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Rondane National Park.
Stamp isued on 29.11.1965.
Face value: 1.50 Norwegian krone.
Design: Winter's Night in Rondane (1914), painting by Harald Sohlberg (1869-1935).
Printing: Photogravure.
Print: 2,699,900 copies.
Size: 30 x 24 mm.

Catalogues
- AFA No. 549.
- Michel No. 536.
- Norgeskatalogen No. 570.
- Scott No. 484.
- StampWorld No. 552.
- Stanley Gibbons No. 585.
- Yvert et Tellier No. 490.

Rondane National Park (in Norwegian, Rondane nasjonalpark) is the oldest in Norway. It is located in Innlandet County and was created on December 21, 1962 to protect one of the most ecologically rich areas in the country. In the park there are ten peaks over 2,000 m (6,560 ft) above sea level: Rondeslottet (2,178 m), Storronden (2,138 m), Høgronden (2,114 m), Midtronden (2,060 m), Vinyóden (2,044 m) , Midtronden (2,042 m), Trolltinden (2,018 m), Storsmeden (2,016 m), Digerronden (2,015 m) and Veslesmeden (2,015 m. In 2003 the park was expanded, which currently has a total area of 963 km² (372 sq mi). At the center of the Park is Lake Rondvatnet. The landscapes of Rondane have inspired many Norwegian writers, probably the best known work being Peer Gynt (1867) by Henrik Ibsen.