Åmot is a

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county,

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. It is located in the traditional district of

Østerdalen Østerdalen () is a valley and Districts of Norway, 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. Østerdalen is often subdivide ...

. The

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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. The village is located about south of the village of Rena, the municipal centre. The village of Åsta lies at the confluence of the rivers Åsta and Glomma. The Norwegian ...

, Osneset, and Snippen. The municipality is the 72nd largest by area out of the 357 municipalities in Norway. Åmot is the 200th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 4,205. The municipality's

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is and its population has decreased by 3.7% over the previous 10-year period.

General information

The

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

formannskapsdistrikt () was the name of a Norwegian self-governing municipality. The name was used from the establishment these municipalities in 1838 until the name fell out of use in 1863. The municipalities had their legal basis from two laws enacted on 14 Jan ...

law). In 1880, the Nordre Osen area of

Trysil Municipality Trysil is a List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is located in the Traditional districts of Norway, traditional district of Østerdalen. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Inn ...

(population: 302) was transferred into Åmot Municipality. The municipal borders have not changed since that time. Historically, the municipality was part of

Hedmark Hedmark () was a Counties of Norway, county in Norway from 1 January 1919 to 31 December 2019, bordering Trøndelag to the north, Oppland to the west, Akershus to the south, and Sweden to the east. The county administration is in Hamar. Hedmar ...

county. On 1 January 2020, the municipality became a part of the newly-formed

county (after

and

Oppland Oppland is a former county in Norway which existed from 1781 until its dissolution on 1 January 2020. The old Oppland county bordered the counties of Trøndelag, Møre og Romsdal, Sogn og Fjordane, Buskerud, Akershus, Oslo and Hedmark. The ...

counties were merged).

Name

The municipality (originally the

) is named after the old ''Åmot'' farm () since the first

Åmot Church Åmot Church () is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Åmot Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is located in the village of Rena. It is the church for the Åmot parish which is part of the Sør-Østerdal prosti (deanery) in t ...

was built there. The first element is which means "

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". The last element is which means "meeting" or "joint". Thus the name means the meeting of the rivers; in this case it is referring to the

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of the rivers

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and Rena. On 21 December 1917, a royal resolution enacted the 1917 Norwegian language reforms. Prior to this change, the name was spelled ''Aamot'' with the

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" Aa", and after this reform, the name was spelled ''Åmot'', using the letter Å instead.

Coat of arms

The

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was granted on 26 February 1988. The official

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is ''"

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, three axes

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Or"'' (). This means the arms have a green

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(background) and the

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is a set of three

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s. The charge has a

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of Or which means it is commonly colored yellow, but if it is made out of metal, then gold is used. The design symbolizes 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 skidder, skidding, on-site processing, and loading of trees or trunk (botany), logs onto logging truck, trucksJohn Digernes. The municipal flag has the same design as the coat of arms.

Churches

The

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

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) in the

Diocese of Hamar The Diocese of Hamar () 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 Municipality in Akershus county. Administratively, the diocese is divided into 1 ...

Education

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

Government

Åmot Municipality is responsible for

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(through 10th grade), outpatient

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services,

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and other

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, and municipal

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s and utilities. The municipality is governed by a

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of directly elected representatives. The

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by a vote of the municipal council. The municipality is under the jurisdiction of the Østre Innlandet District Court and the

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Municipal council

The

of Åmot Municipality is made up of 19 representatives that are elected to four year terms. The tables below show the current and historical composition of the council by political

