The name Oladalen has no connection with natural features, however obscure, or past owners, however illustrious. It was simply borrowed from a well-known comic strip by the people who moved there in the late 1930's. "Ho Gerda" saw the three "kolonister" as three of the main characters in the adventures of Bustenskjold in the then purely fictitious "Oladalen".
Det som idag er Oladalen ble kallt på samisk vuopmi, vuovdi, vuopme, vuobme som betyder stor dal, myr mellan fjällen, skogsland. Dette overenstemmer bra med Oladalens natur. Min bestefar, han Peder Olsa, sa at han skulle gå til vuopmi når han skulle besøke oss i Oladalen.