| Aurskog-Høland | |
| Idnumber: | 3226 |
| County: | Akershus |
| District: | Romerike |
| Capital: | Bjørkelangen |
| Language: | Bokmål |
| Demonyms: | Aurskoging/Urskæving Hølending |
| Munwebpage: | www.aurskog-holand.kommune.no |
| Flag: | Flag of Rømskog.gif |
| Mayor: | Gudbrand Kvaal |
| Mayor Party: | Sp |
| Mayor As Of: | 2019 |
| Area Rank: | 111 |
| Area Total Km2: | 962 |
| Area Land Km2: | 894 |
| Area Water Percent: | 0.30 |
| Population As Of: | 2004 |
| Population Rank: | 79 |
| Population Total: | 13199 |
| Populationpercent: | 0.29 |
| Population Density Km2: | 15 |
| Population Increase: | 7.3 |
| Coordinates: | 59.84°N 11.5683°W |
| Utm Zone: | 32V |
| Utm Northing: | 6636398 |
| Utm Easting: | 0643935 |
| Geo Cat: | adm2nd |
Aurskog-Høland is a municipality in Akershus county, Norway. It is part of the Romerike traditional region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Bjørkelangen. The municipality of Rømskog, in Østfold county was merged into Aurskog-Høland on 1 January 2020.
The new municipality of Aurskog-Høland was created on 1 January 1966 after the merger of the four old municipalities of Aurskog, Nordre Høland, Søndre Høland, and Setskog.
The name Aurskog comes from the old Ør farm (Old Norse: Aurr which means "gravel"). The last element is skog (Old Norse: skógr which means "wood" therefore the meaning of the full name is "the woods around the farm Aurr". Prior to 1918, the name was written "Urskog".
The name Høland is an old district name. The first element is høy which means "hay" and the last element is land which means "land".[1]
The coat-of-arms is from modern times. They were granted on 4 February 1983. The arms show a black European crayfish (Astacus astacus) on a gold background. It was derived from an older logo of the municipality. The logo showed a typical landscape of the area, a lake surrounded by woods and a crayfish in the lake. To place the whole composition in a shield to create the arms was not allowed according to Norwegian heraldic rules, so the crayfish was chosen as a symbol.[2] [3]
| Country background | Number | |
|---|---|---|
 Poland | 736 | |
 Lithuania | 259 | |
 Sweden | 148 | |
 Germany | 107 | |
| 107 | ||
 Thailand | 91 | |
 Eritrea | 88 | |
 Philippines | 86 | |
 Romania | 82 | |
 Pakistan | 79 | |
 Denmark | 64 | |
| 55 | ||
 Netherlands | 54 |
It is the biggest municipality in Akershus, covering 967km². Main villages are Aurskog and Bjørkelangen, of which the latter one is the administrative center. Forests cover much of the area, but there is very good farmland as well. The rivers of Haldenvassdraget and Hølandselva run through the district.
An important printing office, PDC Tangen AS and a crushing mill are situated here. Oslo is less than one hour's drive to the west.
The Think electric car was manufactured in Aurskog.
The following cities are twinned with Aurskog-Høland:[6]
- Kumla, Örebro County, Sweden
- Sipoo, Etelä-Suomi, Finland