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Hedmark fylke
County
Atnsjøen and Rondane in June 2009
Coat of arms
Hedmark within Norway
Country	Norway
County	Hedmark
Region	Østlandet
County ID	NO-04
Administrative centre	Hamar
Government
• Governor	Sigbjørn Johnsen   Arbeiderpartiet   (1997-2009–present)
• County mayor	Arnfinn Nergård   Senterpartiet   (2007–present)
Area
• Total	27,397 km2 (10,578 sq mi)
• Land	26,084 km2 (10,071 sq mi)
Area rank	#4 in Norway, 8.57% of Norway's land area
Population (2018)
• Total	196,966
• Rank	11 (3.72% of country)
• Density	7.5/km2 (19/sq mi)
• Change (10 years)	4.05 %
Demonym(s)	Hedmarking
Time zone	UTC+01 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02 (CEST)
Official language form	Neutral
Income (per capita)	132,200 NOK
GDP (per capita)	204,205 NOK (2001)
GDP national rank	11 (2.52% of country)
Website	www.hedmark.org
Data from Statistics Norway

Hedmark [²heːdmɑrk] ( listen) is a county in Norway, bordering Trøndelag to the north, Oppland to the west and Akershus to the south. The county administration is in Hamar.

Hedmark makes up the northeastern part of Østlandet, the southeastern part of the country. It has a long border with Sweden, Dalarna County and Värmland County. The largest lakes are Femunden and Mjøsa, the largest lake in Norway. Parts of Glomma, Norway's longest river, flow through Hedmark. Geographically, Hedmark is traditionally divided into: Hedemarken, east of Mjøsa, Østerdalen, north of Elverum, and Glåmdalen, south of Elverum. Hedmark and Oppland are the only Norwegian counties with no coastline. Hedmark also hosted some events of the 1994 Winter Olympic Games.

Hamar, Kongsvinger, Elverum and Tynset are cities in the county. Hedmark is one of the less urbanized areas in Norway; about half of the inhabitants live on rural land. The population is mainly concentrated in the rich agricultural district adjoining Mjøsa to the southeast. The county's extensive forests supply much of Norway's timber; at one time, logs were floated down Glomma to the coast but are now transported by truck and train.

The Hedmark municipality of Engerdal has the distinction of marking the current southernmost border in Norway of Sápmi, the traditional region of the Sami people.

The county is divided into three traditional districts. These are Hedmarken, Østerdalen and Solør (with Odalen and Vinger).

Hedmark was originally a part of the large Akershus amt, but in 1757 Oplandenes amt was separated from it. Some years later, in 1781, this was divided into Kristians amt (now Oppland) and Hedemarkens amt. Until 1919, the county was called Hedemarkens amt.

Etymology

The Old Norse form of the name was Heiðmǫrk. The first element is heiðnir, the name of an old Germanic tribe and is related to the word heið, which means moorland. The last element is mǫrk 'woodland, borderland, march'. (See also Telemark and Finnmark.)^[4]

Coat of arms

The coat of arms is from modern times (1987). It shows three barkespader (adzes used to remove bark from timber logs).

Politics

Every four years the inhabitants of Hedmark elect 33 representatives to Hedmark Fylkesting, the Hedmark County Assembly. After the elections of September 2007 the majority of the seats of the assembly were held by a three-party coalition consisting of the Labour Party (14 seats), the Centre Party (5 seats) and the Socialist Left Party (2 seats). Eight parties are represented in the assembly, the remaining 5 being the Progress Party (4 seats), the Conservative Party (4), the Liberal Party (2), the Christian Democratic Party (1) and the Pensioners Party (1). The assembly is headed by the county mayor (Norwegian: Fylkesordfører). As of the 2007 elections the county mayor is Arnfinn Nergård. He represents the Centre Party. In 2003 a parliamentary system was established, which means that the county assembly elects a political administration or council to hold executive power. This county council reflects the majority of the county assembly and includes the three parties holding the majority of the assembly seats, i.e., the Labour Party, the Center Party and the Socialist Left Party. The council is led by Siv Tørudbakken, a member of the Labour Party.

Municipalities

Municipalities of Hedmark

Rank	Name	Inhabitants	Area km²
7000100000000000000♠1	Ringsaker	7004341510000000000♠34,151	7003112500000000000♠1,125
7000200000000000000♠2	Hamar	7004309300000000000♠30,930	7002339000000000000♠339
7000300000000000000♠3	Elverum	7004211230000000000♠21,123	7003122100000000000♠1,221
7000400000000000000♠4	Stange	7004206460000000000♠20,646	7002642000000000000♠642
7000500000000000000♠5	Kongsvinger	7004179340000000000♠17,934	7002965000000000000♠965
7000600000000000000♠6	Sør-Odal	7003788400000000000♠7,884	7002487000000000000♠487
7000700000000000000♠7	Løten	7003761500000000000♠7,615	7002363000000000000♠363
7000800000000000000♠8	Åsnes	7003727900000000000♠7,279	7003101500000000000♠1,015
7000900000000000000♠9	Trysil	7003656700000000000♠6,567	7003295700000000000♠2,957
7001100000000000000♠10	Eidskog	7003614200000000000♠6,142	7002604000000000000♠604
7001110000000000000♠11	Tynset	7003560500000000000♠5,605	7003183100000000000♠1,831
7001120000000000000♠12	Nord-Odal	7003509700000000000♠5,097	7002476000000000000♠476
7001130000000000000♠13	Grue	7003474000000000000♠4,740	7002787000000000000♠787
7001140000000000000♠14	Åmot	7003448000000000000♠4,480	7003130600000000000♠1,306
7001150000000000000♠15	Våler	7003368000000000000♠3,680	7002685000000000000♠685
7001160000000000000♠16	Stor-Elvdal	7003249000000000000♠2,490	7003214400000000000♠2,144
7001170000000000000♠17	Alvdal	7003242400000000000♠2,424	7002927000000000000♠927
7001180000000000000♠18	Os	7003193600000000000♠1,936	7003101300000000000♠1,013
7001190000000000000♠19	Rendalen	7003182700000000000♠1,827	7003307300000000000♠3,073
7001200000000000000♠20	Folldal	7003156900000000000♠1,569	7003126600000000000♠1,266
7001210000000000000♠21	Tolga	7003155300000000000♠1,553	7003110100000000000♠1,101
7001220000000000000♠22	Engerdal	7003129400000000000♠1,294	7003192100000000000♠1,921
Total	Hedmark	7005196966000000000♠196,966	7004273880000000000♠27,388

Number of minorities (1st and 2nd gen.) in Hedmark by country of origin in 2017[5]
Nationality	Population (2017)
Poland	2,204
Sweden	1,421
Somalia	1,125
Lithuania	1,119
Eritrea	948
Germany	746
Iraq	721
Thailand	694
Afghanistan	620
Syria	608
Denmark	605
Vietnam	572
Bosnia-Herzegovina	539
Iran	503
Netherlands	418
Russia	418
Kosovo	416
Philippines	369

References

External links

• Official homepage


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  Media related to Hedmark at Wikimedia Commons


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  Hedmark travel guide from Wikivoyage

Coordinates: 60°50′00″N 11°40′00″E / 60.83333°N 11.66667°E / 60.83333; 11.66667