Editing Sel, Norway

{{short description|Municipality in Innlandet, Norway}}
{{Infobox kommune
|name                   = Sel
|native_name            = 
|native_name_lang       = 
|other_name             = 
|former_name            = Sell herred
|image_skyline          = Ottatown.jpg
|image_caption          = View of the town of Otta
|idnumber               = 3437
|county                 = Innlandet
|district               = Gudbrandsdal
|capital                = [[Otta, Norway|Otta]]
|established            = 1 Jan 1908
|preceded               = [[Vågå Municipality]]
|demonym                = Selvær
|language               = Neutral
|coatofarms             = 
|flag                   = 
|webpage                = www.sel.kommune.no
|mayor                  = Eldri Siem
|mayor_party            = [[Centre Party (Norway)|Sp]]
|mayor_as_of            = 2019
|area_rank              = 130
|area_total_km2         = 905.05
|area_land_km2          = 888.48
|area_water_km2         = 16.57
|area_water_percent     = 1.8
|population_as_of       = 2023
|population_rank        = 170
|population_total       = 5567
|population_density_km2 = 6.3
|population_increase    = -6.5
|coordinates            = {{coord|61|49|1|N|9|34|24|E|region:NO|display=inline,title}}
|utm_zone = 32V | utm_northing = 6853929 | utm_easting = 0530213 | geo_cat = adm2nd
}}

'''Sel''' is a [[List of municipalities of Norway|municipality]] in [[Innlandet]] county, [[Norway]]. It is located in the [[Traditional districts of Norway|traditional district]] of [[Gudbrandsdal]]. The [[administrative centre]] of the municipality is the [[List of cities in Norway|town]] of [[Otta, Norway|Otta]]. The municipality also includes several notable villages including [[Bjølstad]], [[Dale, Sel|Dale]], [[Høvringen]], [[Nord-Sel]], [[Sandbumoen]], [[Sjoa (village)|Sjoa]], and [[Skogbygda, Sel|Skogbygda]].

The {{convert|905|km2|adj=on}} municipality is the 130th largest by area out of the 356 municipalities in Norway. Sel is the 170th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 5,567. The municipality's [[population density]] is {{convert|6.3|PD/km2}} and its population has decreased by 6.5% over the previous 10-year period.<ref name="ssb pop">{{Cite web |last=Statistisk sentralbyrå |author-link=Statistics Norway |year=2021 |title=Table: 06913: Population 1 January and population changes during the calendar year (M) |url=https://www.ssb.no/en/statbank/table/06913/ |language=Norwegian}}</ref><ref name="ssb area">{{Cite web |last=Statistisk sentralbyrå |author-link=Statistics Norway |year=2021 |title=09280: Area of land and fresh water (km²) (M) |url=https://www.ssb.no/en/statbank/table/09280/ |language=Norwegian}}</ref>

==General information==
[[File:Selsmyrene2021.jpg|thumb|left|View of the Sel valley]]
[[File:Sel kirke 2021.jpg|thumb|left|View of [[Sel Church]]]]
The new municipality of Sel was established on 1 January 1908 when [[Vågå Municipality]] was divided into three. The northeastern part became the new Sel Municipality (population: 2,287), the southeastern part became the new [[Heidal (municipality)|Heidal Municipality]] (population: 1,241) and the western part continued as [[Vågå Municipality]] (population: 2,953). During the 1960s, there were many municipal mergers across Norway due to the work of the [[Schei Committee]]. On 1 January 1965, the municipality of [[Heidal (municipality)|Heidal]] (population: 1,731) was dissolved and it was merged with the neighboring municipality of Sel (population: 3,687) along with the Tolstadåsen area of [[Vågå Municipality]] (population: 35) and the [[Sjoa (village)|Sjoa]] area of [[Nord-Fron Municipality]] (population: 413) to form a new, larger Sel Municipality.<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>

