Gjende or Gjendin is a lake in Vågå Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway.

The proglacial lake shows typical characteristics of glacial formation, being long and narrow, with steep walls.

[2] The official name Gjende is taken from the Gudbrandsdal traditional district dialect used in Lom and Vågå.

The name Gjende is derived from the old Norse word "gandir" that can be translated into "straight stick", whereas the lake to the south Bygdin can be translated as "bent stick", the two names thereby referring to the shape of the lakes.

Lake Gjende is found in literature and travel books from the 18th century.