Selbu is a

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. The

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of the municipality is the village of

Mebonden Mebonden or Mebond is the administrative centre of the municipality of Selbu in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located at the eastern end of the lake Selbusjøen at the mouth of the Nea River. The villages of Vikvarvet, Hyttbakken, Innbygda, ...

. Other villages in Selbu include

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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 Hyttbakken is a village in the municipality of Selbu in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located along the Nea River, about east of the municipal center of Mebonden and about northwest of the village of Flora Flora is all the plant life pr ...

Innbygda Innbygda is the administrative centre of Trysil municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. The village is located along the river Trysilelva, about north of the village of Nybergsund. The village has a population (2021) of 2,433 and a populat ...

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

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is and its population has increased by 1.2% over the previous 10-year period.

General information

The municipality (originally the

parish A parish is a territorial entity in many Christian denominations, constituting a division within a diocese. A parish is under the pastoral care and clerical jurisdiction of a priest, often termed a parish priest, who might be assisted by one or m ...

) 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 Tydal is a municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Ås. Other villages include Østby, Gressli, Aunet, and Stugudalen. There is a school and a kindergarten in Tydal. The inhabi ...

. 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

county.

Name

The

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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 A coat of arms is a heraldry, heraldic communication design, visual design on an escutcheon (heraldry), escutcheon (i.e., shield), surcoat, or tabard (the latter two being outer garments). The coat of arms on an escutcheon forms the central ele ...

was adopted on 31 May 1991. The arms show a silver background with three black

selburose In Norwegian knitting, a ''selburose'' () is a knitted rose pattern in the shape of a regular octagram. It is traditionally used for winter clothing such as the Selbu mitten (''selbuvott'') and sweaters ('' lusekofte, lopapeysa'' and '' mariu ...

s, 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

wool Wool is the textile fibre obtained from sheep and other mammals, especially goats, rabbits, and camelids. The term may also refer to inorganic materials, such as mineral wool and glass wool, that have properties similar to animal wool. As ...

len garments. Home knitting has been a long tradition in the municipality.

Churches

The

Church of Norway The Church of Norway ( nb, Den norske kirke, nn, Den norske kyrkja, se, Norgga girku, sma, Nöörjen gærhkoe) is an evangelical Lutheran denomination of Protestant Christianity and by far the largest Christian church in Norway. The church b ...

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

Stjørdal prosti This list of churches in Nidaros is a list of the Church of Norway churches in the Diocese of Nidaros which covers all of Trøndelag county in Norway. The list is divided into several sections, one for each deanery in the diocese. Administrati ...

(

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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 Herbor ...

Government

All municipalities in Norway, including Selbu, are responsible for

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(through 10th grade), outpatient health services,

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services,

unemployment Unemployment, according to the OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development), is people above a specified age (usually 15) not being in paid employment or self-employment but currently available for Work (human activity), w ...

and other

social services Social services are a range of public services intended to provide support and assistance towards particular groups, which commonly include the disadvantaged. They may be provided by individuals, private and independent organisations, or administe ...

zoning Zoning is a method of urban planning in which a municipality or other tier of government divides land into areas called zones, each of which has a set of regulations for new development that differs from other zones. Zones may be defined for a si ...

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, and municipal

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s. The municipality is governed by a

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of elected representatives, which in turn elect a

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. The municipality falls under the

Trøndelag District Court Trøndelag District Court ( no, Trøndelag tingrett) is a district court located in Trøndelag county, Norway. This court is based at four different courthouses which are located in Brekstad, Namsos, Steinkjer, and Trondheim. The court serves the ...

and the

Frostating Court of Appeal The Frostating Court of Appeal ( no, Frostating lagmannsrett) is one of six courts of appeal in the Kingdom of Norway. The Court is located in the city of Trondheim. The court has jurisdiction over the counties of Trøndelag and Møre og Romsdal. ...