===Name===
The municipality (originally the [[prestegjeld|parish]]) is named after the old ''Sel'' farm ({{langx|non|Sil}}) since the first [[Sel Church]] was built there. This farm is located in the present-day village of [[Nord-Sel]]. The name is identical with the word {{lang|non|sil}} which means "slowly running and quiet part of a river" (here meaning the [[Gudbrandsdalslågen]] river).<ref>{{Cite book |last=Rygh |first=Oluf |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DohBAAAAIAAJ |title=Norske gaardnavne: Kristians amt |publisher=W. C. Fabritius & sønners bogtrikkeri |year=1900 |edition=4 |location=Kristiania, Norge |pages=88 |language=no |author-link=Oluf Rygh}}</ref>

===Coat of arms===
The [[coat of arms]] was approved on 18 May 1985, but it was never approved by a royal decree because it did not meet the strict rules for coats of arms at that time. The [[blazon]] is ''"[[Azure (heraldry)|Azure]], a girl playing a trumpet [[Or (heraldry)|Or]]"''. This means the arms have a blue [[field (heraldry)|field]] (background) and the [[charge (heraldry)|charge]] is a girl playing a trumpet. The charge has a [[tincture (heraldry)|tincture]] of [[Or (heraldry)|Or]] which means it is commonly colored yellow, but if it is made out of metal, then gold is used. The design is based on the local [[Prillar-Guri]] [[legend]]. In 1612, a [[Military history of Scotland|Scottish army]] marched through the area on its way to [[Sweden]]. They were stopped by the local farmers at the [[Battle of Kringen]]. The legend tells that the farmers were warned for the Scots by a local girl with a [[trumpet]]. The arms were designed by Jarle Skuseth. 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=Sel |access-date=2023-04-17 |publisher=Heraldry of the World}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Sel kommune, våpen |url=https://foto.digitalarkivet.no/fotoweb/archives/5003-Kommunev%C3%A5pen/Kart%20og%20tegninger%20og%20segl/Sel%20fra%20SNL.JPG.info#c=%2Ffotoweb%2Farchives%2F5003-Kommunev%25C3%25A5pen%2F%3Fq%3Dsel |access-date=2023-04-17 |website=Digitalarkivet}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Kommunevåpen profil |url=https://www.sel.kommune.no/om-sel/kommunevapen-profil/ |access-date=2023-04-17 |website=Sel kommune |language=no}}</ref>

===Churches===
The [[Church of Norway]] has three parishes ({{lang|no|sokn}}) within the municipality of Sel. It is part of the [[Nord-Gudbrandsdal prosti]] ([[deanery]]) in the [[Diocese of Hamar]].

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ style="font-size:medium"|'''''Churches in Sel'''''
!Parish ({{lang|no|sokn}})!!Church name!!Location of the church!!Year built
|-
|rowspan="1"|Heidal||[[Heidal Church]]||[[Bjølstad]]||1941
|-
|rowspan="1"|Nord-Sel||[[Nord-Sel Church]]||[[Nord-Sel]]||1932
|-
|rowspan="2"|Sel||[[Sel Church]]||[[Selsverket]] (just north of [[Otta, Norway|Otta]])||1742
|-
|[[Sjoa Chapel]]||[[Sjoa (village)|Sjoa]]||1978
|}

==Government==
Sel Municipality is responsible for [[primary education]] (through 10th grade), outpatient [[Health care|health services]], [[old age|senior citizen]] services, [[welfare spending|welfare]] and other [[Social work|social services]], [[zoning]], [[economic development]], and municipal [[road]]s and utilities. The municipality is governed by a [[Municipal council (Norway)|municipal council]] of [[Direct election|directly elected]] representatives. The [[mayor]] is [[Indirect election|indirectly elected]] by a vote of the municipal council.<ref name="ks">{{Cite encyclopedia |title=kommunestyre |encyclopedia=[[Store norske leksikon]] |publisher=[[Kunnskapsforlaget]] |url=https://snl.no/kommunestyre |date=2022-09-20 |editor-last=Hansen |editor-first=Tore |language=Norwegian |editor2-last=Vabo |editor2-first=Signy Irene |accessdate=2022-10-14}}</ref> The municipality is under the jurisdiction of the [[Vestre Innlandet District Court]] and the [[Eidsivating Court of Appeal]].

