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Marker, Norway

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This article is about a municipality in Østfold, Norway. For other uses, see Marker (disambiguation).
Marker Municipality
Marker kommune
Municipality
Flag of Marker Municipality
Flag
Coat of arms of Marker Municipality
Coat of arms
Østfold within Norway
Østfold within Norway
Marker within Østfold
Marker within Østfold
Coordinates: 59°30′40″N 11°37′42″E / 59.51111°N 11.62833°E / 59.51111; 11.62833
CountryNorway
CountyØstfold
DistrictSmaalenene
Administrative centreØrje
Government
 • Mayor (2003)Kjersti Nythe Nilsen (Ap)
Area
 • Total413 km2 (159 sq mi)
 • Land368 km2 (142 sq mi)
 • Rank#235 in Norway
Population
 (2004)
 • Total3,409
 • Rank#250 in Norway
 • Density9/km2 (20/sq mi)
 • Change (10 years)
Increase +2%
DemonymMarking[1]
Official language
[2]
 • Norwegian formBokmål
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 codeNO-3122[3]
WebsiteOfficial website
Data from Statistics Norway

Marker is a municipality in Østfold county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Ørje. Marker was created as a new municipality on 1 January 1964 following the merger of the two former municipalities of Rødenes and Øymark.

The municipality borders Sweden, Aurskog-Høland municipality in Akershus county, and Aremark, Eidsberg, Rakkestad, and Rømskog municipalities in Østfold county. European route E18 passes through the municipality.

The municipality's biggest attractions are the fortresses at Basmo and Ørje. Basmo Fortress lies on an isolated mountain outcrop between lakes Rødenessjøen and Hemnessjøen in the northwestern part of the municipality.

General information

Name

The Norse form of the name was Markir, which is the plural form of mǫrk f 'woodland, borderland' (see > March).

Coat-of-arms

Marker's coat-of-arms dates from modern times, having been granted on 16 April 1982. The arms show two white-colored trunk-hooks on a blue background. They are a type of hook, normally on a long pole, used to drive tree trunks through the rivers. The main economic activity in the municipality is forestry, hence the use of the hooks. The two hooks also represent the two villages (and former municipalities) of Rødenes and Øymark.[4]

See also: Coats-of-arms of Åsnes, Fet, Jondal, and Nordre Land.
Rødenes church

Rødenes church

Rødenes church (Rødenes kirke) is a medieval-era church in the Rødenes parish of Marker. It belongs to Østre Borgesyssel deanery in the Church of Norway's Borg Diocese. The building, which is of Romanesque architectural style and dates from 1230, has a rectangular nave and a lower and narrower choir. The oaken pulpit dates from the 1600s and the altarpiece from the 1720s. The edifice is of stone and brick. The floorplan is long and has room for 240 seats. The church underwent extensive reconstruction in the years 1703–1709 and again in 1949–1952.[5] [6]

Minorities

Number of minorities (1st and 2nd generation) in Marker by country of origin in 2020[7]
Ancestry Number
 Sweden 71
 Poland 51
 Somalia 33
 Thailand 15
 Kosovo 14

Notable people

Gallery

  • Feiring av Dronningens hjemkomst; DS Turisten
    Feiring av Dronningens hjemkomst; DS Turisten
  • Brannvakttårnet på Linnekleppen
    Brannvakttårnet på Linnekleppen
  • Sommer og dampbåt
    Sommer og dampbåt
  • At the border of Norway & Sweden
    At the border of Norway & Sweden

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. ^ "Rødenes kirke". Den Norkse Kirke. Retrieved October 1, 2016.
  6. ^ "Østre Borgesyssel prosti". arkivportalen. Retrieved October 1, 2016.
  7. ^ "Immigrants and Norwegian-born to immigrant parents, by immigration category, country background and percentages of the population". ssb.no. Archived from the original on 2 July 2015. Retrieved 3 October 2020.
  8. ^ IMDb Database retrieved 10 March 2021

External links

Wikivoyage has a travel guide for Marker.
This page was last edited on 8 January 2024, at 19:17
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