Editing Rømskog

{{Infobox kommune
| name               = Rømskog
|former = yes
| native_name        =
| native_name_lang   =
| other_name         =
| official_name      =
| idnumber           = 0121
| image_skyline      = 
| county             = Østfold
| district           = Smaalenene
| capital            = Rømskog
| language           = [[Bokmål]]
| coatofarms         = Rømskog komm.svg
| demonym            = Rømsking
| munwebpage         = www.romskog.kommune.no
| mayor              = Nils Nilssen 
| mayor_party        = [[Norwegian Labour Party|Ap]]
| mayor_as_of        = 2007
| area_rank          = 340
| area_total_km2     = 183
| area_land_km2      = 159
| area_water_percent = 0.06
| population_as_of   = 2008
| population_rank    = 420
| population_total   = 649
| populationpercent  = 0.01
| population_density_km2 = 4
| population_increase    = 4.5
| coordinates        = {{coord|59|42|52|N|11|48|31|E|region:NO|display=inline,title}}
| utm_zone = 32V | utm_northing = 6622962 | utm_easting = 0657989 | geo_cat = adm2nd
}}

'''Rømskog''' was a [[Municipalities of Norway|municipality]] in [[Østfold]] [[Counties of Norway|county]], [[Norway]].  The administrative centre of the municipality was the village of Rømskog. The former municipality of Rømskog was separated from [[Rødenes]] on 1 January 1902.

Rømskog was well known as one of the smallest municipalities in Norway, in numbers of citizens, with just above 600 citizens.

The word "skog" means "forest" in [[Norwegian language|Norwegian]], and that is what Rømskog consists of together with the agricultural landscape. Farms and huge / deep forests and small lakes like the lake of [[Rømsjøen]]. Deep forests that Rømskog shares with the neighbouring municipalities across the border of [[Sweden]].

[[Slavasshøgda]] is a hill in Rømskog, and is the highest point in former [[Østfold]] county at {{convert|336|m|ft|0}}.

At January 1. 2020 Rømskog merged with neighbouring [[Aurskog-Høland]] [[Township|kommune]] ([[List of municipalities of Norway|municipality]]).

==General information==
===Name===
The [[Old Norse]] form of the name was ''Rymsskógr''. The first element is the [[genitive case]] of the name of the [[lake]] ''Rymr'' (now [[Rømsjøen]]) and the last element is ''skógr'' which means "[[wood]]" or "[[forest]]".  The meaning of the name ''Rymr'' is unknown.

===Coat-of-arms===
The [[Coat of arms|coat-of-arms]] is from modern times.  They were granted on 22 July 1983.  The arms show a pair of silver [[logging]] [[tongs]] on a blue background. Since [[forestry]] is the main source of income for the municipality, it was considered an appropriate symbol.<ref>{{cite web|author=Norske Kommunevåpen|year=1990|title=Nye kommunevåbener i Norden|url=http://www.ngw.nl/int/nor/r/romskog.htm|accessdate=2008-12-15}}</ref>  {{see also|Nord-Odal#Coat-of-arms}}

{| style="float: center;" class="wikitable"
|+ '''Number of minorities (1st and 2nd generation) in Rømskog by country of origin in 2017'''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ssb.no/statistikkbanken/selectvarval/Define.asp?subjectcode=&ProductId=&MainTable=FolkInnvkatLand&nvl=&PLanguage=1&nyTmpVar=true&CMSSubjectArea=befolkning&KortNavnWeb=innvbef&StatVariant=&checked=true |title= Immigrants and Norwegian-born to immigrant parents, by immigration category, country background and percentages of the population|language=English |publisher=ssb.no |accessdate=24 June 2017}}</ref>
 
|-
! style="background:#efefef;"|Ancestry
! style="background:#efefef;"|Number
|-
| {{flag|Sweden}}||17
|-
| {{flag|Netherlands}}||14
|}

==References==
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==External links==
*{{commons category-inline|Rømskog}}
*{{wiktionary-inline|Rømskog}}
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20071001001245/http://www.ssb.no/english/municipalities/0121 Municipal fact sheet] from [[Statistics Norway]]
*{{wikivoyage inline|Østfold}}

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[[Category:Aurskog-Høland]]
[[Category:Former municipalities of Norway]]
[[Category:Villages in Østfold]]