===Municipal council===
The [[Municipal council (Norway)|municipal council]] {{lang|no|(Kommunestyre)}} of Sel is made up of 25 representatives that are elected to four year terms. The tables below show the current and historical composition of the council by political [[Political party|party]].
{{div col}}
{{Kommunestyre table
|name                      = Sel
|start                     = 2023
|end                       = 2027
|reference                 = <ref>{{Cite web |title=Kommunestyrevalg 2023 - Innlandet |url=https://valgresultat.no/valg/2023/ko/innlandet/sel#seats |access-date=2024-01-12 |publisher=[[Valgdirektoratet]]}}</ref>
|collapsed                 = 
|Total                     = 25
|Arbeiderpartiet           = 10
|Senterpartiet             = 13
|Sosialistisk_Venstreparti = 2
|}}
{{Kommunestyre table
|name                      = Sel
|start                     = 2019
|end                       = 2023
|reference                 = <ref>{{Cite web |title=Kommunestyrevalg 2019 - Innlandet |url=https://valgresultat.no/valg/2019/ko/innlandet/sel#seats |access-date=2022-04-13 |publisher=[[Valgdirektoratet]]}}</ref>
|collapsed                 = yes
|Total                     = 25
|Arbeiderpartiet           = 7
|Grønne                    = 1
|Høyre                     = 1
|Senterpartiet             = 15
|Sosialistisk_Venstreparti = 1
|}}
{{Kommunestyre table
|name                      = Sel
|start                     = 2015
|end                       = 2019
|reference                 = <ref>{{Cite web |title=Kommunestyrevalg 2015 - Oppland |url=https://valgresultat.no/valg/2015/ko/oppland/sel#seats |publisher=[[Valgdirektoratet]]}}</ref><ref name="ssb valg">{{Cite web |title=Table: 04813: Members of the local councils, by party/electoral list at the Municipal Council election (M) |url=https://www.ssb.no/en/statbank/table/04813/ |publisher=Statistics Norway |language=Norwegian}}</ref>
|collapsed                 = yes
|Total                     = 25
|Arbeiderpartiet           = 15
|Grønne                    = 1
|Høyre                     = 3
|Senterpartiet             = 5
|Sosialistisk_Venstreparti = 1
|}}
{{Kommunestyre table
|name                      = Sel
|start                     = 2011
|end                       = 2015
|reference                 = <ref>{{Cite web |title=Kommunestyrevalg 2011 - Oppland |url=https://valgresultat.no/valg/2011/ko/oppland/sel#seats |publisher=[[Valgdirektoratet]]}}</ref>
|collapsed                 = yes
|Total                     = 25
|Arbeiderpartiet           = 15
|Høyre                     = 5
|Kristelig_Folkeparti      = 1
|Senterpartiet             = 3
|Sosialistisk_Venstreparti = 1
|}}
{{Kommunestyre table
|name                      = Sel
|start                     = 2007
|end                       = 2011
|reference                 = <ref name="ssb valg" />
|collapsed                 = yes
|Total                     = 25
|Arbeiderpartiet           = 15
|Sosialistisk_Venstreparti = 2
|Senterpartiet             = 3
|Kristelig_Folkeparti      = 1
|Høyre                     = 2
|Fremskrittspartiet        = 2
|}}
{{Kommunestyre table
|name                      = Sel
|start                     = 2003
|end                       = 2007
|reference                 = <ref name="ssb valg" />
|collapsed                 = yes
|Total                     = 25
|Arbeiderpartiet           = 12
|Fremskrittspartiet        = 2
|Høyre                     = 2
|Kristelig_Folkeparti      = 1
|Senterpartiet             = 4
|Sosialistisk_Venstreparti = 3
|Rød_Valgallianse          = 1
|}}
{{Kommunestyre table
|name                      = Sel
|start                     = 1999
|end                       = 2003
|reference                 = <ref name="ssb valg" /><ref>{{Cite web |date=2000 |title=Kommunestyrevalget 1999 |url=https://www.ssb.no/a/publikasjoner/pdf/nos_c621/nos_c621.pdf |publisher=Statistisk sentralbyrå |language=Norwegian |location=Oslo-Kongsvinger}}</ref>
|collapsed                 = yes
|Total                     = 31
|Arbeiderpartiet           = 16
|Høyre                     = 4
|Kristelig_Folkeparti      = 3
|Senterpartiet             = 4
|Sosialistisk_Venstreparti = 3
|Rød_Valgallianse          = 1
|}}
{{Kommunestyre table
|name                      = Sel
|start                     = 1995
