[3] 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.

They also broadcast a message to the Norwegian people on NRK, reiterating their decision and promising that Norway would resist the invasion for as long as possible.

No one was killed in the attack, but a number of buildings were destroyed, among them a local co-op, school, and telephone exchange office.

[4] The government then continued farther north towards Molde, where they were picked up by ship to Tromsø, which would later become the provisional capital until the country was completely under Germany's control in June 1940.

And in 1996, almost exactly fifty years after the first monument was erected, King Harald V and Queen Sonja gave the park a bust of his father, Olav, thus commemorating all the royal family members who had sought shelter in the forest during the attack.

In 1957, Trysil Interiørtre, a wood processing business, began operations at a plant just across the Nybergsund Bridge on the west bank of Trysilelva.

[6] Another industry that takes advantage of Trysilelva is Sagnfossen Power Plant, located about 15 km (9.3 mi) south of Nybergsund.

The dairy, which specializes in pultost and skjørost, has 13 employees and processes 2.6 million liters (690,000 U.S. gallons) of milk into cheese yearly.

Aside from the stadium, there are also sports facilities at the local Nybergsund School, including a small football field, basketball court, and skateboard ramp.

There are many marked hiking trails in the area that lead up to local mountains such as Klank, which rises to 650 m (2,130 ft) above sea level at its peak.

During the summer, the bathing area at the lake Tjønna is very popular, with public facilities such as picnic tables, changing rooms, bathrooms, and a beach volleyball court.

[11] Trysilfjellet mountain and the associated ski resort owned by Skistar is also very close to Nybergsund, lying just 7 km (4.3 mi) to the northwest.