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Sel is a municipality

Municipalities of Norway

||}Norway is divided into 19 administrative regions, called county , and 430 municipality . The capital city Oslo is considered both a county and a municipality....
in Oppland

Oppland

is a Counties of Norway in Norway, bordering S?r-Tr?ndelag, M?re og Romsdal, Sogn og Fjordane, Buskerud, Akershus, Oslo and Hedmark. The county administration is in Lillehammer....
county

Counties of Norway

||-||}Norway is divided into 19 subnational, called county . The counties form the primary first-level subdivisions of Norway and are further divided into 431 Municipalities of Norway ....
, Norway

Norway

Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a constitutional monarchy in Northern Europe that occupies the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula....
. It is part of the traditional region

Districts of Norway

Norway is divided into a number of districts. Many districts have deep historical roots, and only partially coincide with today's administrative units of counties of Norway and municipalities of Norway....
of Gudbrandsdal

Gudbrandsdal

Gudbrandsdalen is a valley and Districts of Norway in the Norway fylke of Oppland. The valley is oriented in a north-westerly direction from Lillehammer at Lake Mj?sa, extending 230 km toward Romsdal....
. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town

List of cities in Norway

This is a list of cities in Norway.The Norwegian name for city is by. Cities were formerly categorized as kj?pstad or ladested , each with special city rights....
of Otta

Otta, Norway

is a town in the municipalities of Norway of Sel in the counties of Norway of Oppland in Norway. It has about 2,750 inhabitants . Next to Otta lies the massive Rondane, which became the first national park in Norway in 1962, and which has several mountains over 2,000 metres....
.

The new municipality of Sel was created on 1 January 1908 when it was separated from Vågå

Vågå

V?g? is a Municipalities of Norway in Oppland Counties of Norway, Norway. It is part of the Districts of Norway of Gudbrandsdal. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of V?g?mo....
municipality. The former municipality of Heidal

Heidal

Heidal is a former municipality in Gudbrandsdalen valley, in the county of Oppland, Norway.Heidal was separated from V?g? as a municipality of its own January 1, 1908....
was merged into Sel municipality on 1 January 1965.

municipality (originally the parish

Parish

A parish is a local church; it is an administrative unit typically found in Roman Catholic, Anglican, United Methodist, and Presbyterianism churches....
) is named after the old Sel farm (Old Norse

Old Norse

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Sel is a municipality

Municipalities of Norway

||}Norway is divided into 19 administrative regions, called county , and 430 municipality . The capital city Oslo is considered both a county and a municipality....
in Oppland

Oppland

is a Counties of Norway in Norway, bordering S?r-Tr?ndelag, M?re og Romsdal, Sogn og Fjordane, Buskerud, Akershus, Oslo and Hedmark. The county administration is in Lillehammer....
county

Counties of Norway

||-||}Norway is divided into 19 subnational, called county . The counties form the primary first-level subdivisions of Norway and are further divided into 431 Municipalities of Norway ....
, Norway

Norway

Districts of Norway

Gudbrandsdal

List of cities in Norway

This is a list of cities in Norway.The Norwegian name for city is by. Cities were formerly categorized as kj?pstad or ladested , each with special city rights....
of Otta

Otta, Norway

Vågå

Heidal

General information

Name

The municipality (originally the parish

Parish

Old Norse

Old Norse is a North Germanic languages that was spoken by inhabitants of Scandinavia and inhabitants of their overseas settlements during the Viking Age, until about 1300....
: Sil), since the first church was built there. The name is identical with the word sil which means "slowly running and quiet part of a river" (here meaning the Gudbrandsdalslågen

Gudbrandsdalslågen

The Gudbrandsdalsl?gen river flows through Norway's Gudbrandsdal valley.The Gudbrandsdalsl?gen begins in the lake Lesjaskogsvatnet , which lies in Lesja municipality in Oppland....
).

Coat-of-arms

The coat-of-arms

Coat of arms

A coat of arms, more properly called an armorial achievement, armorial bearings or often just arms for short, in European tradition, is a design belonging to a particular person and used by them in a wide variety of ways....
is from modern times. They were granted on 18 May 1985. The arms show a gold-colored girl playing a trumpet on a blue background. The image is based on the local Prillar-Guri

Prillar-Guri

Pillar-Guri, Prillarguri or Pillarguri was a woman who according to oral tradition played a key role in the Battle of Kringen, in which Scottish forces were defeated on their way to Sweden to enlist in Swedish service in the Kalmar War against Denmark and Norway....
legend

Legend

A legend is a narrative of human actions that are perceived both by teller and listeners to take place within human history and to possess certain qualities that give the tale verisimilitude ....
. In 1612, a Scottish army

