Øymark is a former municipality in
Østfold county,
Norway. It was originally a part of
Aremark formannskapsdistrikt (from 1837), but on
July 1,
1903 Øymark was separated from Aremark to form a separate municipality. At that point Øymark had a population of 1 832.
On January 1, 1964 Øymark was merged with Rødenes to form the new municipality Marker. Before the merger Øymark had a population of 2 091.
The name
The
Norse form of the name was
Øyjamörk. The first element is (probably) the genitive case of the old name of
Øymarksjøen (Norse
*Øyi), the last element is
mörk f 'woodland, borderland'. The old name of the lake is derived from
øy f 'flat and fertil land along a waterside'.
Until 1918 the name was written Ømark.