Åmot
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).
Åmot kommune | |
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 Nordre Osen old Church | |
 Coat of arms  Innlandet within Norway | |
 Åmot within Innlandet | |
| Coordinates: 61°8′47″N 11°24′57″E | |
| Country | Norway |
| County | Innlandet |
| District | Østerdalen |
| Administrative centre | Rena |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2019) | Ole Erik Hørstad[1] (H) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 1,340 km2 (520 sq mi) |
| • Land | 1,293 km2 (499 sq mi) |
| Area rank | 67 in Norway |
| Population (2004) | |
| • Total | 4,425 |
| • Rank | 217 in Norway |
| • Density | 3/km2 (8/sq mi) |
| • Change (10 years) | 1.7% |
| Demonym(s) | Åmoting[2] |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| ISO 3166 code | NO-3422 |
| Official language form | Bokmål[3] |
| Website | www |
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]
| 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.
Education
Åmot has four schools: Åmot Ungdomsskole (Åmot Lower secondary school), Rena Barneskole, Deset Oppvekstsenter, and Osen Oppvekstsenter.
Notable people
- 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
- "(+) 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.
- "Navn på steder og personer: Innbyggjarnamn" (in Norwegian). Språkrådet.
- "Forskrift om målvedtak i kommunar og fylkeskommunar" (in Norwegian). Lovdata.no.
- moderniseringsdepartementet, Kommunal- og (7 July 2017). "Regionreform". Regjeringen.no. Archived from the original on 23 March 2018. Retrieved 28 April 2018.
- "Kommunevåpen" (in Norwegian). Åmot kommune. Retrieved 2008-12-20.
- "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.
- IMDb Database retrieved 24 September 2020
- IMDb Database retrieved 24 September 2020
External links
Media related to Åmot at Wikimedia Commons
The dictionary definition of Åmot at Wiktionary- Municipal fact sheet from Statistics Norway
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