Military of Scotland

Historically, Scotland has a long British military history that predates the Acts of Union 1707 with England. Its armed forces now form part of those of the United Kingdom and are known as the British Armed Forces....
marched through the area on its way to Sweden

Sweden

Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic countries on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden has land borders with Norway to the west and Finland to the northeast, and it is connected to Denmark by the ?resund Bridge in the south....
. They were stopped by the local farmers at the Battle of Kringen

Battle of Kringen

The Battle of Kringen was an ambush perpetrated by a Norwegian peasant militia against Scottish mercenary soldiers who were on their way to enlist in the Swedish army for the Kalmar War....
. The legend tells that the farmers were warned for the Scots by a local girl with a trumpet

Trumpet

The trumpet is a musical instrument with the highest Register in the brass instrument family. Trumpets are among the oldest musical instruments, dating back to at least 1500 BC....
.

Geography

Sel is bordered on the north by Dovre

Dovre

Dovre is a Municipalities of Norway in Oppland Counties of Norway, Norway. It is part of the Districts of Norway of Dovre region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Dovre....
and Vågå

Vågå

Nord-Fron

Nord-Fron is a Municipalities of Norway in Oppland Counties of Norway, Norway. It is part of the Districts of Norway of Gudbrandsdal. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Vinstra....
municipality. To the northeast it is bordered by Folldal

Folldal

Folldal is a Municipalities of Norway in Hedmark Counties of Norway, Norway. It is part of the Districts of Norway of Dovre region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Folldal....
municipality in Hedmark

Hedmark

is a Counties of Norway in Norway, bordering S?r-Tr?ndelag, Oppland and Akershus. The county administration is in Hamar.Hedmark makes up the northeastern part of ?stlandet, the southeastern part of the country....
county.

Although it has a small population, Sel is one of the more scenic and historically significant areas of the Gudbrandsdal

Gudbrandsdal

Gudbrandsdalen is a valley and Districts of Norway in the Norway fylke of Oppland. The valley is oriented in a north-westerly direction from Lillehammer at Lake Mj?sa, extending 230 km toward Romsdal....
. A large concentration of Norway’s heritage-listed farms is located in Heidal

Heidal

Heidal is a former municipality in Gudbrandsdalen valley, in the county of Oppland, Norway.Heidal was separated from V?g? as a municipality of its own January 1, 1908....
in Sel municipality (Heidal became part of Sel municipality in 1965).

Otta

Otta, Norway

Otta River

The Otta river flows through the Ottadal valley in the municipalities of Skj?k, Lom, Norway, V?g? and Sel in Norway.The river Otta begins in Skj?k municipality and flows into lake V?g?vatn....
, is the population center. Otta lies at the point where the Otta River joins the Gudbrandsdalslågen

Gudbrandsdalslågen

The Gudbrandsdalsl?gen river flows through Norway's Gudbrandsdal valley.The Gudbrandsdalsl?gen begins in the lake Lesjaskogsvatnet , which lies in Lesja municipality in Oppland....
from the west. The Otta River leads up to the historically important Vågå and Lom

Lom, Norway

Lom is a Municipalities of Norway in Oppland Counties of Norway, Norway. It is part of the Districts of Norway of Gudbrandsdal. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Fossbergom....
regions and the passes to the west over Jotunheimen

Jotunheimen

Jotunheimen is a mountainous area of roughly 3,500 km? in Southern Norway. Jotunheimen is a part of the long Scandinavian Mountains range. The 29 highest mountains in Norway are in Jotunheimen, including the very highest - Galdh?piggen ....
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Attractions

Jørundgard Medieval Center - This reconstructed 14th century medieval farm, the location of Sigrid Undset
Sigrid Undset

Sigrid Undset was a Norwegian language novelist who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1928.Undset was born in Kalundborg, Denmark, but her family moved to Norway when she was two years old....
's novel "Kristin Lavransdatter", was the site of a 1994 filming of Kransen. The buildings were furnished in medieval style for the film. It is open to the public and traditional crafts are demonstrated by staff, providing a uniquely medieval look at Norwegian history.

