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Aremark

Field	Value
name	Aremark
idnumber	3124
county	Østfold
district	Smaalenene
capital	Fosby
demonym	Aremarking
language	Norsk
coatofarms	Aremark komm.svg
munwebpage	www.aremark.kommune.no
mayor	Geir Aarbu
mayor_party	SP
mayor_as_of	2011
area_rank	265
area_total_km2	319
area_land_km2	282
area_water_percent	0.10
population_as_of	2004
population_rank	376
population_total	1424
populationpercent	0.03
population_density_km2	5
population_increase	-1.3
coordinates
utm_zone	32V	utm_northing = 6568028	utm_easting = 0653835	geo_cat = adm2nd

Aremark is a municipality in Østfold county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Fosby.

Aremark was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt). The new municipality of Øymark was separated from Aremark on 1 July 1903.

General information

Name

The Norse form of the name was Aramǫrk. The first element is the genitive of the name of the lake Ari (now Aremarksjøen). (The name of the lake is probably derived from ari which means "eagle", thus "eagle lake".) The last element is mǫrk f 'woodland, borderland' (see March).

Coat-of-arms

The coat-of-arms is from modern times. They were granted on 7 November 1986. The arms show two blue-colored elk on a silver background. The elk was chosen as a symbol because of the large forests and the many animals in the area.

Ancestry	Number
Sweden	11
Syria	7
Germany	6

Economy

Farming and forestry are the two top components of Aremark's economy.

Culture

Every two years in Aremark there is a relatively large festival: Elgfestivalen (elk festival). It is held in a festivity area at Kirkeng Camping. It has been arranged every two years since September 1998. The festival begins Friday afternoon and lasts until Sunday afternoon.

Religion

There are two chapels/churches in Aremark. Aremark church, which is located near Kirkeng(Church meadow), and Holmgil chapel in Bjørkebekk (Birch creek).

Television

Aremark has been used in several movie titles and in television. The Norwegian movies "Folk flest bor i Kina" (Most people live in China) and "Celofan" are both filmed in the municipality. The reality show "Farmen" is filmed at Bøensæther husmannsplass close to Marker.

Sister cities

The following cities are twinned with Aremark:

Latvia - Dzērbene, Cēsis district, Latvia

Notable people

Hieronymus Heyerdahl (1773 in Aremark – 1847) a Norwegian minister and politician
Ludvig Ludvigsen Daae (1834 in Aremark – 1910) a Norwegian historian, author and professor
Kristofer Randers (1851 in Aremark – 1917) a Norwegian poet and theatre critic
Ole Hallesby (1879 in Aremark – 1961) a conservative Lutheran theologian and author
Ole Svendsen Iglerød (1784 in Aremark – 1872) a Norwegian soldier, farmer and politician
Eyolf Soot (1859 in Aremark – 1928) a Norwegian painter
Olaf Johannessen (1886 in Aremark – 1943) a Norwegian rifle shooter, twice team silver medallist and team bronze medallist at the 1920 Summer Olympics
Ruth Vatvedt Fjeld (born 1948 in Aremark) a Norwegian linguist and academic
Henriette Jæger (born 2003 in Aremark) a Norwegian track and field athlete, a national champion and a participant at the 2024 Summer Olympics.

Gallery

Strømsfoss kraftverk.JPG|Strømsfoss kraftverk Aremark kirke.jpg|Aremark kirke Feiring av Dronningens hjemkomst; DS Turisten.JPG|DS Turisten File:DS Turisten i Kilesjoen 1925.jpg|DS Turisten, 1925

References

Norske Kommunevåpen. (1990). "Nye kommunevåbener i Norden".
"Immigrants and Norwegian-born to immigrant parents, by immigration category, country background and percentages of the population". ssb.no.
"Vennskapskommunen Dzerbene i Latvia". Aremark kommune.

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