Editing Eidskog (section)

==General information==
The municipality was established on 1 January 1864 when the old [[Vinger Municipality]] was divided in two: [[Vinger (municipality)|Vinger]] (population: 6,226) in the north and Eidskog (population: 6,920) in the south. On 1 January 1986, the northern part of the [[Åbogen]] area (population: 14) was transferred from [[Kongsvinger Municipality]] to Eidskog Municipality.<ref name="Dag">{{Cite web |last=Jukvam |first=Dag |year=1999 |title=Historisk oversikt over endringer i kommune- og fylkesinndelingen |url=http://www.ssb.no/emner/00/90/rapp_9913/rapp_9913.pdf |publisher=[[Statistics Norway|Statistisk sentralbyrå]] |language=no |isbn=9788253746845}}</ref>

===Name===
The municipality is named ''Eidskog'' ({{langx|non|Eiðaskógr}}) since it was an old name for the area. The first element is the [[plural]] [[genitive case]] of {{wikt-lang|non|eið}} which means "[[isthmus]]" or in this situation, a "path between two lakes". The first element is {{wikt-lang|non|skógr}} which means "[[wood]]s" or "[[forest]]". Thus the name means "the woods with the many {{lang|non|eiðs}}". (In historical times, people traveled in small boats on the lakes and the rivers, but they had to drag the boats over the {{lang|non|eids}}.)<ref>{{Cite book |last=Rygh |first=Oluf |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SZMOAAAAYAAJ |title=Norske gaardnavne: Hedmarkens amt |date=1900 |publisher=W. C. Fabritius & sønners bogtrikkeri |edition=3 |location=Kristiania, Norge |pages=218 |language=no |authorlink=Oluf Rygh}}</ref> Historically, the name of the municipality was spelled ''Eidskogen''. On 3 November 1917, a [[royal decree|royal resolution]] changed the spelling of the name of the municipality to ''Eidskog'', removing the [[Definite article|definite form]] ending ''-en''.<ref>{{Cite journal |year=1917 |title=Norsk Lovtidende. 2den Afdeling. 1917. Samling af Love, Resolutioner m.m |url=https://www.nb.no/items/URN:NBN:no-nb_digitidsskrift_2015102381014_001 |journal=[[Norsk Lovtidend]] |language=no |location=Kristiania, Norge |publisher=Grøndahl og Søns Boktrykkeri |pages=1057–1065}}</ref>

===Coat of arms===
The [[coat of arms]] was granted on 12 September 1986. The official [[blazon]] is ''"[[Argent]], a grouse [[Sable (heraldry)|sable]] [[regardant]] crested [[gules]]"'' ({{langx|no|I sølv en svart orrhane med hodet vendt bakover}}). This means the arms have a [[field (heraldry)|field]] (background) has a [[tincture (heraldry)|tincture]] of [[argent]] which means it is commonly colored white, but if it is made out of metal, then silver is used. The [[charge (heraldry)|charge]] is a [[black grouse]] with a red [[Comb (anatomy)|comb]]. The design was chosen since this type of bird is a common inhabitant of the many [[forest]]s in the municipality. [[Forestry]] is also one of the main sources of income in the area. The arms were designed by Stein Davidsen. The municipal flag has the same design as the coat of arms.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Civic heraldry of Norway - Norske Kommunevåpen |url=https://www.heraldry-wiki.com/heraldrywiki/index.php?title=NAME_NAME |access-date=2023-04-23 |publisher=Heraldry of the World}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Eidskog, Hedmark (Norway) |url=https://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/no-04-20.html |access-date=2023-04-23 |website=Flags of the World}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=1986-09-12 |title=Godkjenning av våpen og flagg |url=https://lovdata.no/dokument/LF/forskrift/1986-09-12-1840 |access-date=2023-04-23 |website=Lovdata.no |publisher=Norges kommunal- og arbeidsdepartementet |language=no}}</ref>

===Churches===
The [[Church of Norway]] has two parishes ({{lang|no|sokn}}) within the municipality of Eidskog. It is part of the [[Solør, Vinger og Odal prosti]] ([[deanery]]) in the [[Diocese of Hamar]].

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ style="font-size:medium"|'''''Churches in Eidskog'''''
!Parish ({{lang|no|sokn}})!!Church name!!Location of the church!!Year built
|-
|rowspan="2"|Eidskog||[[Eidskog Church]]||[[Matrand]]||1665
|-
|[[Magnor Church]]||[[Magnor]]||1923
|-
|rowspan="1"|Vestmarka||[[Vestmarka Church]]||[[Vestmarka, Innlandet|Vestmarka]]||1883
|}