Selbu is a municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. The

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of the municipality is the village of Mebonden. Other villages in Selbu include Flora,

Fossan Fossan is a village in the municipality of Selbu in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located about north of the municipal center of Mebonden, across the lake Selbusjøen. Fossan is located about halfway between the villages of Selbustrand Se ...

, Hyttbakken, Innbygda,

Selbustrand Selbustrand is a village in the municipality of Selbu in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located about across the lake Selbusjøen from the municipal center of Mebonden Mebonden or Mebond is the administrative centre of the municipality of S ...

Trøa Trøa is a village in the municipality of Selbu in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located along the eastern end of the lake Selbusjøen, just north of the village of Innbygda, about north of the municipal center of Mebonden, and about south o ...

, Tømra, and

Vikvarvet Vikvarvet is a village in the municipality of Selbu in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located on the southern shore of the lake Selbusjøen, about southwest of the municipal center of Mebonden Mebonden or Mebond is the administrative centre ...

. The municipality is the 86th largest by area out of the 356 municipalities in Norway. Selbu is the 200th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 4,090. The municipality's population density is and its population has increased by 1.2% over the previous 10-year period.

General information

The municipality (originally the parish) of Selbu was established on 1 January 1838 (see

Formannskapsdistrikt () is the name for Norwegian local self-government districts that were legally enacted on 1 January 1838. This system of municipalities was created in a bill approved by the Parliament of Norway and signed into law by King Carl Johan on 14 January ...

law). On 1 January 1901, the eastern part of the municipality was separated to form the new municipality of Tydal. This left Selbu with 4,607 inhabitants. The borders of Selbu have not changed since that date. On 1 January 2018, the municipality switched from the old

Sør-Trøndelag Sør-Trøndelag () was a county comprising the southern portion of the present-day Trøndelag county in Norway. It bordered the old Nord-Trøndelag county as well as the counties of Møre og Romsdal, Oppland, and Hedmark. To the west is the No ...

county to the new Trøndelag county.

Name

The Old Norse form of the name was ''Selabú''. The first element is the

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of the old name of the lake Selbusjøen ( non, Seli). The last element is ''bú'' which means "district". (The old name of the lake is probably derived from the word ''seli'' which means "

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" since the lake is long and narrow.)

Coat of arms

The coat of arms was adopted on 31 May 1991. The arms show a silver background with three black selburoses, designs which are typical for the patterns used in the local

lusekofte The lusekofte (, '' lice jacket''), also called the Setesdalsgenser (''Setesdal sweater'') is a traditional Norwegian sweater, dating from the 19th century. The original sweater features a black and white design, the name referring to the isola ...

(traditional Norwegian sweaters) and other woollen garments. Home knitting has been a long tradition in the municipality.

Churches

The

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has one parish () within the municipality of Selbu. It is part of the Stjørdal prosti (

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) in the

Diocese of Nidaros Nidaros is a diocese in the Lutheran Church of Norway. It covers Trøndelag county in Central Norway and its cathedral city is Trondheim, which houses the well-known Nidaros Cathedral. Since 10 September 2017, the Bishop of Nidaros is Herborg ...

Government

All municipalities in Norway, including Selbu, are responsible for

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(through 10th grade), outpatient

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, senior citizen services, unemployment and other

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, zoning, economic development, and municipal roads. The municipality is governed by a municipal council of elected representatives, which in turn elect a mayor. The municipality falls under the Trøndelag District Court and the Frostating Court of Appeal.

Municipal council

The municipal council () of Selbu is made up of 25 representatives that are elected to four year terms. The party breakdown of the council is as follows: Selbusjöen IMG 4561

Geography

Selbu borders nine municipalities. The municipalities of Trondheim, Malvik, and

Stjørdal Stjørdal () or is a municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is part of the Stjørdalen region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Stjørdal, also called Stjørdalshalsen. Some of the villages in the municipalit ...

are to the north; Meråker and Tydal are to the east; Tydal,

Holtålen Holtålen is a municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is part of the Gauldalen region. The administrative centre of the municipality is located in the Ålen area of the village of Renbygda. Other villages in the municipality include Hess ...

