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Nössemark is a locality with 220 inhabitants (2008) situated in the north-western part of Dals-Ed Municipality, Dalsland, Sweden. The landscape is hilly with forests, mountains and lakes, which provide a varied and beautiful and wild nature. Tresticklan National Park extends into the south-western part of Nössemark and there are many nice hiking trails.

Nössemark bordered in the west against the municipality Aremark, Norway, Swedish cairns 4-19. From Nössemark there are only 30 kilometres to the Norwegian town of Halden, formerly known as Fredrikshald and in Sweden most familiar because the Swedish king Karl XII was shot there in 1718. The long, narrow and deep lake Stora Le, which has its southern tip in Dals-Ed goes through the Nössemark and further into Norway. Eastbound Stora Le reaches to the small village Lennartsfors in the province of Värmland and there is a lock into Dalsland Canal.

The church of Nössemark is of stone and from the 1790s and is located at Strandviken, a bay of Stora Le. An earlier wooden church was on the farm Enkene in Nolby and was probably built as early as in 1200s. Nolby Church was ravaged by fire several times and in the 1700s it was in such poor condition that it could no longer be repaired. However, it was possible to move the belfry up on the hill next to the new church. Church bells also come from Nolby Church. The little clock is from the 1200s and the huge clock from 1756. In 1790 they could not afford to build a tower, so this was built 100 years later, in 1890.

Nössemark is largely a woodland mile forests (over 11 000 hectares), which also characterizes employment and life in the district. Nössemark has since long time ago has a sawmill. Already in the 1500s the Norwegians bought wood in the area around Stora Le. The first steam sawmill in the province of Dalsland was erected at the bay Strandviken in Stora Le in 1869 and burned down in 1905. Subsequently, new facilities built and ownership occurred. In the early 1970s the site at the Strandviken finally was closed and a new sawmill was built at Årbol. The sawmill at Årbol has evolved into an modern and highly productive plant now owned by the company Moelven.

In recent years the tourism business also grew, and many Norwegian families rent or have second homes in Nössemark, which means that the number of residents multiplies during the summer and holiday periods. Stora Le with its desolation and long, narrow stretch attracts canoeists from not only Sweden but also from Germany, Holland, Denmark and other European countries. At Strandviken in Stora Le there is a bathing area with dressing room and bridge and a camping ground beside the country shop - Nössemark Camping. From the campsite, boats can be transported by a lorry to Halden and Idefjorden] in Norway for further journey into the [[Skagerrak and the North Sea.

Since the late 1970s, Nössemark has a very active local association. The association organizes annually in July Nössemark days, there among other things, old crafts are demonstrated. It has also built a small folk museum. The association is also behind the production of a 600-page book “Nössemark - a border countryside in words and pictures”, which was published in 1985.