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Country
  
Norway

Region
  
Austlandet

Demonym(s)
  
HemarkingHeimarking

Population
  
91,015 (2015)

County
  
Hedmark (and Oppland)

Adm. Center
  
Area
  
2,725 km²

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Hedmarken (local pronunciation ['he(ɪ̯)'marça], known as Hedemarken until 2003) is a traditional district in the county of Hedmark in Eastern Norway.

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It consists of the municipalities Stange, Hamar, Løten, and Ringsaker. Formerly, before a process of municipality mergers, it also contained the municipalities Romedal, Vang, Furnes and Nes. Traditionally, it also included Gjøvik, today in Oppland. The county Hedmark is named after the district of Hedmarken but includes other districts as well, namely Østerdalen and Glåmdalen (Solør, Odal and Vinger).

The district is dominated by rolling agricultural terrain, hilly green mountains, and pine forests.

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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, moorland. The last element is mǫrk 'woodland, borderland, march'. (See also Telemark and Finnmark.)

"In Hedmarken" is translated på Hedmarken—literally "on Hedmarken".

History

In the early Viking Age, before Harald Fairhair, Hedmarken was a petty kingdom, part of the Eidsivating. Kings of Hedmarken include:

  • Halfdan Hvitbeinn
  • Sigtryg Eysteinsson
  • Eystein Eysteinsson, brother of Sigtryg
  • Halfdan the Black, King Harald's father, was king of half of Hedmark after defeating rulers Sigtryg and his brother, Eystein.
  • References

    Hedmarken Wikipedia


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