Hedmark

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

Hedmark fylke
Coonty
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
Data frae Statistics Norway

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]

Religion in Hedmark[2][3]
religion			percent
Christianity			89.10%
Islam			0.75%
Buddhism			0.18%
Other			9.97%

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

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

History

In 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

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.