Åmot is a municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Østerdalen. The

administrative centre An administrative center is a seat of regional administration or local government, or a county town, or the place where the central administration of a commune is located. In countries with French as administrative language (such as Belgium, Lu ...

of the municipality is the village of Rena. Other villages in the municipality include

Åsta Åsta is a village in Åmot Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe, the mainland territory of which comprises the western and northernmost portion of ...

, Osneset, and Snippen. The municipality is the 72nd largest by area out of the 356 municipalities in Norway. Åmot is the 198th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 4,195. The municipality's population density is and its population has decreased by 3.3% over the previous 10-year period.

General information

The parish of ''Aamot'' (later spelled ''Åmot'') was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (see

formannskapsdistrikt () is the name for Norwegian local self-government districts that were legally enacted on 1 January 1838. This system of municipalities was created in a bill approved by the Parliament of Norway and signed into law by King Carl Johan on 14 January ...

law). In 1880, the Nordre Osen area of Trysil (population: 302) was transferred to Åmot municipality.

Name

The municipality (originally the parish) is named after the old ''Åmot'' farm ( non, Ámót), since the first

Åmot Church Åmot Church ( no, Åmot kirke) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Åmot Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is located in the village of Rena, Norway, Rena. It is the church for the Åmot parish which is part of the Sør-Øst ...

was built here. The first element is which means " river" and the last element is meaning "meeting". Thus the name means the meeting of the rivers (the

confluence In geography, a confluence (also: ''conflux'') occurs where two or more flowing bodies of water join to form a single channel. A confluence can occur in several configurations: at the point where a tributary joins a larger river (main stem); o ...

of the rivers

Glomma The Glomma, or Glåma, is Norway's longest and most voluminous river. With a total length of , it has a drainage basin that covers fully 13% of Norway's surface area, all in the southern part of the country. Geography At its fullest length, the ...

and Rena is in Åmot). Prior to 1921, the name was written "Aamot".

Coat of arms

The coat of arms was granted on 26 February 1988. The arms show three gold or yellow timber axes on a green background. They symbolize the importance and history of the

logging Logging is the process of cutting, processing, and moving trees to a location for transport. It may include skidding, on-site processing, and loading of trees or logs onto trucks or skeleton cars. Logging is the beginning of a supply chain ...

industry in the area.

Churches

The

Church of Norway The Church of Norway ( nb, Den norske kirke, nn, Den norske kyrkja, se, Norgga girku, sma, Nöörjen gærhkoe) is an evangelical Lutheran denomination of Protestant Christianity and by far the largest Christian church in Norway. The church b ...

has three parishes () within the municipality of Åmot. It is part of the Sør-Østerdal prosti (

deanery A deanery (or decanate) is an ecclesiastical entity in the Roman Catholic Church, the Eastern Orthodox Church, the Anglican Communion, the Evangelical Church in Germany, and the Church of Norway. A deanery is either the jurisdiction or residenc ...

) in the

Diocese of Hamar The Diocese of Hamar ( no, Hamar Bispedømme) is a diocese within the Church of Norway. The Diocese of Hamar includes all of the churches in Innlandet county plus the churches in Lunner in Viken county. Administratively, the diocese is divided ...

Education

Åmot has four schools:

Åmot Ungdomsskole Åmot is a municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Østerdalen. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Rena. Other villages in the municipality include Åsta, Osneset ...

(Åmot Lower secondary school), Rena Barneskole, Deset Oppvekstsenter, and Osen Oppvekstsenter.

Government

All municipalities in Norway, including Åmot, are responsible for

primary education Primary education or elementary education is typically the first stage of formal education, coming after preschool/kindergarten and before secondary school. Primary education takes place in ''primary schools'', ''elementary schools'', or first ...

(through 10th grade), outpatient

health services Health care or healthcare is the improvement of health via the preventive healthcare, prevention, diagnosis, therapy, treatment, wiktionary:amelioration, amelioration or cure of disease, illness, injury, and other disability, physical and menta ...

, senior citizen services, unemployment and other

social services Social services are a range of public services intended to provide support and assistance towards particular groups, which commonly include the disadvantaged. They may be provided by individuals, private and independent organisations, or administe ...

, zoning, economic development, and municipal roads. The municipality is governed by a municipal council of elected representatives, which in turn elects a mayor. The municipality falls under the

Østre Innlandet District Court Østre Innlandet District Court ( no, Østre Innlandet tingrett) is a district court located in Innlandet county, Norway. This court is based at three different courthouses which are located in Elverum, Hamar, and Tynset. The court serves the eas ...

and the

Eidsivating Court of Appeal The Eidsivating Court of Appeal ( no, Eidsivating lagmannsrett) is one of six courts of appeal in the Kingdom of Norway. The Court is located in the city of Hamar. The court has jurisdiction over the counties of Innlandet and eastern Viken. These ...

