Aremark is a

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. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Fosby. Aremark was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (see

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). The new municipality of Øymark was separated from Aremark on 1 July 1903.

General information

Name

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

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of the name of the lake ''Ari'' (now Aremarksjøen). (The name of the lake is probably derived from ''ari'' which means "

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", thus "eagle lake".) The last element is ''mǫrk'' f 'woodland, borderland' (see

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Coat-of-arms

The coat-of-arms is from modern times. They were granted on 7 November 1986. The arms show two blue-colored elk on a silver background. The elk was chosen as a symbol because of the large

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s and the many animals in the area.

Economy

Farming Agriculture encompasses crop and livestock production, aquaculture, and forestry for food and non-food products. Agriculture was a key factor in the rise of sedentary human civilization, whereby farming of domesticated species created ...

and

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are the two top components of Aremark's economy.

Culture

Every two years in Aremark there is a relatively large festival: ''Elgfestivalen'' ( elk

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). It is held in a festivity area at Kirkeng Camping. It has been arranged every two years since September 1998. The festival begins Friday afternoon and lasts until Sunday afternoon.

Religion

There are two chapels/churches in Aremark. Aremark church, which is located near Kirkeng(Church meadow), and Holmgil chapel in Bjørkebekk (Birch creek).

Television

Aremark has been used in several movie titles and in

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. The Norwegian movies ''"Folk flest bor i Kina"'' (Most people live in China) and ''"Celofan"'' are both filmed in the municipality. The reality show ''"Farmen"'' is filmed at ''Bøensæther husmannsplass'' close to Marker.

Sister cities

The following cities are twinned with Aremark: * - Dzērbene, Cēsis district,

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Notable people

* Hieronymus Heyerdahl (1773 in Aremark – 1847) a Norwegian minister and politician * Ludvig Ludvigsen Daae (1834 in Aremark – 1910) a Norwegian historian, author and professor * Kristofer Randers (1851 in Aremark – 1917) a Norwegian poet and theatre critic * Ole Hallesby (1879 in Aremark – 1961) a conservative Lutheran theologian and author * Ole Svendsen Iglerød (1784 in Aremark – 1872) a Norwegian soldier, farmer and politician * Eyolf Soot (1859 in Aremark – 1928) a Norwegian painter * Olaf Johannessen (1886 in Aremark – 1943) a Norwegian rifle shooter, twice team silver medallist and team bronze medallist at the

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* Ruth Vatvedt Fjeld (born 1948 in Aremark) a Norwegian linguist and academic * Henriette Jæger (born 2003 in Aremark) a Norwegian track and field athlete, a national champion and a participant at the

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Gallery

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References

External links

Municipal fact sheet
from

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Municipal website
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