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Yset or Kvikne is a village in Tynset Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. The mountain village is located near the mountain pass that lies between the large Østerdalen valley and Trøndelag county. The village is located along the Orkla River at the confluence with the Ya River about 31 kilometres (19 mi) southeast of the village of Innset and about 33 kilometres (21 mi) northwest of the village of Tynset. Norwegian National Road 3 passes through the village. The Norwegian author Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson was born at the Bjørgan parsonage in Kvikne.