Randsfjorden

Randsfjorden is Norway's fourth-largest lake with an area of . Its volume is estimated at just over , and its greatest depth is . The lake is located at an elevation of above sea level. It is located in Innlandet and Akershus counties in the municipalities of Gran, Jevnaker, Nordre Land, and Søndre Land in the traditional districts of Land and Hadeland. It is drained by the Randselva river.

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Body of water.name: Randsfjorden
Body of water.image: Grimsrud, Randsfjorden.jpg
Body of water.caption: Looking south from Grimsrud
Body of water.mapframe: yes
Body of water.mapframe zoom: 7
Body of water.mapframe caption: Interactive map of the lake
Body of water.location: Innlandet and Akershus
Body of water.type: glacial fjord lake
Body of water.inflow: Dokka and Etna
Body of water.outflow: Randselva
Body of water.basin_countries: Norway
Body of water.reference: NVE

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==History== thumb|left|View northwards from Jevnaker thumb|120px|left|Map of the fjord In Heimskringla, Snorri Sturluson recorded that Halfdan the Black (Halvdan Svarte), father of Harald Hårfagre, the first King of Norway, journeyed over the lake while returning home from a visit to Hadeland. Traveling with a horse and sleigh while the lake was supposedly frozen, he fell through the ice and drowned.