Fieldfare cabin (Fieldfarehytta) is a shelter in the Tafjordfjella mountains of Norway, at the northern shore of the Lake Veltdalsvatnet. Its location is very remote, as it takes two or three days by foot on rough ground to get there.

The cabin was built by the sabotage team of Joachim Rønneberg, Birger Strømsheim and Olav Aarsæther, who were dropped from Great Britian during World War II. The assignment was to prepare attacks on German supply lines in valley of Romsdal. Situated under an overhanging rock to protect it from discovery by aircraft, they used the cabin as a shelter for more than a year during their sabotage actions.[1] It was built with the over-stock of materials used for civil construction at Heimste on the northern shore of the Lake Veltdalsvatnet, which had been built in the thirties.

The cabin was renovated by Rønneberg in 1990 and given to the Ålesund and Sunnmøre branch of the Norwegian Trekking Association, and is open today to the public.[1] [2]

References

  1. ^ a b "Fieldfarehytta" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Trekking Association Ålesund-Sunnmøre. Retrieved 11 February 2009.
  2. ^ "Innsatstyrke Archery besøker Fieldfarehytta i Tafjordfjella" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Armed Forces. 7 May 2011. Retrieved 10 May 2011.