of the 1950s. 

You can find more information on the history of the Utladalen valley and Vetti Farm in Hans h. Thyri’s book Utladalen og fjella omkring.
Our facilities
  • 13 ROOMS IN THE MAIN HOUSE AND MALASTOVA
  • 6 ROOMS IN THE BARN
  • 42 BEDS IN TOTAL
  • TOILET AND SHOWER IN A SEPARATE BUILDING
  • LAVVU THAT SLEEPS 12
  • OPEN KIOSK 12pm – 5pm (12.00 – 17.00)
  • BAR WITH ALL LICENCES
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Vetti Gard Turist station

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