Hedmarken (, ; known as Hedemarken until 2003) is a traditional district in Innlandet county in Eastern Norway.
Hedmarken consists of the municipalities Stange, Hamar, Løten, and Ringsaker. In the past, it also contained the former municipalities of Romedal, Vang, Furnes, and Nes, but those municipalities were merged into Hamar, Stange, and Ringsaker during the 20th century. Traditionally, it also included Gjøvik Municipality on the other side of the lake, but this is no longer the case. The old county of Hedmark was named after the district of Hedmarken, but the county included several other districts as well, namely ÃÂsterdalen and GlÃÂ¥mdalen (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 . The first element is , the name of an old Germanic tribe and is related to the word which means "moorland". The last element is ' which means "woodland", "borderland", or "march". "In Hedmarken" is translated pÃÂ¥ Hedmarken which literally means "on Hedmarken".
In the early Viking Age, before Harald Fairhair, Hedmarken was a petty kingdom, part of the Eidsivating. Kings of Hedmarken included: