| Hedmarken | |
| Settlement Type: | District |
| Seat Type: | Urban centre |
| Seat: | Hamar |
| Area Total Km2: | 2725 |
| Population Total: | 91015 |
| Population As Of: | 2015 |
| Population Demonym: | Hemarking Heimarking |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Norway |
| Subdivision Type1: | County |
| Subdivision Name1: | Innlandet |
| Subdivision Type2: | Region |
| Subdivision Name2: | Austlandet |
Hedmarken consists of the municipalities Stange, Hamar, Løten, and Ringsaker. In the past, it also contained the municipalities of Romedal, Vang, Furnes, and Nes, but those municipalities were merged into Hamar, Stange, and Ringsaker during the 20th century.[2] Traditionally, it also included Gjøvik on the other side of the lake, but this is no longer the case.[3] The old county of Hedmark was named after the district of Hedmarken, but the county included several other districts as well, namely Østerdalen and Glåmdalen (Solør, Odalen and Vinger).
The district is dominated by rolling agricultural terrain, hilly green mountains, and pine forests.
The Old Norse form of the name was Norse, Old: Heiðmǫrk. The first element is Norse, Old: heiðnir, the name of an old Germanic tribe and is related to the word Norse, Old: heið which means "moorland". The last element is mǫrk which means "woodland", "borderland", or "march". (See also Telemark and Finnmark.)[4]
"In Hedmarken" is translated på Hedmarken which literally means "on Hedmarken".[5]
In the early Viking Age, before Harald Fairhair, Hedmarken was a petty kingdom, part of the Eidsivating. Kings of Hedmarken included: