Hedmark
Hedmark (help·info) is a coonty in Norawa, borderin Sør-Trøndelag, Oppland an Akershus. The coonty admeenistration is in Hamar.
Hedmark fylke | |
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 Coat airms | |
 Hedmark athin Norawa | |
| Kintra | Norawa |
| Coonty | Hedmark |
| Region | Østlandet |
| Coonty ID | NO-04 |
| Offeecial leid form | Neutral |
| Demonym | Hedmarking |
| Admeenistrative centre | Hamar |
| Govrenment | |
| • Govrenor | Sigbjørn Johnsen Arbeiderpartiet (1997-2009–present) |
| • Coonty mayor | Arnfinn Nergård Senterpartiet (2007–present) |
| Area (#3 in Norawa, 8.57% o Norawa's land aurie) | |
| • Total | 27397 km2 (10,578 sq mi) |
| • Laund | 26082 km2 (10,070 sq mi) |
| Population (2008) | |
| • Total | 189,586 |
| • Density | 7/km2 (20/sq mi) |
| • Chynge (10 years) | 0.5 % |
| • Rank in Norawa | 11 (4.11% of country) |
| Time zone | UTC+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) |
| Website | www.hedmark-f.kommune.no |
| Historical population | ||
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| Year | Pop. | ±% |
| 1951 | 173,167 | — |
| 1961 | 177,324 | +2.4% |
| 1971 | 179,204 | +1.1% |
| 1981 | 187,223 | +4.5% |
| 1991 | 187,314 | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 187,999 | +0.4% |
| 2011 | 191,622 | +1.9% |
| 2021? | 204,065 | +6.5% |
| 2031? | 216,105 | +5.9% |
| Source: Statistics Norway.[1] | ||
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
eeditThe coonty is dividit intae three traditional destricts. These are Hedmarken, Østerdalen an Solør (wi Odalen an Vinger).
History
eeditIn the early Viking Age, afore Harald Fairhair, Hedmark wis a petty kinrick. Kings o Hedmark include:
- Halfdan Hvitbeinn
- Sigtryg Eysteinsson
- Eystein Eysteinsson, brither o Sigtryg
- Halfdan the Black, King Harald's faither, wis king o hauf o Hedmark efter defeatin rulers Sigtryg an his brither, Eystein.
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
eeditThe 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
eeditFreemit airtins
eedit- Offeecial hamepage Archived 2008-09-01 at the Wayback Machine
Media relatit tae Hedmark at Wikimedia Commons
