Hedmark

Hedmark is a county in Norway, bordering Sør-Trøndelag, Oppland and Akershus. The county administration is in Hamar.

Hedmark makes up the northeastern part of Østlandet, the southeastern part of the country. It includes a long part of the borderline with Sweden, Dalarna County and Värmland County. The largest lakes are Femunden and Mjøsa. It also includes parts of Glomma. Geographically, Hedmark is in the traditional sense divided in the following areas: Hedemarken, east of Mjøsa, Østerdalen, north of Elverum, and Glåmdalen, south of Elverum. Hedmark and Oppland are the only ones of the Norwegian counties with no coastline. Hedmark also hosted some of the 1994 Winter Olympic Games

In the county are the well-known towns and built places Hamar, Kongsvinger, Elverum and Tynset. Hedmark is one of the less urbanized areas in Norway, as about the half of the inhabitans live in rural land. 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; logs are floated down Glomma to the coast.

History

In the early Viking Age, before Harald Fairhair, Hedmark was a petty kingdom.

Kings of Hedmark:

• Eystein, father of Åsa, married to Eystein Halfdansson
• Sigttyg, father of Eystein
• Halfdan the Black, King Haralds father, was king of half of Hedmark after defeating rulers Sigtryg and Eystein.

Municipalities

• Alvdal
• Eidskog
• Elverum
• Engerdal
• Folldal
• Grue
• Hamar
• Kongsvinger
• Løten
• Nord-Odal
• Os
• Rendalen
• Ringsaker
• Stange
• Stor-Elvdal
• Sør-Odal
• Tolga
• Trysil
• Tynset
• Våler
• Åmot
• Åsnes

External links

• Official homepage