Nybergsund

Nybergsund
Village
A popular local bathing spot on the lake Tjønna, with the mountain Trysilfjellet in the background
Nybergsund The location of Nybergsund in Hedmark
Coordinates: 61°15′40″N 12°19′23″E / 61.26111°N 12.32306°E / 61.26111; 12.32306Coordinates: 61°15′40″N 12°19′23″E / 61.26111°N 12.32306°E / 61.26111; 12.32306
Country	Norway
Region	Eastern Norway
County	Hedmark
District	Østerdalen
Municipality	Trysil
Area
• Total	0.68 km2 (0.26 sq mi)
Population (2012)
• Total	363
• Density	534/km2 (1,380/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+01:00)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+02:00)
Website	nybergsund.no

Nybergsund is a village in the municipality of Trysil in Hedmark, Norway with a population of 363. The village is best known for serving as a hiding place for the Norwegian royal family and Cabinet and sustaining German bombing during the German conquest of Norway. The town is also the birthplace of award-winning Norwegian writer and translator Tormod Haugen.

Nybergsund is located a few kilometres south of the municipality's administrative center Innbygda. The village is built on the eastern banks of the Trysilelva (Trysil River), which is a segment of the larger river known in Sweden as Klarälven. Nybergsund is located roughly 25 km (16 mi) away from Norway's border with Sweden.

Nybergsund was named after a local farm, Nyberg, and the element -sund, meaning strait. In the village's early days, the site of Nyberg farm was used as a harbor for ferries that went along Trysilelva.

Two nights after the invasion of Norway, on 11 April 1940, King Haakon VII, Crown Prince Olav, and the fleeing Norwegian government sought refuge in Nybergsund. Previously, they had been staying in the nearby town of Elverum to the southeast, where the Elverum Authorization was made that gave absolute power to the executive branch after the Parliament of Norway could no longer safely convene in Oslo. It was in Nybergsund that King Haakon met with his Cabinet, telling them of the ultimatum he received when he had met with German Minister to Norway, Curt Bräuer. The minister had urged him to follow the example of his brother Christian X of Denmark and capitulate, appointing the fascist leader Vidkun Quisling as the new Norwegian Prime Minister. King Haakon had already refused the minister's demands, despite threats of harsh conditions for Norway if he did not comply, but he also said that he could not give a decision until he consulted with the government ministers, who had the final word. In an emotional meeting with the Cabinet, King Haakon said that he felt it was against his duty as king and the will of the Norwegian people to give in to the demands, but he would abdicate so as not to stand in the way if the Government decided otherwise.