Editing Selbu Municipality (section)

==General information==
[[File:Øverbygda 2.jpg|thumb|left|View of the Øverbygda area]]
[[File:Selbu church.jpg|thumb|left|View of the [[Selbu Church]]]]
The [[prestegjeld|parish]] of Selbu was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (see [[formannskapsdistrikt]] law). On 1&nbsp;January 1901, the eastern part of the municipality was separated to form the new [[Tydal Municipality]]. This left Selbu Municipality with 4,607 inhabitants. The borders of Selbu have not changed since that date.<ref name="Dag">{{Cite web |last=Jukvam |first=Dag |year=1999 |title=Historisk oversikt over endringer i kommune- og fylkesinndelingen |url=http://www.ssb.no/emner/00/90/rapp_9913/rapp_9913.pdf |publisher=[[Statistics Norway|Statistisk sentralbyrå]] |language=no |isbn=9788253746845}}</ref>

On 1 January 2018, the municipality switched from the old [[Sør-Trøndelag]] county to the new [[Trøndelag]] county.

===Name===
The municipality (originally the [[prestegjeld|parish]]) is named "Selbu" ({{langx|non|Selabú}}) after a nearby lake since the first [[Selbu Church]] was built near its southeastern shore. The first element is the [[genitive case]] of the old name of the lake [[Selbusjøen]] ({{langx|non|Seli}}). The old name of the lake is probably derived from the word {{lang|non|seli}} which means "[[:wikt:harness|harness]]" since the lake is long and narrow. The last element is {{lang|non|bú}} which means "rural district".<ref>{{Cite book |last=Rygh |first=Oluf |author-link=Oluf Rygh |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AGxBAAAAIAAJ |title=Norske gaardnavne: Søndre Trondhjems amt |publisher=W. C. Fabritius & sønners bogtrikkeri |year=1901 |edition=14 |location=Kristiania, Norge |pages=376 |language=no}}</ref>

===Coat of arms===
The [[coat of arms]] was granted on 31 May 1991. The official [[blazon]] is ''"[[Argent]], 24 [[Lozenge (heraldry)|lozenges]] [[Sable (heraldry)|sable]] in three [[Rosette (design)|rosettes]] two over one"'' ({{langx|no|I sølv 24 svarte spissruter samlet i tre rosetter, 2-1}}). This means the arms have a [[field (heraldry)|field]] (background) has a [[tincture (heraldry)|tincture]] of [[argent]] which means it is commonly colored white, but if it is made out of metal, then silver is used. The [[charge (heraldry)|charge]] is a three [[selburose]]s made out of 8 rhombus shapes each. The [[selburose]] design is a typical pattern used in the local [[lusekofte]] (traditional Norwegian sweaters) and other [[wool]]len garments. Home knitting has been a long tradition in the municipality. The arms were designed by John Digernes. The municipal flag has the same design as the coat of arms.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Civic heraldry of Norway - Norske Kommunevåpen |url=https://www.heraldry-wiki.com/heraldrywiki/index.php?title=Selbu |access-date=2023-02-17 |publisher=Heraldry of the World}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Selbu, South Trøndelag (Norway) |url=https://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/no-16-64.html |access-date=2023-02-17 |website=Flags of the World}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=1991-05-31 |title=Godkjenning av våpen og flagg |url=https://lovdata.no/dokument/LF/forskrift/1991-05-31-407 |access-date=2023-02-17 |website=Lovdata.no |publisher=Norges kommunal- og arbeidsdepartementet |language=no}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Selbu kommune, våpen |url=https://foto.digitalarkivet.no/fotoweb/archives/5003-Kommunev%C3%A5pen/Kart%20og%20tegninger%20og%20segl/he10071208070116.tif.info#c=%2Ffotoweb%2Farchives%2F5003-Kommunev%25C3%25A5pen%2F%3Fq%3Dselbu |access-date=2023-02-17 |website=Digitalarkivet |publisher=Arkivverket |language=no}}</ref>

===Churches===
The [[Church of Norway]] has one parish ({{lang|no|sokn}}) within Selbu Municipality. It is part of the [[Stjørdal prosti]] ([[deanery]]) in the [[Diocese of Nidaros]].

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ style="font-size:medium"|'''''Churches in Selbu'''''
!Parish ({{lang|no|sokn}})!!Church name!!Location of the church!!Year built
|-
|rowspan="3"|Selbu||[[Selbu Church]]||[[Mebonden]]||1150
|-
|[[Selbustrand Church]]||[[Selbustrand]]||1901
|-
|[[Flora Chapel]]||[[Flora, Trøndelag|Flora]]||1936
|}