Åmot

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Åmot kommune
Municipality
Nordre Osen old Church
Nordre Osen old Church
Coat of arms of Åmot kommune
Coat of arms
Official logo of Åmot kommune
Innlandet within
Norway
Åmot within Innlandet
Åmot within Innlandet
Coordinates: 61°8′47″N 11°24′57″E / 61.14639°N 11.41583°E / 61.14639; 11.41583Coordinates: 61°8′47″N 11°24′57″E / 61.14639°N 11.41583°E / 61.14639; 11.41583
CountryNorway
CountyInnlandet
DistrictØsterdalen
Administrative centreRena
Government
 • Mayor (2019)Ole Erik Hørstad[1] (H)
Area
 • Total1,340 km2 (520 sq mi)
 • Land1,293 km2 (499 sq mi)
Area rank67 in Norway
Population
 (2004)
 • Total4,425
 • Rank217 in Norway
 • Density3/km2 (8/sq mi)
 • Change (10 years)
1.7%
Demonym(s)Åmoting[2]
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 codeNO-3422
Official language formBokmål[3]
Websitewww.amot.kommune.no
Data from Statistics Norway

Åmot is a municipality in Innlandet (formerly Hedmark) [4] county, Norway. It is part of the traditional region of Østerdalen. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Rena. The parish of Aamot was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt).

General information[]

Name[]

The municipality (originally the parish) is named after the old Åmot farm (Old Norse: Ámót), since the first church was built here. The first element is á which means "river" and the last element is mót meaning "meeting". (The rivers Glomma and Rena run together here.) Prior to 1921, the name was written "Aamot".

Coat-of-arms[]

The coat-of-arms is from modern times. They were granted in 1987. The arms show three gold or yellow timber axes on a green background. They symbolize the importance and history of the logging industry in the area.[5]

Number of minorities (1st and 2nd generation) in Åmot by country of origin in 2017[6]
Ancestry Number
 Lithuania 60
 Poland 29
 Germany 28
 Eritrea 24
 Sweden 23

Geography[]

Åmot is located in the central part of Hedmark county. It is bordered to the north by Rendalen, to the east by Trysil, to the south by Elverum, to the southwest by Hamar and Ringsaker, and in the west by Stor-Elvdal.

The Renaelva river flows into the Glomma river in Åmot.

Education[]

Åmot has four schools: (Åmot Lower secondary school), Rena Barneskole, Deset Oppvekstsenter, and Osen Oppvekstsenter.

Notable people[]

Vilhelm Uchermann, 1911
  • Vilhelm Uchermann (1852 in Åmot – 1929) a physician, Norway's first otorhinolaryngologist
  • Tollef Kilde (1853 in Åmot – 1947) a forest owner, politician and local Mayor ca.1900
  • Hans Storhaug, MM, DSM (1915 in Rena – 1995) a Norwegian resistance member during WWII
  • Vidar Sandbeck (1918 in Åmot – 2005) a Norwegian folk singer, composer and writer
  • Anne-Cath. Vestly (1920 in Rena – 2008) a Norwegian author of children's literature
  • Ivar Nergaard (born 1964 in Rena) a Norwegian actor and writer [7]
  • Stian Berget (born 1977 in Rena) a retired Norwegian footballer with almost 200 club caps
  • Tuva Novotny (born 1979) a Swedish actress, director and singer; brought up in Åmot [8]

References[]

  1. ^ "(+) Ole Erik ble eneste Høyre-ordfører i Innlandet. Vil ikke si om han har tillit til rådmannen". www.ostlendingen.no (in Norwegian). 2019-10-03. Retrieved 2019-10-06.
  2. ^ "Navn på steder og personer: Innbyggjarnamn" (in Norwegian). Språkrådet.
  3. ^ "Forskrift om målvedtak i kommunar og fylkeskommunar" (in Norwegian). Lovdata.no.
  4. ^ moderniseringsdepartementet, Kommunal- og (7 July 2017). "Regionreform". Regjeringen.no. Archived from the original on 23 March 2018. Retrieved 28 April 2018.
  5. ^ "Kommunevåpen" (in Norwegian). Åmot kommune. Retrieved 2008-12-20.
  6. ^ "Immigrants and Norwegian-born to immigrant parents, by immigration category, country background and percentages of the population". ssb.no. Archived from the original on 2 July 2015. Retrieved 29 June 2015.
  7. ^ IMDb Database retrieved 24 September 2020
  8. ^ IMDb Database retrieved 24 September 2020

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