Pilgrim's Route/Old Kings Road - The Pilgrim's Route and Old King's Road
Pilgrim's Route

The Pilgrim's Route and old Kings' Road between Oslo and Trondheim in Norway passed up through the Gudbrandsdal and, leaving the valley of the Gudbrandsdalsl?gen at present day Domb?s, went over the Dovrefjell which separates Eastern Norway from Tr?ndelag, and from Oppdal it follows valleys down to Trondheimsfjorden....
passes through Sel on its way through the Gudbrandsdal Valley and northwards over Dovrefjell
Dovrefjell

Dovrefjell is a mountain range in central Norway that forms a natural barrier between Eastern Norway and Tr?ndelag, the area around Trondheim. As a result, it has been heavily trafficked during and probably preceding historical times....
mountains near present day Dombås
Dombås

The village of lies in the Dovre municipality and serves as an administrative center in the upper Gudbrandsdal, Norway. It lies at an important junction of roads: south leading to the current capital of Norway, Oslo, west via Lesja leading to ?ndalsnes on the sea and north to the old capital, Trondheim....
in the Dovre
Dovre

Dovre is a Municipalities of Norway in Oppland Counties of Norway, Norway. It is part of the Districts of Norway of Dovre region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Dovre....
municipality.

Selsverket - Sel municipality has a long tradition in mining
Mining

Mining is the extraction of value minerals or other geology materials from the earth, usually from an ore body, vein or seam. Materials recovered by mining include base metals, precious metals, iron, uranium, coal, diamonds, limestone, oil shale, Sodium chloride and potash....
and quarry
Quarry

A quarry is a type of open-pit mining from which rock or minerals are extracted. Quarries are generally used for extracting building materials, such as dimension stone....
ing for minerals, soapstone
Soapstone

Soapstone is a metamorphic rock, a talc-schist. It is largely composed of the mineral talc and is rich in magnesium. It is produced by dynamothermal metamorphism and metasomatism, which occurs at the areas where tectonic plates are subduction, changing rocks by heat and pressure, with influx of fluids, but without melting....
, and slate
Slate

Slate is a fine-grained, foliation , homogeneous metamorphic rock derived from an original shale-type sedimentary rock composed of clay or volcano ash through low grade regional metamorphism....
. Selsverket was the copper
Copper

Copper is a chemical element with the symbol Cu and atomic number 29.It is a ductile metal with very high thermal and electrical conductivity....
works from the 18th century which was located approximately 2 kilometers north of Otta. There were also copper works in neighboring Folldal
Folldal

Folldal is a Municipalities of Norway in Hedmark Counties of Norway, Norway. It is part of the Districts of Norway of Dovre region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Folldal....
.

Sel Church - The church at Selsverket was built in 1742. It is constructed of logs.

Steinberget Fortress - Built in the pre-Christian period, the Steinberget fortress is now a jumble of rock along European route E6
European route E6

E 6 is the designation for the main north-south road in Norway, and the west coast of Sweden, running from the southern tip of Sweden, at Trelleborg, into Norway and through almost all of the country north to Finnmark....
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Kringen - In 1612, a peasant militia ambushed Scots marching to support Sweden at Kringen (the narrowest part of the Gudbrandsdal valley, just below the confluence of the Otta and the Gudbrandsdalslågen). As the Scots reached the ambush site of Prillarguri hill, legend has it that Prillar-Guri
Prillar-Guri

Pillar-Guri, Prillarguri or Pillarguri was a woman who according to oral tradition played a key role in the Battle of Kringen, in which Scottish forces were defeated on their way to Sweden to enlist in Swedish service in the Kalmar War against Denmark and Norway....
, riding on the other side of the lågen, distracted the Scots until they were in the right position. She then sounded a blast with her prillarhorn (a ram's horn), and the Battle of Kringen
Battle of Kringen

The Battle of Kringen was an ambush perpetrated by a Norwegian peasant militia against Scottish mercenary soldiers who were on their way to enlist in the Swedish army for the Kalmar War....
began. A monument can be found there today, and she's also found on Sel's coat-of-arms today.

Hilltop Fortress - West of Prillarguri hill is another hilltop fortress, protected by a sheer drop on three sides and walls on the fourth side, which was built in the period from 300 to 600 AD.

Ula Dam - In 1877-1879 the Norwegian parliament ordered construction of the Ula Dam to stop gravel and rock transported by the Ula River from blocking the Gudbrandsdalslågen
Gudbrandsdalslågen

The Gudbrandsdalsl?gen river flows through Norway's Gudbrandsdal valley.The Gudbrandsdalsl?gen begins in the lake Lesjaskogsvatnet , which lies in Lesja municipality in Oppland....
and flooding the fertile valley floor. The debris washed down by the Ula in 1789 destroyed the houses at Selsverket and rerouted the Gudbrandsdalslågen, such that the farms along the Sel became marshes.

External links

from Statistics Norway
Statistics Norway

Statistics Norway is the Norway statistics bureau. It was established in 1876.Relying on a staff of about 1000, Statistics Norway releases more than 800 Norwegian statistical publications every year on its web site....
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