Marker, Norway Explained

Marker
Idnumber:3122
County:Østfold
District:Smaalenene
Capital:Ørje
Demonym:Marking
Language:Bokmål
Coatofarms:Marker komm.svg
Munwebpage:www.marker.kommune.no
Mayor Party:Ap
Mayor As Of:2003
Area Rank:235
Area Total Km2:413
Area Land Km2:368
Area Water Percent:0.13
Population As Of:2004
Population Rank:250
Population Total:3409
Populationpercent:0.07
Population Density Km2:9
Population Increase:2.0
Coordinates:59.5111°N 11.6283°W
Utm Zone:32V
Utm Northing:6599915
Utm Easting:0648750
Geo Cat:adm2nd

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.[1]

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.[2] [3]

Minorities

Number of minorities (1st and 2nd generation) in Marker by country of origin in 2020[4]
AncestryNumber
Sweden71
Poland51
Somalia33
Thailand15
14

Notable people

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Norske Kommunevåpen. 1990. Nye kommunevåbener i Norden. 2008-12-15.
  2. Web site: Rødenes kirke . Den Norkse Kirke. October 1, 2016.
  3. Web site: Østre Borgesyssel prosti. arkivportalen . October 1, 2016.
  4. Web site: Immigrants and Norwegian-born to immigrant parents, by immigration category, country background and percentages of the population. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20150702101705/https://www.ssb.no/statistikkbanken/selectvarval/Define.asp?subjectcode=&ProductId=&MainTable=FolkInnvkatLand&nvl=&PLanguage=1&nyTmpVar=true&CMSSubjectArea=befolkning&KortNavnWeb=innvbef&StatVariant=&checked=true. 2 July 2015. 3 October 2020. ssb.no. English.
  5. https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0410816/ IMDb Database