About Henfallet
Henfallet (pronounced “HEN-fall-uh”) was unlike the other waterfalls we had visited throughout Norway in that this giant wasn’t near any of the famous fjords along the country’s west. In fact, it was probably closer to the Swedish border than it was to the charming city of Trondheim, which was where we were staying on the day of our visit to this falls. Nonetheless, Julie and I made a long detour from the charming city to get to the village of Ås in the Tydal Municipality, which was where this waterfall was situated. Our desire to pursue this waterfall was quite strong since we had known about it from our pre-trip research, which had really built up our expectations.
Indeed, we had plenty of reasons to go out of our way to get here, not the least of which, was that we were witnessing the highest waterfall in the Sør-Trøndelag county at 90m. It also had very high volume for a waterfall so tall thanks to the river Hena aggregating several other large rivers and watercourses further upstream. Because the river and its sources were not regulated for hydroelectric power, we felt like we were witnessing that rare waterfall where we were seeing it as it was supposed to be – natural and wild.
From the little car park (see directions below), which had room for just a few cars, we noticed trails that branched out in several directions across the local county road to get here. That said, we only ended up doing a short scramble on a use trail leading to the view you see in the photo at the top of this page. I’m sure one or more of those other trails might have taken us to closer to the misty bottom of the falls. Nonetheless, Julie and I still felt some drops of mist making it all the way to our somewhat distant vantage point, further demonstrating the sheer volume that the river Hena was putting out as it made its dramatic plunge.
Even though we didn’t have time to go to the UNESCO World Heritage mining town of Røros, I’m sure that it would’ve been a great day-long loop tour from Trondheim and back when combined with Henfallet. We’ll have to do this next time if we are fortunate to return to this part of Norway.
Something interesting about the name of this waterfall was that there was no “foss” in its official name (if it did, I’d imagine it might be called Henafossen). Instead, its name Henfallet was almost like a compound word saying quite literally “the Hena [River] falls”. I’m not sure if there were some regional or cultural variations giving rise to certain subtle differences in how the Norwegian language and its place names were to be used, but the waterfall’s close proximity to Sweden might also have something to do with it. I can’t say for sure, however.
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