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Åmot Municipality Åmot kommune
Municipality
Aamot herred  (historic name)
View of the Old Nordre Osen Church
FlagCoat of arms
Innlandet within Norway
Åmot within Innlandet
Coordinates: 61°8′47″N 11°24′57″E / 61.14639°N 11.41583°E / 61.14639; 11.41583
Country	Norway
County	Innlandet
District	Østerdalen
Established	1 January 1838
• Created as	Formannskapsdistrikt
Administrative centre	Rena
Government
• Mayor (2019)	Ole Erik Hørstad (H)
Area
• Total	1,339.93 km (517.35 sq mi)
• Land	1,293.32 km (499.35 sq mi)
• Water	46.59 km (17.99 sq mi)  3.5%
• Rank	#72 in Norway
Population
• Total	4,213
• Rank	#197 in Norway
• Density	3.3/km (9/sq mi)
• Change (10 years)	−4%
Demonym	Åmoting
Official language
• Norwegian form	Bokmål
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 code	NO-3422
Website	Official website
Data from Statistics Norway

Åmot is a municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Østerdalen. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Rena. Other villages in the municipality include Åsta, Osneset, and Snippen.

The 1,340-square-kilometre (520 sq mi) municipality is the 72nd largest by area out of the 356 municipalities in Norway. Åmot is the 197th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 4,213. The municipality's population density is 3.3 inhabitants per square kilometre (8.5/sq mi) and its population has decreased by 4% over the previous 10-year period.

General information

The parish of Aamot (later spelled Åmot) was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt law). In 1880, the Nordre Osen area of Trysil (population: 302) was transferred into Åmot municipality.

Name

The municipality (originally the parish) is named after the old Åmot farm (Old Norse: Ámót) since the first Åmot Church was built there. The first element is á which means "river". The last element is mót which means "meeting" or "joint". Thus the name means the meeting of the rivers; in this case it is referring to the confluence of the rivers Glomma and Rena. On 21 December 1917, a royal resolution enacted the 1917 Norwegian language reforms. Prior to this change, the name was spelled Aamot with the digraph "Aa", and after this reform, the name was spelled Åmot, using the letter Å instead.

Coat of arms

The coat of arms was granted on 26 February 1988. The official blazon is "Vert, three axes palewise Or" (Norwegian: I grønt tre opprette gull økser, 2-1). This means the arms have a green field (background) and the charge is a set of three axes. The charge has a tincture of Or which means it is commonly colored yellow, but if it is made out of metal, then gold is used. The design symbolizes the importance and history of the logging industry in the area. For hundreds of years, forestry, together with agriculture, has been the most important source of income in the municipality. The ax that is in the design is called a running axe or narrow axe. It was used by log drivers when they had to chain logs together for transport. The arms were designed by John Digernes. The municipal flag has the same design as the coat of arms.

Churches

The Church of Norway has three parishes (sokn) within the municipality of Åmot. It is part of the Sør-Østerdal prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Hamar.

Education

Åmot has four schools: Åmot Ungdomsskole (Åmot Lower secondary school), Rena Barneskole, Deset Oppvekstsenter, and Osen Oppvekstsenter.

Government

Åmot Municipality is responsible for primary education (through 10th grade), outpatient health services, senior citizen services, welfare and other social services, zoning, economic development, and municipal roads and utilities. The municipality is governed by a municipal council of directly elected representatives. The mayor is indirectly elected by a vote of the municipal council. The municipality is under the jurisdiction of the Østre Innlandet District Court and the Eidsivating Court of Appeal.

Municipal council

The municipal council (Kommunestyre) of Åmot is made up of 19 representatives that are elected to four year terms. The tables below show the current and historical composition of the council by political party.