|end                       = 1999
|reference                 = <ref>{{Cite web |date=1996 |title=Kommunestyrevalget 1995 |url=https://www.ssb.no/a/histstat/nos/nos_c342.pdf |publisher=Statistisk sentralbyrå |language=Norwegian |location=Oslo-Kongsvinger}}</ref>
|collapsed                 = yes
|Total                     = 31
|Arbeiderpartiet           = 18
|Høyre                     = 2
|Kristelig_Folkeparti      = 1
|Senterpartiet             = 7
|Sosialistisk_Venstreparti = 2
|otherparty                = Local list
|otherparty_no             = Bygdalista
|otherparty_number         = 1
|}}
{{Kommunestyre table
|name                      = Sel
|start                     = 1991
|end                       = 1995
|reference                 = <ref>{{Cite web |date=1993 |title=Kommunestyrevalget 1991 |url=https://www.ssb.no/a/histstat/nos/nos_c057.pdf |publisher=Statistisk sentralbyrå |language=Norwegian |location=Oslo-Kongsvinger}}</ref>
|collapsed                 = yes
|Total                     = 31
|Arbeiderpartiet           = 16
|Fremskrittspartiet        = 1
|Høyre                     = 3
|Senterpartiet             = 7
|Sosialistisk_Venstreparti = 4
|}}
{{Kommunestyre table
|name                      = Sel
|start                     = 1987
|end                       = 1991
|reference                 = <ref>{{Cite web |date=1988 |title=Kommunestyrevalget 1987 |url=https://www.ssb.no/a/histstat/nos/nos_b765.pdf |publisher=Statistisk sentralbyrå |language=Norwegian |location=Oslo-Kongsvinger}}</ref>
|collapsed                 = yes
|Total                     = 31
|Arbeiderpartiet           = 19
|Høyre                     = 3
|Kristelig_Folkeparti      = 1
|Senterpartiet             = 5
|Sosialistisk_Venstreparti = 3
|}}
{{Kommunestyre table
|name                      = Sel
|start                     = 1983
|end                       = 1987
|reference                 = <ref>{{Cite web |date=1984 |title=Kommunestyrevalget 1983 |url=https://www.ssb.no/a/histstat/nos/nos_b450.pdf |publisher=Statistisk sentralbyrå |language=Norwegian |location=Oslo-Kongsvinger}}</ref>
|collapsed                 = yes
|Total                     = 31
|Arbeiderpartiet           = 20
|Høyre                     = 4
|Kristelig_Folkeparti      = 1
|Senterpartiet             = 5
|Sosialistisk_Venstreparti = 1
|}}
{{Kommunestyre table
|name                      = Sel
|start                     = 1979
|end                       = 1983
|reference                 = <ref>{{Cite web |date=1979 |title=Kommunestyrevalget 1979 |url=https://www.ssb.no/a/histstat/nos/nos_b093.pdf |publisher=Statistisk sentralbyrå |language=Norwegian |location=Oslo}}</ref>
|collapsed                 = yes
|Total                     = 31
|Arbeiderpartiet           = 19
|Høyre                     = 4
|Kristelig_Folkeparti      = 1
|Senterpartiet             = 5
|Sosialistisk_Venstreparti = 2
|}}
{{Kommunestyre table
|name                      = Sel
|start                     = 1975
|end                       = 1979
|reference                 = <ref>{{Cite web |date=1977 |title=Kommunevalgene 1975 |url=https://www.ssb.no/a/histstat/nos/nos_a769.pdf |publisher=Statistisk sentralbyrå |language=Norwegian |location=Oslo}}</ref>
|collapsed                 = yes
|Total                     = 31
|Arbeiderpartiet           = 21
|Høyre                     = 2
|Kristelig_Folkeparti      = 1
|Senterpartiet             = 6
|Sosialistisk_Venstreparti = 1
|}}
{{Kommunestyre table
|name                      = Sel
|start                     = 1971
|end                       = 1975
|reference                 = <ref>{{Cite web |date=1973 |title=Kommunevalgene 1972 |url=https://www.ssb.no/a/histstat/nos/nos_a457.pdf |publisher=Statistisk sentralbyrå |language=Norwegian |location=Oslo}}</ref>
|collapsed                 = yes
|Total                     = 31
|Arbeiderpartiet           = 20
|Høyre                     = 2
|Kristelig_Folkeparti      = 1
|Senterpartiet             = 6
|Sosialistisk_Folkeparti   = 2
|}}
{{Kommunestyre table
|name                      = Sel
|start                     = 1967
|end                       = 1971
|reference                 = <ref>{{Cite web |date=1967 |title=Kommunevalgene 1967 |url=https://www.ssb.no/a/histstat/nos/nos_a214.pdf |publisher=Statistisk sentralbyrå |language=Norwegian |location=Oslo |volume=I}}</ref>
