Aurskog-Høland is a

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. It is part of the

Romerike Romerike is a traditional district located north-east of Oslo, in what is today south-eastern Norway. It consists of the Viken municipalities Lillestrøm, Lørenskog, Nittedal, Rælingen and Aurskog-Høland in the southern end (Nedre Romerike), ...

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. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of

Bjørkelangen Bjørkelangen is a village of 3,196 inhabitants (January 2015 figures) in the Akershus county of south-eastern Norway. Located immediately north of Lake Bjørkelangen, it became the administrative centre of the Aurskog-Høland municipality in 196 ...

. The municipality of

Rømskog Rømskog was a municipality in former Østfold county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality was the village of Rømskog. The former municipality of Rømskog was separated from Rødenes on 1 January 1902. Rømskog was well known ...

, in

Østfold Østfold is a traditional region, a former county and a current electoral district in southeastern Norway. It borders Akershus and southwestern Sweden (Västra Götaland County and Värmland), while Buskerud and Vestfold are on the other side o ...

county was merged into Aurskog-Høland on January 1, 2020.

General information

Name

The new municipality of Aurskog-Høland was created on 1 January 1966 after the merger of the four old municipalities of

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Nordre Høland Nordre Høland is a former municipality in Akershus county, Norway. It was created when Høland municipality was split in two on 1 July 1924. At that time Nordre Høland had a population of 3.188. On 1 January 1966 Nordre Høland was merged with ...

Søndre Høland Søndre Høland is a former municipality in Akershus county, Norway. It was created when Høland municipality was split in two on 1 July 1924. At that time Søndre Høland had a population of 2,106. On 1 January 1964 Søndre Høland was merged w ...

, and Setskog. The name ''Aurskog'' comes from the old ''Ør'' farm (

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: ''Aurr'' which means "

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"). The last element is ''skog'' (

: ''skógr'' which means "

wood Wood is a porous and fibrous structural tissue found in the stems and roots of trees and other woody plants. It is an organic materiala natural composite of cellulose fibers that are strong in tension and embedded in a matrix of lignin th ...

" therefore the meaning of the full name is "the woods around the farm Aurr". Prior to 1918, the name was written "Urskog". The name ''Høland'' is an old district name. The first element is ''høy'' which means "

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" and the last element is ''land'' which means "land".

Coat-of-arms

The

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is from modern times. They were granted on 4 February 1983. The arms show a black European

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(

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) on a gold background. It was derived from an older logo of the municipality. The logo showed a typical landscape of the area, a lake surrounded by woods and a crayfish in the lake. To place the whole composition in a shield to create the arms was not allowed according to Norwegian heraldic rules, so the crayfish was chosen as a symbol.

Demographics

Geography

It is the biggest municipality in Akershus, covering . Main villages are

and

, of which the latter one is the administrative center.

Forest A forest is an area of land dominated by trees. Hundreds of definitions of forest are used throughout the world, incorporating factors such as tree density, tree height, land use, legal standing, and ecological function. The United Nations' ...

s cover much of the area, but there is very good farmland as well. The rivers of Haldenvassdraget and Hølandselva run through the district.

Economy

An important printing office
PDC Tangen AS
and a crushing mill are situated here.

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is less than one hour's drive to the west. The

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was manufactured in Aurskog.

Notable people

Christian Christensen Kollerud Christian Christensen Kollerud (6 August 1767 – 28 March 1833) was a Norwegian farmer who served as a representative at the Norwegian Constitutional Assembly. Christian Christensen Kollerud was born at Setskog in Høland (now Aurskog-Holand), ...

(1767–1833) a farmer, rep. on

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Engebret Soot Engebret Olsen Soot (26 May 1786 – 3 March 1859) was a Norwegian engineer. He was one of Norway's first canal builders and joined the timber channels at Otteid and Mangen-Grasmo. He is known as the father of the Fredrikshald Canal (now known a ...

(1786–1859) a Norwegian engineer and canal builder *

Johan Vaaler Johan Vaaler (March 15, 1866 – March 14, 1910) was a Norwegian inventor and patent clerk. He has often erroneously been identified as the inventor of the common paper clip. Biography Johan Vaaler was born at Aurskog-Høland in Akershu ...

(1866–1910) a Norwegian inventor and patent clerk *

Anders Heyerdahl Anders Heyerdahl (29 October 1832 – 3 December 1918) was a Norwegian violinist, composer and folk music collector. He was born in what is today Aurskog-Høland, and was the younger brother of engineer Halvor Emil Heyerdahl. He studied music mai ...

(1832–1918) a Norwegian violinist, composer and folk music collector * Betzy Akersloot-Berg (1850–1922) a seascape and landscape painter, lived in

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* Gunnar Nordbye (1888–1977) a

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in Minnesota. * Anette Tønsberg (born 1970) a speed skater, competed at the

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and

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* Lasse Ottesen (born 1974) a former ski jumper, silver medallist at the

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* Charlotte Frogner (born 1981) a Norwegian actress

Sister cities

The following cities are twinned with Aurskog-Høland: * -

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References

External links

Municipal fact sheet
from

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Aurskog-Holand Municipalities of Akershus Municipalities of Viken (county) Populated places established in 1966 1966 establishments in Norway