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This article is about the 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
CountryNorway
CountyØstfold
DistrictSmaalenene
Administrative centreØrje
Government
 • Mayor (2003)Kjersti Nythe Nilsen (Ap)
Area
 • Total
413 km2 (159 sq mi)
 • Land368 km2 (142 sq mi)
 • Rank#235 in Norway
Population
 (2004)
 • Total
3,409
 • 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-0119[3]
WebsiteOfficial website
Data from Statistics Norway

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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 after the merger of the two old municipalities of Rødenes and Øymark.

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

The biggest attractions in the municipality are Ørje Fortress and Basmo Fortress. Basmo Fortress lies on an isolated mountain outcropping between the 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

The coat-of-arms is from modern times. They were 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.
Number of minorities (1st and 2nd generation) in Marker by country of origin in 2015[5]
Ancestry Number
 Sweden 73
 Poland 34
 Somalia 31

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 29 June 2015.
  • Media related to Marker at Wikimedia Commons
  • The dictionary definition of Marker at Wiktionary
  • Municipal fact sheet from Statistics Norway
Wikivoyage has a travel guide for Østfold.
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