|collapsed                 = yes
|Total                     = 31
|Arbeiderpartiet           = 21
|Høyre                     = 2
|Senterpartiet             = 6
|Sosialistisk_Folkeparti   = 1
|Venstre                   = 1
|}}
{{Kommunestyre table
|name                      = Sel
|start                     = 1963
|end                       = 1967
|reference                 = <ref>{{Cite web |date=1964 |title=Kommunevalgene 1963 |url=https://www.ssb.no/a/histstat/nos/nos_xii_138.pdf |publisher=Statistisk sentralbyrå |language=Norwegian |location=Oslo}}</ref>
|collapsed                 = yes
|Total                     = 17
|Arbeiderpartiet           = 12
|Borgerlige_Felleslister   = 5
|}}
{{Kommunestyre table
|name                      = Sel
|herad                     = yes
|start                     = 1959
|end                       = 1963
|reference                 = <ref>{{Cite web |date=1960 |title=Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1959 |url=https://www.ssb.no/a/histstat/nos/nos_xii_022.pdf |publisher=Statistisk sentralbyrå |language=Norwegian |location=Oslo}}</ref>
|collapsed                 = yes
|Total                     = 17
|Arbeiderpartiet           = 11
|Borgerlige_Felleslister   = 6
|}}
{{Kommunestyre table
|name                      = Sel
|herad                     = yes
|start                     = 1955
|end                       = 1959
|reference                 = <ref>{{Cite web |date=1957 |title=Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1955 |url=https://www.ssb.no/a/histstat/nos/nos_xi_252.pdf |publisher=Statistisk sentralbyrå |language=Norwegian |location=Oslo}}</ref>
|collapsed                 = yes
|Total                     = 17
|Arbeiderpartiet           = 11
|NKP                       = 1
|Høyre                     = 1
|Senterpartiet             = 2
|Venstre                   = 2
|}}
{{Kommunestyre table
|name                      = Sel
|herad                     = yes
|start                     = 1951
|end                       = 1955
|reference                 = <ref>{{Cite web |date=1952 |title=Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1951 |url=https://www.ssb.no/a/histstat/nos/nos_xi_120.pdf |publisher=Statistisk sentralbyrå |language=Norwegian |location=Oslo}}</ref>
|collapsed                 = yes
|Total                     = 16
|Arbeiderpartiet           = 10
|NKP                       = 1
|Senterpartiet             = 3
|Venstre                   = 2
|}}
{{Kommunestyre table
|name                      = Sel
|herad                     = yes
|start                     = 1947
|end                       = 1951
|reference                 = <ref>{{Cite web |date=1948 |title=Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1947 |url=https://www.ssb.no/a/histstat/nos/nos_x_165.pdf |publisher=Statistisk sentralbyrå |language=Norwegian |location=Oslo}}</ref>
|collapsed                 = yes
|Total                     = 16
|Arbeiderpartiet           = 9
|NKP                       = 1
|Senterpartiet             = 3
|V/DRF                     = 2
|Local_Lists               = 1
|}}
{{Kommunestyre table
|name                      = Sel
|herad                     = yes
|start                     = 1945
|end                       = 1947
|reference                 = <ref>{{Cite web |date=1947 |title=Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1945 |url=https://www.ssb.no/a/histstat/nos/nos_x_133.pdf |publisher=Statistisk sentralbyrå |language=Norwegian |location=Oslo}}</ref>
|collapsed                 = yes
|Total                     = 16
|Arbeiderpartiet           = 12
|NKP                       = 1
|Local_Lists               = 3
|}}
{{Kommunestyre table
|name                      = Sel
|herad                     = yes
|start                     = 1937
|end                       = 1940* 
|reference                 = <ref>{{Cite web |date=1938 |title=Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1937 |url=https://www.ssb.no/a/histstat/nos/nos_ix_133.pdf |publisher=Statistisk sentralbyrå |language=Norwegian |location=Oslo}}</ref>
|collapsed                 = yes
|Total                     = 16
|Arbeiderpartiet           = 9
|H/Sp                      = 5
|Local_Lists               = 2
|}}
{{div col end}}

