Hedmarken

Hedmarken
District
View of parts of Hedmarken from Vang, near Hamar.
Country	Norway
County	Hedmark (and Oppland)
Region	Austlandet
Adm. Center	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 (local pronunciation ['he(ɪ̯)'marça], known as Hedemarken until 2003) is a traditional district in the county of Hedmark in Eastern Norway.

It consists of the municipalities Stange, Hamar, Løten, and Ringsaker. Formerly, before a process of municipality mergers, it also contained the municipalities Romedal, Vang, Furnes and Nes. Traditionally, it also included Gjøvik, today in Oppland. The county Hedmark is named after the district of Hedmarken but includes other districts as well, namely Østerdalen and Glåmdalen (Solør, Odal and Vinger).

The district is dominated by rolling agricultural terrain, hilly green mountains, and pine forests.

The Old Norse form of the name was Heiðmǫrk. The first element is heiðnir, the name of an old Germanic tribe and is related to the word heið, moorland. The last element is mǫrk 'woodland, borderland, march'. (See also Telemark and Finnmark.)

"In Hedmarken" is translated på Hedmarken—literally "on Hedmarken".