Nord-Sel Church () is a

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of the

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Sel Municipality Sel is a municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Gudbrandsdal. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Otta. The municipality also includes several notable villages including ...

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county,

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. It is located in the village of

Nord-Sel Sel (or Nord-Sel) is a village in Sel Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. The village is located in the northern part of the municipality on the south shore of the Gudbrandsdalslågen river, about northwest of the town of Otta. The Europe ...

. It is the church for the Nord-Sel

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which is part of the Nord-Gudbrandsdal prosti (

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) in the

Diocese of Hamar The Diocese of Hamar () is a diocese within the Church of Norway. The Diocese of Hamar includes all of the churches in Innlandet county plus the churches in Lunner Municipality in Akershus county. Administratively, the diocese is divided into 1 ...

. The brown, wooden church was built in a

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design in 1932 using plans drawn up by the

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Knut Villa. The church seats about 120 people.

History

Historically, the old

Sel Church Sel Church () is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Sel Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is located in the village of Selsverket. It is the church for the Sel parish which is part of the Nord-Gudbrandsdal prosti (deanery) in ...

was located at Nord-Sel on the Romundgård farm, just about south of the present site of the Nord-Sel Church. In 1742, the old Sel Church was torn down and a new Sel Church was built about to the southeast, further down the valley. Nord-Sel was then without a church for nearly 200 years. In the early 1930s, plans were made to build a new church in Nord-Sel, on a site about to the north of the old historic church site, on the opposite side of the road. The new

building was designed by Knut Villa. The building was constructed in 1931-1932 and it was

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in 1932. The nave is rectangular and has a small tower over the

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in the southeast, the

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is on the northwest end of the building, and there is a

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on the southwest side of the chancel.

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