Rømskog

Rømskog Municipality
Rømskog kommune
Former municipality
Flag of Rømskog Municipality
Flag
Coat of arms of Rømskog Municipality
Coat of arms
Østfold within Norway
Østfold within Norway
Rømskog within Østfold
Rømskog within Østfold
Coordinates: 59°42′52″N 11°48′31″E / 59.71444°N 11.80861°E / 59.71444; 11.80861
CountryNorway
CountyØstfold
DistrictSmaalenene
Administrative centreRømskog
Government
 • Mayor (2007)Nils Nilssen (Ap)
Area
 (upon dissolution)
 • Total
183 km2 (71 sq mi)
 • Land159 km2 (61 sq mi)
 • Rank#340 in Norway
Population
 (2008)
 • Total
649
 • Rank#420 in Norway
 • Density4/km2 (10/sq mi)
 • Change (10 years)
Increase +4.5%
DemonymRømsking[1]
Official language
[2]
 • Norwegian formBokmål
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 codeNO-0121[3]
WebsiteOfficial website
Data from Statistics Norway

Rømskog was a municipality in Østfold county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality was the village of Rømskog. The former municipality of Rømskog was separated from Rødenes 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. Deep forests that Rømskog shares with the neighbouring municipalities across the border of Sweden.

Slavasshøgda is a hill in Rømskog, and is the highest point in former Østfold county at 336 metres (1,102 ft).

At January 1. 2020 Rømskog merged with neighbouring Aurskog-Høland kommune (municipality).

General information

Name

The Old Norse form of the name was Rymsskógr. The first element is the genitive case of the name of the lake Rymr (now Rømsjøen) 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 logging tongs on a blue background. Since forestry is the main source of income for the municipality, it was considered an appropriate symbol.[4]

See also: Nord-Odal § Coat-of-arms
Number of minorities (1st and 2nd generation) in Rømskog by country of origin in 2017[5]
Ancestry Number
 Sweden 17
 Netherlands 14

References

  1. ^ "Navn på steder og personer: Innbyggjarnamn" (in Norwegian). Språkrådet.
  2. ^ "Forskrift om målvedtak i kommunar og fylkeskommunar" (in Norwegian). Lovdata.no.
  3. ^ Bolstad, Erik; Thorsnæs, Geir, eds. (2023-01-26). "Kommunenummer". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget.
  4. ^ Norske Kommunevåpen (1990). "Nye kommunevåbener i Norden". Retrieved 2008-12-15.
  5. ^ "Immigrants and Norwegian-born to immigrant parents, by immigration category, country background and percentages of the population". ssb.no. Retrieved 24 June 2017.