Hedmark - The Name

The Name

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

Until 1919 the county was called Hedemarkens amt.

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