Mayor

Number of minorities (1st and 2nd generation) in Åmot by country of origin in 2017

Ancestry	Number
Lithuania	60
Poland	29
Germany	28
Eritrea	24
Sweden	23

This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (April 2023)

The mayors (Norwegian: ordfører) of Åmot (incomplete list):

• 1923-1925: Eivind Petershagen (NKP)
• 1926-1940: Ole Hermansen (NKP)
• 1945-1947: Eivind Petershagen (NKP)
• 1976-1988: Kåre Halvorsen (SV)
• 1988-1990: Per L. Gundersen (Ap)
• 1992-1993: Vivi Nysveen Østerås (SV)
• 1994-1999: Åse Grønlien Østmoe (Sp)
• 1999-2003: Per L. Gundersen (Ap)
• 2003-2011: Ole Gustav Narud (Sp)
• 2011-2015: Espen André Kristiansen (Ap)
• 2015-2019: Ole Gustav Narud (Sp)
• 2019–present: Ole Erik Hørstad (H)

Geography

Åmot is located in the east-central part of Innlandet county. It is bordered to the north by the municipality of Rendalen, to the east by Trysil, to the south by Elverum, to the southwest by Hamar and Ringsaker, and in the west by Stor-Elvdal.

The Renaelva and Julussa rivers are both tributaries of the large river Glomma, all three of which flow through Åmot. The Kjøllsæter Bridge crosses the river Renaelva, just north of its confluence with the Julussa river. The Julussdalen valley follows the river Julussa through the municipality.

Notable people

• Vilhelm Uchermann (1852 in Åmot – 1929), a physician who was Norway's first otorhinolaryngologist
• Tollef Kilde (1853 in Åmot – 1947), a forest owner, politician, and local Mayor ca.1900
• Hans Storhaug, MM, DSM (1915 in Rena – 1995), a Norwegian resistance member during WWII
• Vidar Sandbeck (1918 in Åmot – 2005), a Norwegian folk singer, composer, and writer
• Anne-Cath. Vestly (1920 in Rena – 2008), a Norwegian author of children's literature
• Ivar Nergaard (born 1964 in Rena), a Norwegian actor and writer
• Stian Berget (born 1977 in Rena), a retired Norwegian footballer with almost 200 club caps
• Tuva Novotny (born 1979), a Swedish actress, director and singer; brought up in Åmot

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External links

• Media related to Åmot at Wikimedia Commons
• The dictionary definition of Åmot at Wiktionary
• Municipal fact sheet from Statistics Norway (in Norwegian)

v t e Innlandet county, Norway
Main article: Innlandet Capitals: Hamar; Lillehammer County government: Innlandet County Municipality County lists: County Governors Villages Churches
	Towns and cities	Lillehammer (1827) Hamar (1849) Kongsvinger (1854) Gjøvik (1861) Elverum (1996) Otta (2000) Fagernes (2007) Brumunddal (2010) Moelv (2010) Vinstra (2013)
	Municipalities	Gudbrandsdalen Dovre Gausdal Lesja Lillehammer Lom Nord-Fron Ringebu Sel Skjåk Sør-Fron Vågå Øyer Valdres Etnedal Nord-Aurdal Sør-Aurdal Vang Vestre Slidre Øystre Slidre Vestoppland Gjøvik Gran Nordre Land Søndre Land Vestre Toten Østre Toten Glåmdal Eidskog Grue Kongsvinger Nord-Odal Sør-Odal Våler Åsnes Hedmarka Hamar Løten Ringsaker Stange Østerdalen Alvdal Elverum Engerdal Folldal Os Rendalen Stor-Elvdal Tolga Trysil Tynset Åmot
	Former Municipalities in Innlandet Hedmark   Brandval (1867-1964) Furnes (1891-1964) Hof (1838-1963) Kvikne (1838-1966) Nes (1838-1964) Rendal (1838-1880) Romedal (1838-1964) Sollia (1864-1965) Tolga-Os (1966-1976) Vang (1838-1992) Vinger (1838-1964) Ytre Rendal (1880-1965) Øvre Rendal (1880-1965) Aasnes og Vaaler (1849-1854) Oppland   Biri (1838-1964) Brandbu (1897-1962) Eina (1908-1964) Fluberg (1914-1962) Fron (1838-1851, 1966-1977) Fåberg (1838-1964) Heidal (1908-1965) Kolbu (1908-1964) Land (1838-1847) Slidre (1838-1849) Snertingdal (1910-1964) Sollia (1864-1965) Torpa (1914-1962) Vardal (1838-1964) Vestre Gausdal (1879-1962) Østre Gausdal (1879-1962) Note: The former counties of Hedmark and Oppland were merged to form Innlandet on 1 January 2020.

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