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on 1 January 1902. Rømskog was well known as one of the smallest municipalities in Norway, in numbers of citizens, with just above 600 citizens. The word "skog" means "forest" in Norwegian, and that is what Rømskog consists of together with the agricultural landscape. Farms and huge / deep forests and small lakes like the lake of

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. Deep forests that Rømskog shares with the neighbouring municipalities across the border of

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is a hill in Rømskog, and is the highest point in former Østfold county at . At January 1. 2020 Rømskog merged with neighbouring

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kommune ( municipality)

General information

Name

The Old Norse form of the name was ''Rymsskógr''. The first element is the

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of the name of the lake ''Rymr'' (now

) and the last element is ''skógr'' which means " wood" or " forest". The meaning of the name ''Rymr'' is unknown.

Coat-of-arms

The coat-of-arms is from modern times. They were granted on 22 July 1983. The arms show a pair of silver

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tongs on a blue background. Since forestry is the main source of income for the municipality, it was considered an appropriate symbol.

References

External links

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Municipal fact sheet
from

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Romskog Municipalities of Østfold Villages in Østfold