Åmot is a

municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...

Innlandet Innlandet is a county in Norway. It was created on 1 January 2020 with the merger of the old counties of Oppland and Hedmark (the municipalities of Jevnaker and Lunner were transferred to the neighboring county of Viken on the same date). The ...

county,

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. It is located in the traditional district of

Østerdalen Østerdalen () is a valley and traditional district in Innlandet county, in Eastern Norway. This area typically is described as the large Glåma river valley as well as all its tributary valleys. It includes the municipalities Rendalen, Alvdal ...

. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Rena. Other villages in the municipality include

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, 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

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is and its population has decreased by 3.3% over the previous 10-year period.

General information

The

parish A parish is a territorial entity in many Christian denominations, constituting a division within a diocese. A parish is under the pastoral care and clerical jurisdiction of a priest, often termed a parish priest, who might be assisted by one o ...

of ''Aamot'' (later spelled ''Åmot'') was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt law). In 1880, the Nordre Osen area of

Trysil Trysil 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 Innbygda. Other villages in the municipality include Nybergsund, � ...

(population: 302) was transferred to Åmot municipality.

Name

The municipality (originally the

) is named after the old ''Åmot'' farm ( non, Ámót), since the first Åmot Church was built here. The first element is which means "

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" and the last element is meaning "meeting". Thus the name means the meeting of the rivers (the confluence 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

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was granted on 26 February 1988. The arms show three gold or yellow timber

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s on a green background. They symbolize the importance and history of the logging industry in the area.

Churches

The Church of Norway has three parishes () within the municipality of Åmot. It is part of the

Sør-Østerdal prosti The list of churches in Hamar is a list of the Church of Norway churches in the Diocese of Hamar which includes all of Innlandet county (plus two municipalities in Viken county) in Norway. The list is divided into several sections, one for eac ...

( deanery) in the Diocese of Hamar.

Education

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

Government

All municipalities in Norway, including Åmot, are responsible for primary education (through 10th grade), outpatient health services,

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services,

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and other social services,

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, and municipal

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s. The municipality is governed by a

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representatives, which in turn elects a

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. The municipality falls under the Østre Innlandet District Court and the

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Municipal council

The

of Åmot is made up of 19 representatives that are elected to four year terms. The

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breakdown of the council is as follows:

Mayor

The mayors of Åmot (incomplete list): *2003-2011: Ole Gustav Narud ( Sp) *2011-2015: Espen André Kristiansen ( Ap) *2015-2019: Ole Gustav Narud ( 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 Rendalen 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 Bergset. Other villages in the municipality include Hanestad, Otn ...

, to the east by

, to the south by

Elverum is a municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Østerdalen. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Elverum. Other settlements in the municipality include Heradsbygd, Sørskog ...

, to the southwest by

Hamar Hamar is a town in Hamar Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. Hamar is the administrative centre of Hamar Municipality. It is located in the traditional region of Hedmarken. The town is located on the shores of Mjøsa, Norway's largest lake ...

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 ...

, and in the west by

Stor-Elvdal Stor-Elvdal 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 Koppang. Other villages in the municipality include Atna, Evenst ...

. The

Renaelva The Rena or Renaelva is a river in Innlandet county, Norway. The long river runs through Rendalen and Åmot municipalities in Innlandet county. This river is a tributary of the large river Glomma. Kjøllsæter Bridge connects the east and west ...

and

Julussa Julussa is a river in Innlandet county, Norway. The river flows through the Julussdalen valley in the municipalities of Elverum and Åmot. The river begins at the lake Bergesjøen which sits at an elevation of above sea level. From Bergesjøen ...

rivers are both tributaries of the large river

, all three of which flow through Åmot. The Kjøllsæter Bridge crosses the river Renaelva, just north of its confluence with the Julussa river. The

Julussdalen Julussdalen is a small valley in Innlandet county, Norway. The valley runs through the municipalities of Elverum and Åmot as it follows the river Julussa, about east of the village of Rena. There are scattered settlements in the valley, especi ...

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 Tollef Hansen Kilde (17 July 1853 – 2 January 1947) was a Norwegian forest owner, business founder and politician. He was born in Åmot as a son of forest owner Hans Tollefsen Kilde (1822–1882) and Oline Grini (1827–1871). He attended Saga ...

(1853 in Åmot – 1947) a forest owner, politician and local Mayor ca.1900 * Hans Storhaug, 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 (1920 in Rena – 2008) a Norwegian author of children's literature * Ivar Nergaard (born 1964 in Rena) a Norwegian actor and writer * Stian Berget (born 1977 in Rena) a retired Norwegian footballer with almost 200 club caps *

Tuva Novotny Tuva Moa Matilda Karolina Novotny Hedström (born 21 December 1979) is a Swedish actress, director, and singer. She was born in Stockholm, and was raised in Åmot, Brunskog, outside Arvika. She is the daughter of Czech film director David Ja ...

(born 1979) a Swedish actress, director and singer; brought up in Åmot IMDb Database
retrieved 24 September 2020

References

External links

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Municipal fact sheet
from Statistics Norway {{DEFAULTSORT:Aamot Municipalities of Innlandet 1838 establishments in Norway