===Mayors===
The [[Mayor#Scandinavia|mayors]] ({{langx|no|ordfører}}) of Sel:
{{div col|colwidth=20em}}
* 1908-1910: Johan Nygaard<ref>{{Cite web |title=Johan Nygårds gate |url=https://www.selhistorie.no/artikkel.php?id=50 |access-date=2023-04-19 |website=SelHistorie.no |language=no}}</ref>
* 1911-1913: Syver Veggum<ref>{{Cite news |date=1910-11-22 |title=Fjeldet for fieldfoltet |url=https://www.nb.no/items/872427e47c00ce530c036bff0d1d2606?page=0 |work=[[Valdres (newspaper)|Valdres]] |page=1 |language=no}}</ref>
* 1914-1919: E. Uldalen<ref>{{Cite news |date=1914-03-19 |title=Amtstinget |url=https://www.nb.no/items/010432927226b6787fa43fb91310034a?page=1 |work=[[Valdres (newspaper)|Valdres]] |page=2 |language=no}}</ref>
* 1920-1922: Anton Bredevangen ([[Radical People's Party (Norway)|AD]])<ref>{{Cite news |date=1920-01-06 |title=Sell nye herredsstyre |url=https://www.nb.no/items/b5f06bc41ec5fca3d223e89c92cfb6e5?page=1 |work=[[Gudbrandsdalens Social-Demokrat]] |page=2 |language=no}}</ref>
* 1923-1925: Ola S. Bu ([[Centre Party (Norway)|Bp]])<ref>{{Cite news |date=1923-01-02 |title=Ordførervalgene i Gudbrandsdalen |url=https://www.nb.no/items/ec865293b9b22a1f7a2a42a3d653dcb3?page=1 |work=[[Vestopland]] |page=2 |language=no}}</ref>
* 1926-1934: Arthur Janson ([[Labour Party (Norway)|Ap]])
* 1935-1938: Ole Næprud ([[Labour Party (Norway)|Ap]])
* 1939-1940: Kristian Lien ([[Labour Party (Norway)|Ap]])
* 1945-1948: Kristian Lien ([[Labour Party (Norway)|Ap]])
* 1948-1956: Leif Slåen ([[Labour Party (Norway)|Ap]])
* 1957-1975: Ola Dahl ([[Labour Party (Norway)|Ap]])
* 1976-1979: Jarle Fosshagen ([[Labour Party (Norway)|Ap]])
* 1980-1995: Ivar Grindstuen ([[Labour Party (Norway)|Ap]])
* 1995-2003: Ola Svaet ([[Labour Party (Norway)|Ap]])
* 2003-2019: Dag Erik Pryhn ([[Labour Party (Norway)|Ap]])
* 2019–present: Eldri Siem ([[Centre Party (Norway)|Sp]])
{{div col end}}

