Hedmark County, Norway Genealogy

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Hedmark is a county in Norway, bordering Sør-Trøndelag, Oppland and Akershus. The county administration is in Hamar.

Hedmark makes up the northeastern part of Østlandet, the southeastern part of the country. It includes a long part of the borderline with Sweden, Dalarna County and Värmland County. Geographically, Hedmark is in the traditional sense divided in the following areas: Hedemarken, east of Mjøsa, Østerdalen, north of Elverum, and Glåmdalen, south of Elverum. Hedmark and Oppland are the only Norwegian counties with no coastline. Hedmark also hosted some of the 1994 Winter Olympic Games.

Hedmark is one of the less urbanized areas in Norway, as about half of the inhabitants live on rural land. Population is mainly concentrated in the rich agricultural district adjoining Mjøsa to the southeast. The county's extensive forests supply much of Norway's timber. Logs were previously floated down Glomma to the coast but are now transported by truck and train.

Family History Resources
Hedemark Historielag

Government Offices and Sites

 * Hedmark, Information

Cemeteries
Cemeteries in Hedmark County

Censuses

 * 1660 Census for Hedmark County

Military Records
Roll av Østerdalske Kompani

Passenger Lists
Emigrantar over Bergen frå Austlandet

Probate Records
Register: Clerical Records for Hedmark and Østerdalen 1695-1777

Clerical Records for Hedmark and Østerdalen 1695-1777

Probate Jurisdictions
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