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Contents
| Foreword by Roger Prang | 5 |
| "To Aremark" poem by Harald Solberg | 11 |
| Part 1 - Geology and nature | |
| Geology and natural resources by Dag Friberg | 13 |
| Vegetation and plant life by Marit Eriksen | 19 |
| Wildlife in Aremark by Geir Hardeng and Odd Lilleng | 27 |
| Hunting and fishing then and now by Gunnar Arvesen | 37 |
| Part 2 - Aremark in history | |
| Prehistoric times by Arild Pettersen | 65 |
| Aremark in the Middle Ages by Thore Aalborg | 101 |
| Hard hit by war | |
| by Gudbrand Mellbye and Roger Prang | 113 |
| The border with Sweden by Gudbrand Mellbye | 121 |
| The history of trails, roads, bridges and roadkeepers | |
| by Gudbrand Mellbye, Tore Paulsen-Næss and Arild Pettersen | 123 |
| Cloud stations by Gudbrand Mellbye | 135 |
| Sheriffs in 850 years by Gudbrand Mellbye | 139 |
| Customs in Aremark by Birger Dagrød | 147 |
| The post in Aremark by Thormod Akre | 155 |
| Telephone in Aremark by Dagny Haugen | 165 |
| Municipal divorce by Gudbrand Mellbye | 167 |
| The railroad that didn't come by Gudbrand Mellbye and Roger Prang | 171 |
| The power station was switched on in 1920 by Hans I. Storengen | 175 |
| During the occupation of Gudbrand Mellbye | 185 |
| Knots and charcoal were the fuel of the occupation | |
| by Gudbrand Mellbye | 197 |
| Royal visit by Roger Prang | 199 |
| Part 3 - The business community | |
| The forest in Aremark - from primeval forest to cultural forest by Dag Friberg | 201 |
| Aremark forest owner association by Kristine Aasgaard | 213 |
| Log driving in Aremark | |
| by Arild Pettersen, Ingvald Pettersen and Tore Paulsen-Næss | 219 |
| The boats in the watercourse by Tore Paulsen-Næss | 231 |
| The development of agriculture | |
| by Claus Larssen, Paul Smaadahl and Jostein Aasgaard | 235 |
| Aremark Bondelag by Sigmund Holth and Gunnar Ulsrød | 253 |
| Buying groups important for many farmers by Sigmund Holth | 273 |
| Aremark Hesteavlslag by Roger Prang | 275 |
| Rural slaughter and rural butchers by Åge Ulserød | 279 |
| Burning peat at Strømsmosen by Gudbrand Mellbye | 285 |
| The savings bank an important community factor for over 150 years | |
| by Thor Gudim and Tor Fjeld | 287 |
| The fur industry by Thor Østensvig | 299 |
| The Strømsfoss area was the center of Aremark | |
| by Gudbrand Mellbye and Tore Paulsen-Næss | 303 |
| Skolleborg mill by Nina Krafft Skolleborg | 309 |
| Trading business by Borghild Svarød and Borghild Tangen | 313 |
| Crafts of many kinds by Gudbrand Mellbye and Roger Prang | 318 |
| Important trucking industry by Thor Østensvig | 327 |
| Bus routes in Aremark by Helge Holene | 333 |
| Taxis in Aremark by Lise Barbro Whittingham | 343 |
| Part 4 - Social life | |
| Political parties in municipal elections from 1910 | |
| by Gudbrand Mellbye | 347 |
| Very municipal development after the war | |
| by Bernt Henrik Hansen, Jon Evert Vestbakke and Torbjørn Østensvig | 359 |
| Glimpses of the school system from the 1880s to 2004 | |
| by John Taiet and Bjarne Jørstad | 373 |
| Holtebrekke school - memories from a school time by Per Fr. Dahl | 375 |
| - The all-purpose building will be called Furulund! by Per Ole Pihlstrøm | 385 |
| Doctors and healthcare by Astri Selmer-Olsen | 399 |
| Aremark Sanitetsforening by Astri Selmer-Olsen | 407 |
| Aremark fire protection by Gudbrand Mellbye | 413 |
| The Home Guard in the local community by Gudbrand Mellbye | 419 |
| Part 5 - Christian life | |
| The churches in Aremark by Sissel Margrethe Børke | 423 |
| Priests in Aremark after the Reformation by Sissel Margrethe Børke | 431 |
| The churches in the village | |
| by Kari Bjørntvedt, Asbjørn Galborgen and Paul Smaadahl | 435 |
| Fostered six missionaries by Paul Smaadahl | 451 |
| Jens Olsen was the great mission house donor by Roger Prang | 457 |
| Part 6 - People's lives | |
| Life in a smallholding by Anna Helene Tobiassen | 459 |
| Dwellings and building practices through 250 years | |
| by Anna Helene Tobiassen | 475 |
| Settlement names in Aremark by Ivar Lund | 483 |
| About the Aremark dialect by Ruth Vatvedt Fjeld | 493 |
| Food traditions by Inger Lise Gløboden | 505 |
| Aremark Historical Society | |
| by Benedicte Bakken, Dag Due and Karsten Johannessen | 529 |
| Ole Ulsrøds Collections by Mari Kværner Ulsrød | 539 |
| Part 7 - Some personalities | |
| The Eidsvoll man Ole Svendsen Illerød by Bjørn Andersen | 543 |
| Aremark seen through the eyes of the parish priest | |
| by Trond H. F. Kasbo | 547 |
| Sigwardt Aspestrand, the unhappy genius by Roger Prang | 557 |
| Martha Østensvig - a life of genealogy | |
| by Thore Aalborg | 563 |
| Ole Hallesby's name known in many corners of the world | |
| by Ruth Vatvedt Fjeld | 567 |
| Ludvig Ørnelund by Roger Prang | 573 |
| Gudbrand Mellbye - predestined for sheriff by Roger Prang | 575 |
| Ole Ulsrød - the man with a thousand irons in the fire by Roger Prang | 581 |
| Ruth Vatvedt Fjeld by Roger Prang | 587 |
| Part 8 - Community life | |
| Aremark shooting team by Thormod Akre | 589 |
| Aremark Travlag by Roger Prang | 597 |
| Aremark rural youth team by Roger Prang and Ellen Vestby | 605 |
| Aremark Idrettsforening by Marianne Halvorsen and Roger Prang | 611 |
| Bjørkebekk Idrettsforening by Tore Kristiansen | 623 |
| NMK Aremark keeps going by Roger Prang | 625 |
| BMX riders have asserted themselves at the top of Halvor Edvardsen's game | 629 |
| Aremark Bygdekvinnelag by Turid F. Larssen | 633 |
| Aremark Hunting and Fishing Association by Gunnar Arvesen | 637 |
| Scouting by Dag Lund and Gudbrand Mellbye | 641 |
| Many have been in 4H by Ruth Vatvedt Fjeld and Odd Lilleng | 645 |
| The choir business by Gudbrand Mellbye | 649 |
| Aremark school band by Christina Orheim | 653 |
| Part 9 - Epilogue | |
| The way forward for built-up areas in borderlands by Roger Prang | 657 |
| Personal name register | 663 |