Municipal council

The municipal council of Åmot is made up of 19 representatives that are elected to four year terms. The party breakdown of the council is as follows:

Mayor

The mayors of Åmot (incomplete list): *2003-2011:

Ole Gustav Narud Ole Gustav Narud (born 26 February 1958) is a Norwegian politician for the Centre Party. He was a deputy representative to the Parliament of Norway from Hedmark during the term 2009–2013, but without meeting in parliamentary session. In Octobe ...

( Sp) *2011-2015:

Espen André Kristiansen Espen is a Norwegian masculine given name. In Norway it reached the peak of its popularity between 1970 and 1990, during which period approximately 1.1% of children were given that name. Origin and variants It originated as a variant of Asbjørn o ...

( Ap) *2015-2019:

( Sp) *2019–present: Ole Erik Hørstad ( H)

Geography

Åmot is located in the east-central part of Innlandet county. It is bordered to the north by the municipality of Rendalen, to the east by Trysil, to the south by Elverum, to the southwest by Hamar and

Ringsaker is a municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Hedemarken. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Brumunddal. Other settlements in Ringsaker include the town of Moelv and the v ...

, and in the west by Stor-Elvdal. The Renaelva and Julussa rivers are both tributaries of the large river

, all three of which flow through Åmot. The

Kjøllsæter Bridge The Kjøllsæter Bridge ( no, Kjøllsæterbrua) is a long wooden deck truss bridge that crosses the river Renaelva in Åmot Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. The bridge lies just northeast of the village of Rena and it connects two larg ...

crosses the river Renaelva, just north of its confluence with the Julussa river. The Julussdalen valley follows the river Julussa through the municipality.

Notable people

Vilhelm Uchermann Vilhelm Uchermann. Vilhelm Uchermann (23 November 1852 – 24 February 1929) was a Norwegian physician, and the first otorhinolaryngologist in Norway. He was born in Åmot, Hedmark, to physician Wilhelm Hansen Heiberg Uchermann and Emilie Leg ...

(1852 in Åmot – 1929) a physician, Norway's first

otorhinolaryngologist Otorhinolaryngology ( , abbreviated ORL and also known as otolaryngology, otolaryngology–head and neck surgery (ORL–H&N or OHNS), or ear, nose, and throat (ENT)) is a surgical subspeciality within medicine that deals with the surgical a ...

* Tollef Kilde (1853 in Åmot – 1947) a forest owner, politician and local Mayor ca.1900 *

Hans Storhaug Hans "Kyllingen" Storhaug, MM, DSM (23 May 1915 – 8 June 1995) was a Norwegian resistance member during World War II, especially noted for his role in the heavy water sabotage 1942–1943, and for his participation in the SOE operation ...

, MM, DSM (1915 in Rena – 1995) a

Norwegian resistance The Norwegian resistance (Norwegian: ''Motstandsbevegelsen'') to the occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany began after Operation Weserübung in 1940 and ended in 1945. It took several forms: *Asserting the legitimacy of the exiled government, ...

member during WWII *

Vidar Sandbeck Vidar Sandbeck (July 21, 1918 – November 10, 2005) was a Norwegian folk singer, composer, and writer. Sandbeck was born in Åmot, in modest conditions, and suffered from poor health during much of his childhood. He became a prodigy on the viol ...

(1918 in Åmot – 2005) a Norwegian folk singer, composer and writer *

Anne-Cath. Vestly Anne-Cath. Vestly (15 February 1920 – 15 December 2008) was a Norwegian author of children's literature. She is known for a wide range of books published from 1953 to 2004. Vestly was best known for her series about a grandmother (''Mormor'') ...

(1920 in Rena – 2008) a Norwegian author of children's literature * Ivar Nergaard (born 1964 in Rena) a Norwegian actor and writer *

Stian Berget Stian Berget (born 2 June 1977) is a retired Norwegian footballer. He hails from Rena and played for Ham-Kam from 1996 to 1999, then Lillestrøm SK before joining Nybergsund IL ahead of the 2005 season. He signed for Flisa IL ahead of the 2008 ...

(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 IMDb Database
retrieved 24 September 2020

References

External links

* *
Municipal fact sheet
from

Statistics Norway Statistics Norway ( no, Statistisk sentralbyrå, abbreviated to ''SSB'') is the Norwegian statistics bureau. It was established in 1876. Relying on a staff of about 1,000, Statistics Norway publish about 1,000 new statistical releases every yea ...

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