Rømskog was a

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

Østfold Østfold () is a county in Eastern Norway, which from 1 January 2020 to 31 December 2023 was part of Viken. Østfold borders Akershus and southwestern Sweden (Västra Götaland County and Värmland), while Buskerud and Vestfold are on the other ...

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. The administrative centre of the municipality was the village of Rømskog. The former municipality of Rømskog was separated from

Rødenes Rødenes is a former municipality in the former Østfold county, Norway. The parish of ''Rødenæs'' was established as a municipality January 1, 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt). The district of Rømskog was separated from Rødenes as a municip ...

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

Rømsjøen Rømsjøen is a lake in Rømskog in Aurskog-Høland, Akershus, Norway. See also *List of lakes in Norway References

Rømskog Lakes of Akershus {{Norway-lake-stub ...

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

Sweden Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden, is a Nordic countries, Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. It borders Norway to the west and north, and Finland to the east. At , Sweden is the largest Nordic count ...

Slavasshøgda Slavasshøgda is a hill (elevation 336 meters), located in the Norwegian county Østfold, within the borders of the former municipality of Rømskog. It was the highest point in the region of Østfold See also * List of highest points of Norw ...

is a hill in Rømskog, and is the highest point in former

county at . At January 1. 2020 Rømskog merged with neighbouring

Aurskog-Høland Aurskog-Høland is a municipality in Akershus county, Norway. It is part of the Romerike traditional region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Bjørkelangen. The municipality of Rømskog, in Østfold county was m ...

kommune (

General information

Name

The

Old Norse Old Norse, also referred to as Old Nordic or Old Scandinavian, was a stage of development of North Germanic languages, North Germanic dialects before their final divergence into separate Nordic languages. Old Norse was spoken by inhabitants ...

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

genitive case In grammar, the genitive case ( abbreviated ) is the grammatical case that marks a word, usually a noun, as modifying another word, also usually a noun—thus indicating an attributive relationship of one noun to the other noun. A genitive ca ...

of the name of the

lake A lake is often a naturally occurring, relatively large and fixed body of water on or near the Earth's surface. It is localized in a basin or interconnected basins surrounded by dry land. Lakes lie completely on land and are separate from ...

''Rymr'' (now

Rømsjøen Rømsjøen is a lake in Rømskog in Aurskog-Høland, Akershus, Norway. See also *List of lakes in Norway References

Rømskog Lakes of Akershus {{Norway-lake-stub ...

) and the last element is ''skógr'' which means "

wood Wood is a structural tissue/material found as xylem in the stems and roots of trees and other woody plants. It is an organic materiala natural composite of cellulosic fibers that are strong in tension and embedded in a matrix of lignin t ...

" or "

forest A forest is an ecosystem characterized by a dense ecological community, community of trees. Hundreds of definitions of forest are used throughout the world, incorporating factors such as tree density, tree height, land use, legal standing, ...

". The meaning of the name ''Rymr'' is unknown.

Coat-of-arms

The

coat-of-arms A coat of arms is a heraldic visual design on an escutcheon (i.e., shield), surcoat, or tabard (the last two being outer garments), originating in Europe. The coat of arms on an escutcheon forms the central element of the full heraldic achiev ...

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

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, truckstongs Tongs are a type of tool used to grip and lift objects instead of holding them directly with hands. There are many forms of tongs adapted to their specific use. Design variations include resting points so that the working end of the tongs d ...

on a blue background. Since

forestry Forestry is the science and craft of creating, managing, planting, using, conserving and repairing forests and woodlands for associated resources for human and Natural environment, environmental benefits. Forestry is practiced in plantations and ...

is the main source of income for the municipality, it was considered an appropriate symbol.

References

External links

* *
Municipal fact sheet
from

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Romskog Aurskog-Høland Former municipalities of Norway Villages in Østfold