The Name
For the first element see > Dovre, the last element is fjell n 'fell, mountain'.
It is common to use the shortened form Dovre also for the large mountainous area around Dovrefjell (see Dovre region).
From the oldest times has Dovrefjell been the border region between the northern and southern parts of Norway, and the road over the mountain was well known. The expression "til Dovre faller" ('until the Dovre mountains fall apart' = until the end of the world) is widely used in Norwegian.
Read more about this topic: Dovre National Park
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