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Hedmark andOppland counties were merged intoInnlandet county on 1 January 2020, when Norway's former 19 counties became 10 bigger counties / regions.
Hedmark made up the northeastern part ofØstlandet, the southeastern part of the country. It had a long border withSweden to the east (Dalarna County andVärmland County). The largest lakes wereFemunden andMjøsa, the largest lake inNorway. Parts ofGlomma, Norway's longest river, flowed through Hedmark. Geographically,
Hedmark was traditionally divided into:Hedemarken (east of the lakeMjøsa),Østerdalen ("East Valley" north of the townElverum), andSolør /Glåmdalen (south of Elverum) andOdal in the very south. Hedmark andOppland were the only Norwegian counties with no coastline. Hedmark also hosted some events of the1994 Winter Olympic Games.
Hamar,Kongsvinger, andElverum 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 adjoiningMjøsa to the southeast. The county's extensive forests supplied much of Norway's timber; at one time, logs were floated downGlomma to the coast but are now transported by truck and train.
Engerdal Municipality in Hedmark had the distinction of marking the current southernmost border in Norway ofSápmi, the traditional region of theSami people.
Hedmark was originally a part of the largeAkershusamt, but in 1757Oplandenes amt was separated from it. Some years later, in 1781, this was divided intoKristians amt (nowOppland) andHedemarkens amt. Until 1919, the county was calledHedemarkensamt.
TheOld Norse form of the name wasHeiðmǫrk. The first element isheiðnir, the name of an oldGermanic tribe and is related to the wordheið, which meansmoorland. The last element ismǫrk 'woodland, borderland,march'. (See alsoTelemark andFinnmark.)[5]
Every four years the inhabitants of Hedmark elected 33 representatives to the Hedmark Fylkesting, the Hedmark County Assembly. After the elections of September 2007, the majority of the seats of the assembly were held by a three-party coalition consisting of theLabour Party (14 seats), theCentre Party (5 seats) and theSocialist Left Party (2 seats). Eight parties were represented in the assembly, the remaining 5 being theProgress Party (4 seats), theConservative Party (4), theLiberal Party (2), theChristian Democratic Party (1) and thePensioners Party (1). The assembly was headed by the county mayor (Norwegian: Fylkesordfører). From 2007 to 2011, the county mayor wasArnfinn Nergård, representing the Centre Party. In 2003, a parliamentary system was established, which meant that the county assembly elected a political administration or council to hold executive power. This county council reflected the majority of the county assembly and included the three parties holding the majority of the assembly seats, i.e., the Labour Party, the Center Party and the Socialist Left Party. The council was led bySiv Tørudbakken, a member of the Labour Party.
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