Hedmark

Hedmark ([ˈhêːdmɑrk] (listen)) was a county in Norway before 1 January 2020,[4] bordering Trøndelag to the north, Oppland to the west and Akershus to the south. The county administration is in Hamar.

Hedmark fylke
County
Atnsjøen and Rondane in June 2009
Flag Coat of arms
Hedmark within Norway
Country	Norway
County	Hedmark
Region	Østlandet
County ID	NO-04
Administrative centre	Hamar
Government
• Governor	Sigbjørn Johnsen   Arbeiderpartiet   (1997-2009–present)
• County mayor	Arnfinn Nergård   Senterpartiet   (2007–present)
Area
• Total	27,397 km2 (10,578 sq mi)
• Land	26,084 km2 (10,071 sq mi)
Area rank	#4 in Norway, 8.57% of Norway's land area
Population  (30 September 2019)
• Total	197,831
• Rank	11 (3.72% of country)
• Density	7.5/km2 (19/sq mi)
• Change (10 years)	4.05 %
Demonym(s)	Hedmarking
Time zone	UTC+01 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02 (CEST)
Official language form	Neutral
Income (per capita)	132,200 NOK
GDP (per capita)	204,205 NOK (2001)
GDP national rank	11 (2.52% of country)
Website	www.hedmark.org
Data from Statistics Norway

Hedmark and Oppland counties were merged into Innlandet county on 1 January 2020, when Norway's former 19 counties became 10 bigger counties / regions

Hedmark made up the northeastern part of Østlandet, the southeastern part of the country. It had a long border with Sweden to the east (Dalarna County and Värmland County). The largest lakes were Femunden and Mjøsa, the largest lake in Norway. Parts of Glomma, Norway's longest river, flowed through Hedmark. Geographically,

Hedmark was traditionally divided into: Hedemarken (east of the lake Mjøsa), Østerdalen ("East Valley" north of the town Elverum), and Solør / Glåmdalen (south of Elverum) and Odal in the very south. Hedmark and Oppland were the only Norwegian counties with no coastline. Hedmark also hosted some events of the 1994 Winter Olympic Games.

Hamar, Kongsvinger, Elverum and Tynset were cities in the county. Hedmark was one of the less urbanized areas in Norway; about half of the inhabitants lived on rural land. The population was mainly concentrated in the rich agricultural district adjoining Mjøsa to the southeast. The county's extensive forests supplied much of Norway's timber; at one time, logs were floated down Glomma to the coast but are now transported by truck and train.

The Hedmark municipality of Engerdal had the distinction of marking the current southernmost border in Norway of Sápmi, the traditional region of the Sami people.

The county was divided into three traditional districts. Those were Hedmarken, Østerdalen and Solør (with Odalen and Vinger).

Hedmark was originally a part of the large Akershus amt, but in 1757 Oplandenes amt was separated from it. Some years later, in 1781, this was divided into Kristians amt (now Oppland) and Hedemarkens amt. Until 1919, the county was called Hedemarkens amt.