From an article written in 1962:
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Hello, new poster from Hedmark here!
Everything you quote is correct, but the most fascinating divide in Hedmark and Oppland I believe is the historical divide between "big farmers", who almost exclusivliy voted Farmers Party (Center), and Conservative (Høyre), and small farmes, "housmen", which was dependent on the "big farmers". The "housmen" was among the first norwegians to be radicalized in the last half of the 19th century, and has voted Labour ever since.
The industrial towns in Hedmark, Åmot in Østerdalen in particular, was communist strongholds in the interwar years up intil the 60's.
