Hedmarken
Hedmarken | |
|---|---|
 View of parts of Hedmarken from Vang, nearHamar. | |
| Coordinates:60°48′04″N11°16′50″E/ 60.8012°N 11.2806°E | |
| Country | Norway |
| County | Innlandet |
| Region | Austlandet |
| Urban centre | Hamar |
| Area | |
| • Total | 2,725 km2(1,052 sq mi) |
| Population (2015) | |
| • Total | 91,015 |
| • Density | 33/km2(87/sq mi) |
| Demonym(s) | Hemarking Heimarking |
Hedmarken(Urban East Norwegian:[ˈhêːdmɑrkn̩],local pronunciation:[ˈhæ̂ɪmɑrçɑ,ˈhɛ̂m-];known asHedemarken[ˈhêːdəmɑrkn̩]until 2003)[1]is atraditional districtinInnlandetcounty inEastern Norway.
Hedmarken consists of the municipalitiesStange,Hamar,Løten,andRingsaker.In the past, it also contained the municipalities ofRomedal,Vang,Furnes,andNes,but those municipalities were merged into Hamar, Stange, and Ringsaker during the 20th century.[2]Traditionally, it also includedGjøvikon the other side of the lake, but this is no longer the case.[3]The old county ofHedmarkwas named after the district of Hedmarken, but the county included several other districts as well, namelyØsterdalenandGlåmdalen(Solør,OdalenandVinger).[4]
The district is dominated by rolling agricultural terrain, hilly green mountains, andpineforests.
Etymology
[edit]TheOld Norseform of the name wasHeiðmǫrk.The first element isheiðnir,the name of an oldGermanictribe and is related to the wordheiðwhich means "moorland".The last element ismǫrkwhich means "woodland", "borderland", or "march".(See alsoTelemarkandFinnmark.)[4]
"In Hedmarken" is translatedpå Hedmarkenwhich literally means "on Hedmarken".[5]
History
[edit]In the earlyViking Age,beforeHarald Fairhair,Hedmarken was apetty kingdom,part of theEidsivating.Kings of Hedmarken included:
- 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
[edit]- ^"GeodataplanHedmark2004– 2007 "(PDF).statkart.no.p. 6. Archived fromthe original(PDF)on 11 January 2004.
- ^Henriksen, Petter, ed. (2007)."Hedmarken".Store norske leksikon(in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget.Retrieved18 December2009.
- ^Munch, Peter Andreas (1849).Historisk-geographisk beskrivelse over kongeriget Norge (Noregsveldi) i middelalderen.W. Gram. p.7,140-141.
- ^abHenriksen, Petter, ed. (2007)."Hedmark".Store norske leksikon(in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget.Retrieved6 July2015.
- ^Sylfest Lomheim(5 August 2015). "Dølar på Dalen". Klassekampen. p. 10.
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