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Mayor

The

() of Åmot Municipality is the political leader of the municipality and the chairperson of the municipal council. Here is a list of people who have held this position: *1838–1839: Ole Bryhnie *1840–1844: Andreas Wulfsberg Dircks *1845–1845: Ole Bryhnie *1846–1847: Peder Alme *1848–1849: Jens Hals *1850–1851: Johannes Øgle *1852–1855: Adolf Iversen Glomstad *1856–1857: Ivar Almus *1858–1863: Andreas Knudsen *1864–1867: Adolf Iversen Glomstad *1868–1873: Hans Heggen *1874–1877: Haaken Knudsen Skramstad *1878–1881: Haaken Øgle *1882–1884: Haaken Knudsen Skramstad ( V) *1885–1889: Haaken Øgle ( V) *1890–1893: Tollef Kilde ( V) *1894–1896: Ole S. Aaset ( MV) *1897–1898: Olav Nergaard ( V) *1899–1901: Ole S. Aaset ( MV) *1901–1904: Olav Nergaard ( V) *1905–1910: Tollef Kilde ( V) *1911–1919: Haakon Bolstad ( ArbDem) *1920–1923: Johan Næss ( ArbDem) *1923–1925: Eivind Petershagen ( NKP) *1926–1940: Ole Hermansen ( NKP) *1941–1943: Peder Edvard Vorum ( NS) *1943–1945: Karsten Rosenberg ( NS) *1945–1947: Eivind Petershagen ( NKP) *1947–1959: Ludvig Johansen ( Ap) *1959–1975: Bjørn Bakke ( Ap) *1975–1987: Kåre Halvorsen ( SV) *1987–1991: Per L. Gundersen ( Ap) *1991–1993: Vivi Nysveen Østerås ( SV) *1994–1999: Åse Grønlien Østmoe ( Sp) *1999–2003: Per L. Gundersen ( Ap) *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

Rendalen Municipality 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, Otne ...

, to the east by

, to the south by

Elverum Municipality Elverum () is a List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is located in the Traditional districts of Norway, traditional district of Østerdalen. The administrative centre of the municipality is the Elverum ( ...

, to the southwest by

Hamar Municipality Hamar Municipality (; ) is a List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is located in the Traditional districts of Norway, traditional district of Hedemarken. The administrative centre of the municipality is th ...

and

Ringsaker Municipality Ringsaker () is a List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is located in the Traditional districts of Norway, traditional district of Hedmarken. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Br ...

, and in the west by

Stor-Elvdal Municipality Stor-Elvdal is a List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is located in the Traditional districts of Norway, traditional district of Østerdalen. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village o ...

. The

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

and

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

rivers are both tributaries of the large river

, all three of which flow through Åmot. The

Kjøllsæter Bridge The Kjøllsæter Bridge () 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 large military training ar ...

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 Elverum Municipality and Åmot Municipality as it follows the river Julussa, about east of the village of Rena. There are scattered settlements in the valley, e ...

valley follows the river Julussa through the municipality. The highest point in the municipality is the tall mountain Hemmelkampen, a

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on the border of Åmot Municipality,

, and

Population

Notable people

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

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

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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 Municipality as a son of forest owner Hans Tollefsen Kilde (1822–1882) and Oline Grini (1827–1871). He ...

(1853 in Åmot – 1947), a forest owner, politician, and local Mayor ca.1900 * Hans Storhaug, MM, DSM (1915 in Rena – 1995), a

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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 Municipality, in modest conditions, and suffered from poor health during much of his childhood. He became a prodi ...

(1918 in Åmot – 2005), a Norwegian folk singer, composer, and writer * Anne-Cath. Vestly (1920 in Rena – 2008), an author of children's literature *

Ivar Nergaard Ivar Nergaard (born July 13, 1964) is a Norwegians, Norwegian actor and writer, born in Rena, Norway. Career Nergaard has performed in several venues, including the Trøndelag Teater, Trøndelag Theater, and has had roles in the television serie ...

(born 1964 in Rena), an actor and writer *

Stian Berget Stian Berget (born 2 June 1977) is a retired Norway, Norwegian football (soccer), footballer. He hails from Rena, Norway, Rena and played for Hamarkameratene, Ham-Kam from 1996 to 1999, then Lillestrøm SK before joining Nybergsund IL ahead of ...

(born 1977 in Rena), a retired footballer with almost 200 club caps *

Tuva Novotny Tuva Matilda Moa Karolina Novotny (née Hedström; born 21 December 1979), also known as Tuva Novotny-Hedström, is a Swedish actress and director. Early life and education Tuva Matilda Moa Karolina Hedström was born on 21 December 1979 in Sto ...

(born 1979), a Swedish actress, director and singer; brought up in Åmot. Retrieved 2020-09-24.

References

External links

Municipal fact sheet
from

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