Municipal council

The

() of Selbu is made up of 25 representatives that are elected to four year terms. The

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breakdown of the council is as follows: Selbusjöen IMG 4561

Geography

Selbu borders nine municipalities. The municipalities of

Trondheim Trondheim ( , , ; sma, Tråante), historically Kaupangen, Nidaros and Trondhjem (), is a city and municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. As of 2020, it had a population of 205,332, was the third most populous municipality in Norway, and ...

Malvik Malvik is a municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is part of the Trondheim Region. The administrative center of the municipality is the village of Hommelvik. Other villages in Malvik include Muruvika, Smiskaret, Sneisen, Vikhammer, an ...

, and Stjørdal are to the north;

Meråker Meråker is a municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is part of the Stjørdalen region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Midtbygda which is about west of Storlien in Sweden and east of the town of Stjørd ...

and

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 are to the south; and

Melhus Melhus is a municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is part of the Gauldalen region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Melhus. Other villages include Gåsbakken, Hovin, Korsvegen, Kvål, Ler, Lundamo, S ...

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. The highest mountain in Selbu is the tall mountain

Fongen or is a mountain in Trøndelag county, Norway. The mountain sits along the border of the municipalities of Selbu, Tydal, and Meråker. The summit is located inside the Skarvan and Roltdalen National Park. The nearest villages are Mebonden in ...

, located inside

Skarvan and Roltdalen National Park Skarvan and Roltdalen National Park ( no, Skarvan og Roltdalen nasjonalpark) is a national park in Trøndelag county, Norway. The park is located in the municipalities of Selbu, Tydal, Meråker, and Stjørdal, not too far from the border with S ...

. The

Nea River , , or is an long river which has runs through the municipalities of Tydal and Selbu in Trøndelag county, Norway and Åre Municipality in Jämtland county, Sweden. The river Nea is a part of the Nea-Nidelvvassdraget watershed. Some of the ma ...

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

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, Selbu has a

humid continental climate A humid continental climate is a climatic region defined by Russo-German climatologist Wladimir Köppen in 1900, typified by four distinct seasons and large seasonal temperature differences, with warm to hot (and often humid) summers and freezing ...

(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 Norwegian County Road 705 that runs between Stjørdal, Selbu, and

. 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

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knitting techniques. The last decades have led to efforts in business such as high

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electronics The field of electronics is a branch of physics and electrical engineering that deals with the emission, behaviour and effects of electrons using electronic devices. Electronics uses active devices to control electron flow by amplification ...

, and

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. 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 In Norwegian knitting, a ''selburose'' () is a knitted rose pattern in the shape of a regular octagram. It is traditionally used for winter clothing such as the Selbu mitten (''selbuvott'') and sweaters ('' lusekofte, lopapeysa'' and '' mariu ...

knitting design in 1857 when she knitted three pairs of mittens with an eight-petalled rose design *

Belle Gunness Belle Gunness, born Brynhild Paulsdatter Størset (November 11, 1859 – possibly April 28, 1908), nicknamed "Hell's Belle", was a Norwegian-American serial killer who was active in Illinois and Indiana between 1884 and 1908. Gunness is thought ...

(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 ...

(1887 in Selbu – 1943) a teacher and

Norwegian resistance member The Norwegian resistance (Norwegian: ''Motstandsbevegelsen'') to the occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany began after Operation Weserübung in 1940 and ended in 1945. It took several forms: *Asserting the legitimacy of the exiled government, ...

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 (born 1942 in Selbu) a Norwegian former ski jumper who competed at the 1964 Winter Olympics *

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 German state of ...

(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 Malin Larsen Aune (born 4 March 1995) is a Norwegian handball player for CSM București and the Norwegian national team. She also represented Norway in the 2013 Women's Junior European Handball Championship, placing 4th, and in the 2014 Wome ...

(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 {{use dmy dates, date=October 2022 Municipalities of Trøndelag 1838 establishments in Norway