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'Ørskog' is a municipality in the county of Møre og Romsdal, Norway.
Ørskog was established as a municipality January 1, 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt). The municipality of Sykkylven was separated from Ørskog August 1, 1883. The municipalities of Skodje and Stordal was merged with Ørskog January 1, 1965 - but these were again separated from Ørskog January 1, 1977.

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The name

Coat-of-arms

The name

The municipality (originally the parish) is named after the farm Ørskog (Old Norse ''Øyraskógr''), since the first church was built there. The first element is the plural genitive case of ''øyrr'' f 'sand bank', the last element is ''skógr'' m 'wood, forest'.

Coat-of-arms

The coat-of-arms is from modern times (1983). It shows a wooden pole on ermine (to represent forestry and fur farming).