Marker, Norway

Marker kommune
Municipality

Coat of arms
Østfold within
Norway

Marker within Østfold
Coordinates: 59°30′40″N 11°37′42″E / 59.51111°N 11.62833°E / 59.51111; 11.62833Coordinates: 59°30′40″N 11°37′42″E / 59.51111°N 11.62833°E / 59.51111; 11.62833
Country Norway
County Østfold
District Smaalenene
Administrative centre Ørje
Government
 • Mayor (2003) Kjersti Nythe Nilsen (Ap)
Area
 • Total 413 km2 (159 sq mi)
 • Land 368 km2 (142 sq mi)
Area rank #235 in Norway
Population (2004)
 • Total 3,409
 • Rank #250 in Norway
 • Density 9/km2 (20/sq mi)
 • Change (10 years) 2.0%
Demonym(s) Marking[1]
Time zone UTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 code NO-0119
Official language form Bokmål
Website www.marker.kommune.no
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.[2]

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 atchitectural 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.[3] [4]

Minorities

Number of minorities (1st and 2nd generation) in Marker by country of origin in 2015[5]
Ancestry Number
 Sweden74
 Poland37
 Somalia25
 Lithuania17
 Thailand14

References

  1. ↑ "Navn på steder og personer: Innbyggjarnamn" (in Norwegian). Språkrådet. Retrieved 2015-12-01.
  2. ↑ Norske Kommunevåpen (1990). "Nye kommunevåbener i Norden". Retrieved 2008-12-15.
  3. ↑ "Rødenes kirke". Den Norkse Kirke. Retrieved October 1, 2016.
  4. ↑ "Østre Borgesyssel prosti". arkivportalen. Retrieved October 1, 2016.
  5. ↑ "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 29 June 2015.
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