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Hedmark

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Hedmark fylke
Coat of airms o Hedmark fylke
Coat airms
Hedmark athin Norawa
Hedmark athin Norawa
KintraNorawa
CoontyHedmark
RegionØstlandet
Coonty IDNO-04
Offeecial leid formNeutral
DemonymHedmarking
Admeenistrative centreHamar
Govrenment
 • GovrenorSigbjørn Johnsen
  Arbeiderpartiet
  (1997-2009–present)
 • Coonty mayorArnfinn Nergård
  Senterpartiet
  (2007–present)
Area
(#3 in Norawa, 8.57% o Norawa's land aurie)
 • Total27397 km2 (10,578 sq mi)
 • Laund26082 km2 (10,070 sq mi)
Population
 (2008)
 • Total189,586
 • Density7/km2 (20/sq mi)
 • Chynge (10 years)
0.5 %
 • Rank in Norawa
11 (4.11% of country)
Time zoneUTC+01 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02 (CEST)
Income (per caipita)132,200 NOK
GDP (per caipita)204,205 NOK (2001)
Naitional Rank:11 (2.52% o kintra)
Websitewww.hedmark-f.kommune.no
Historical population
YearPop.±%
1951173,167—    
1961177,324+2.4%
1971179,204+1.1%
1981187,223+4.5%
1991187,314+0.0%
2001187,999+0.4%
2011191,622+1.9%
2021?204,065+6.5%
2031?216,105+5.9%
Source: Statistics Norway.[1]
Religion in Hedmark[2][3]
religion percent
Christianity
89.10%
Islam
0.75%
Buddhism
0.18%
Other
9.97%

Aboot this soondHedmark  is a coonty in Norawa, borderin Sør-Trøndelag, Oppland an Akershus. The coonty admeenistration is in Hamar.

Hedmark maks up the northeastren pairt o Østlandet, the sootheastren pairt o the kintra. It includes a lang pairt o the borderline wi the Swadish coonties o Dalarna an Värmland. The lairgest lakes are Femunden an Mjøsa. It includes pairts o Glomma an aw. Geographically, Hedmark is in the traditional sense dividit in the follaein auries: Hedemarken, east o Mjøsa, Østerdalen, north of Elverum, an Glåmdalen, south of Elverum. Hedmark an Oppland are the anerlie Norse coonties wi nae coastline. Hedmark hostit some o the 1994 Winter Olympic Gemmes an aw.

Hamar, Kongsvinger, Elverum an Tynset are ceeties in the coonty. Hedmark is ane o the less urbanizit auries in Norawa; aboot hauf o the inhabitants live on rural land. The population is mainly concentratit in the rich agricultural destrict adjoinin Mjøsa tae the sootheast. The coonty's extensive forests supply hintle o Norawa's timber; logs wur previously floatit doun Glomma tae the coast but are nou transportit bi truck an train.

The Hedmark municipality o Engerdal haes the distinction o markin the current soothmaist border in Norawa o Sápmi, the traditional region o the Sami fowk.

Destricts

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The coonty is dividit intae three traditional destricts. These are Hedmarken, Østerdalen an Solør (wi Odalen an Vinger).

History

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In the early Viking Age, afore Harald Fairhair, Hedmark wis a petty kinrick. Kings o Hedmark include:

Hedmark wis oreeginally a pairt o the lairge Akershus amt, but in 1757 Oplandenes amt wis separatit frae it. Some years later, in 1781, this wis dividit intae Kristians amt (nou Oppland) an Hedemarkens amt.

The name

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The Norse form o the name wis Heiðmǫrk. The first element is heiðnir, the name o an auld Germanic tribe. The last element is mǫrk f 'firthland, borderland, march'. (See an aw Telemark an Finnmark.)

Till 1919 the coonty wis cried Hedemarkens amt.

References

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