==Geography==
{| style="float: right;" class="wikitable sortable"
|+ Number of minorities (1st and 2nd generation) in Sel by country of origin in 2017<ref>{{Cite web |title=Immigrants and Norwegian-born to immigrant parents, by immigration category, country background and percentages of the population |url=https://www.ssb.no/statistikkbanken/selectvarval/Define.asp?subjectcode=&ProductId=&MainTable=FolkInnvkatLand&nvl=&PLanguage=1&nyTmpVar=true&CMSSubjectArea=befolkning&KortNavnWeb=innvbef&StatVariant=&checked=true |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150702101705/https://www.ssb.no/statistikkbanken/selectvarval/Define.asp?subjectcode=&ProductId=&MainTable=FolkInnvkatLand&nvl=&PLanguage=1&nyTmpVar=true&CMSSubjectArea=befolkning&KortNavnWeb=innvbef&StatVariant=&checked=true |archive-date=2 July 2015 |access-date=29 June 2015 |publisher=ssb.no}}</ref>
|-
!Ancestry!!Number
|-
| {{flag|Somalia}}||57
|-
| {{flag|Poland}}||43
|-
| {{flag|Eritrea}}||38
|-
| {{flag|Syria}}||35
|-
| {{flag|Lithuania}}||25
|-
| {{flag|Thailand}}||19
|-
| {{flag|Ethiopia}}||16
|}
[[File:Pyramids Kvitskriuprestene.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Kvitskriuprestene - White Priests - soil pyramids near Sinclairstøtten in Sel.]]
Sel is bordered on the north by [[Dovre]] and [[Vågå]] municipalities, and on the south by [[Nord-Fron]] municipality. To the northeast it is bordered by [[Folldal]] municipality. Large parts of the very first national park in Norway, [[Rondane National Park]] is situated in the municipality of Sel and has its main entrances from the mountain villages of [[Høvringen]] and Mysuseter. The [[Jutulhogget (Oppland)|Jutulhogget]] canyon is located in the park.

