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Centennial of the National Tourism Association.
Glittertind peak in Jotunheimen National Park.
Third stamp in a set of 3, issued on 22.01.1968.
Face value: 90 Norwegian øre.
Printing: Recess.
Print: 2,049,500 copies.
Size: 36 x 24 mm.

Catalogs
- AFA No. 576.
- Michel No. 563.
- Norgeskatalogen No. 601.
- Scott No. 512.
- StampWorld No. 579.
- Stanley Gibbons No. 612.
- Yvert et Tellier No. 517.

Glittertind (official form on maps: Glittertinden) is the second highest mountain in the Scandinavian Alps, at 2,465 m (8,087 ft) above sea level, including the glacier at its peak; without the glacier, it is 2,452 m (8,045 ft). It is in the municipality of Lom (Innlandet county), in the Jotunheimen National Park. Its summit was first reached in 1841 by Harald Nicolai Storm Wergeland and Hans Sletten. The Glittertind takes its name from the neighboring Glitra River to which the ending tind which means ‘peak’ has been added.