Vardal is a former municipality in Oppland county, Norway.It was created in 1837 as Vardal formannskapsdistrikt. According to the 1835 census the municipality had a population of 2,921. On 1 January 1861 the town of Gjøvik was separated from Vardal to constitute a separate administrative unit, leaving Vardal with a population of 4,114.Starting in 1921, a series of border adjustments which moved territory from Vardal to Gjøvik took place.