Selja
Selja is a small island in Stad Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It was the original Catholic bishopric in Norway which later became the pre-Reformation Ancient Diocese of Bergen.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Island
- Description: island in Stad, Norway
- Also known as: “Selja, Stad”, “Seljeö”, and “Seljeøyna”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Selja Abbey and Selje Church.
Selja Abbey
Ruins
Photo: Kremle, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Selja Abbey was a Benedictine monastery located on the island of Selja in Stad Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. The island of Selja, which has been formerly known as Sellø or Selø, is located 15 minutes by boat from the mainland village of Selje.
Selje Church
Church
Photo: Per Olav Bøyum, CC BY 2.0.
Selje Church is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Stad Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It is located in the village of Selje. It is the church for the Selje parish which is part of the Nordfjord prosti in the Diocese of Bjørgvin.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Stad.
Stad
Locality
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Stad or Stadlandet is a peninsula in Stad Municipality in the northwestern part of the Nordfjord district in Vestland county in Norway. The peninsula is considered the dividing point between the Norwegian Sea to the north and the North Sea to the south. Stad is situated 6 km north of Selja.
Selja
- Category: landform
- Location: Stad, Western Norway, Norway, Nordic countries, Europe
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Turkish—“Selja” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Selja”
- Danish: “Selja”
- Dutch: “Selja (Noorwegen)”
- Dutch: “Selja”
- Finnish: “Selja (saari)”
- Finnish: “Selja”
- German: “Selja”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Selja”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Selja”
- Norwegian: “Selja”
- Russian: “Селья”
- Turkish: “Selja”
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