, and

Midtre Gauldal Midtre Gauldal is a municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is part of the Gauldalen region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Støren. Other villages in the municipality include Singsås, Soknedal, Enodden, an ...

are to the south; and Melhus and

Klæbu Klæbu is a former municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. It existed from 1838 until its dissolution in 2020 when it was incorporated into the neighboring Trondheim Municipality. It was located in the southern part of the Trondheim Region, a ...

are to the west. The largest lake in Selbu is Selbusjøen with an area of about . It is located above sea level. Another lake in the municipality is

Sørungen Sørungen is a lake in the municipality of Selbu in Trøndelag county, Norway. The lake is located about south of the village of Vikvarvet, about west of the village of Flora, and about northeast of the lake Samsjøen in the neighboring mun ...

. The highest mountain in Selbu is the tall mountain Fongen, located inside Skarvan and Roltdalen National Park. The Nea River and Rotla River both flow through the municipality. The municipality covers a total of which consists of:

Climate

Located inland in the Trøndelag region at relatively low altitude, Selbu has a humid continental climate (Dfb), but with a relatively mild winter for this climate type, as the sea is not that far away. The all-time low was recorded Februar 2010 and January record low is also from 2010, all the other record lows are from 1983 or older. The all-time high is from June 2020. Recent decades have tended to be warmer than earlier decades; 8 of the 12 record highs are from after 2010.

Transportation

The main road through Selbu is

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that runs between

, Selbu, and Tydal. Selbu is located near important destinations:

Economy

Traditionally, Selbu has been an

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and forest managing community. The area is well known for its special knitting techniques. The last decades have led to efforts in business such as high technology, electronics, and mechanics. The newspaper ''

Selbyggen ''Selbyggen'' (The Selbu Resident) is a local Norway, Norwegian newspaper covering the municipalities of Selbu and Tydal in Sør-Trøndelag Counties of Norway, county. The newspaper has been published since June 9, 1889, when it was started by the b ...

'' has been published in Selbu since 1889.

Notable people

* Marit Guldsetbrua Emstad (born 1841 in Selbu) popularized the Selburose knitting design in 1857 when she knitted three pairs of mittens with an eight-petalled rose design * Belle Gunness (1859 in Selbu – ca.1908) a Norwegian-American serial killer, active in Illinois and Indiana between 1884 and 1908, thought to have killed at least fourteen people *

Peder Morset Peder Morset (4 April 1887 – 19 May 1943) was a Norwegian teacher and resistance member. Born in Selbu in Sør-Trøndelag, Norway, he was the son of Ole Henriksen Morset (1864–1935) and Ingborg Berntine Petersdatter (1864–1947). He was e ...

(1887 in Selbu – 1943) a teacher and

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Per Almaas Per Almaas (8 March 1898 – 25 July 1991) was a Norwegian politician for the Norwegian Labour Party, Labour Party. He was born in Selbu. He was elected to the Storting, Norwegian Parliament from Sør-Trøndelag in 1950, but was not re-electe ...

(1898 in Selbu – 1991) a teacher and politician; Mayor of Strinda municipality council pre and post WWII *

Inga Balstad Inga Johanne Balstad (born 25 January 1952 in Selbu) is a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party. She served as a deputy representative in the Norwegian Parliament from Sør-Trøndelag county during the terms 1993–1997 and 1997–200 ...

(born 1952 in Selbu) a Norwegian politician, Mayor of Selbu since 2007

Sport

Hans Olav Sørensen Hans Olav Sørensen (born 16 November 1942, in Selbu) is a Norwegian former ski jumper who competed from 1963 to 1966. He finished eighth in the individual normal hill event at the 1964 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck. Sørensen's best career finish ...

(born 1942 in Selbu) a Norwegian former ski jumper who competed at the

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Brit Stav Brit Stav (born 1944) is a Norwegian archer. She was born in Selbu. She competed in archery at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich Munich ( ; german: München ; bar, Minga ) is the capital and most populous city of the States of Germa ...

(born 1944 in Selbu) a Norwegian archer, competed at the

1972 Summer Olympics The 1972 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad () and commonly known as Munich 1972 (german: München 1972), was an international multi-sport event held in Munich, West Germany, from 26 August to 11 September 1972. ...

* Malin Aune (born 1995 in Selbu) a handball player for the

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References

External links

*
Municipal fact sheet
from

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Aerial photography from Selbu
*

Selbuvott Selbuvott (also known as selbu mittens) is a knitted woolen mitten, based on a pattern from Selbu in Norway. Like all mittens, the purpose of selbuvott is to keep hands warm during winter, with one large space for fingers and a separate smaller sec ...

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