Although it has a small population, Sel is one of the more scenic and historically significant areas of the [[Gudbrandsdalen]] valley. A large concentration of Norway's heritage-listed farms are located in the [[Heidal]] valley in Sel municipality (Heidal became part of Sel municipality in 1965).

The town of [[Otta, Norway|Otta]], named after the [[Otta River]], is the main population center in the municipality. Otta lies at the point where the Otta River joins the [[Gudbrandsdalslågen]] river from the west. The Otta River leads up to the historically important Vågå and [[Lom, Norway|Lom]] regions and the passes to the west into the [[Jotunheimen]] mountain range.<ref>{{Cite book |title=Insight Guides Norway |publisher=Houghton Mifflin Company |year=1996 |isbn=978-0-395-81912-8 |editor-last=Taylor-Wilkie |editor-first=Doreen |edition=2}}</ref>

==Attractions==
*'''Jørundgard Medieval Center''' - This reconstructed 14th century medieval farm, the location of [[Sigrid Undset]]'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.<ref name="Stagg" />
*'''Pilgrim's Route/Old Kings Road''' - The [[Pilgrim's Route|Pilgrim's Route and Old King's Road]] passes through Sel on its way through the Gudbrand Valley and northwards over [[Dovrefjell]] mountains near present-day [[Dombås]] in the [[Dovre]] municipality.<ref name="WS">{{Cite book |last=Welle-Strand |first=Erling |title=Adventure Roads in Norway |publisher=Nortrabooks |year=1996 |isbn=978-82-90103-71-7}}</ref>
*'''Selsverket''' - Sel municipality has a long tradition in [[mining]] and [[quarry]]ing for minerals, [[soapstone]], and [[slate]]. Selsverket was the [[copper]] works from the 18th century which was located approximately 2 kilometers north of Otta. There were also copper works in neighboring [[Folldal]].<ref name="Stagg" />
*'''[[Sel Church]]''' - The church at Selsverket was built in 1742. It is constructed of logs.<ref name="Stagg" />
*'''Steinberget Fortress''' - Built in the pre-Christian period, the Steinberget fortress is now a jumble of rock along [[European route E6]].<ref name="WS" />
*'''Kringen''' - In 1612, a peasant militia ambushed Scots marching to support Sweden at Kringen (the narrowest part of the Gudbrand 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]], 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]] began.  A monument can be found there today, and she's also found on Sel's coat-of-arms today.<ref name="Stagg" />
*'''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.<ref name="Stagg" />
*'''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]] 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.<ref name="Stagg">{{Cite book |last=Stagg |first=Frank Noel |url=https://archive.org/details/eastnorwayitsfro00stag |title=East Norway and its Frontier |publisher=George Allen & Unwin, Ltd. |year=1956}}</ref>

== In literature and legend ==
* Sel is where [[Kristin Lavransdatter]], a fictitious Norwegian woman living in the 14th century, grows up. ''Kristin Lavransdatter'' is a trilogy of historical novels written by the 1928 [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Nobel]] laureate [[Sigrid Undset]].
* [[Prillar-Guri]] or Prillarguri is a semi legendary figure who, according to oral tradition, was a woman from Sel, Norway who played a key role in the [[Battle of Kringen]] in August 1612

== Notable people ==
* [[Paul Thorsen Harildstad]] (1764 in Heidal – 1843), a farmer and representative at the [[Norwegian Constitutional Assembly]] at Eidsvoll
* [[Olav Kringen]] (1867 in Sel – 1951), a Norwegian newspaper editor and politician from 1887–1897 in USA
* [[Erling Steineide]] (1938 in Heidal – 2019), a cross-country skier, participated at the [[1964 Winter Olympics]]
* [[Hans Ola Sørlie]] (1953 in Otta – 1988), a Norwegian actor<ref>{{IMDb name|0845733|name=Hans Ola Sørlie}}. Retrieved 20 November 2020.</ref>
* [[Even Aleksander Hagen]] (born 1988 in Otta), a Norwegian politician and County Mayor of Oppland

==Media gallery==
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File:OttariverII.jpg|Otta River
File:Gudbrandsdalen Valley, Oppland, Norway (6052233487).jpg|Gudbrandsdalen Valley
File:Rondane - panoramio (2).jpg|Rondane
File:A carved troll woman in the Gudbrandsdalen Valley.jpg|A carved troll woman in the Gudbrandsdalen Valley
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==References==
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==External links==
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*[http://ssb.no/kommunefakta/sel Municipal fact sheet] from [[Statistics Norway]] {{in lang|no}}
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