Seim, Kvinnherad, Hordaland, Norway
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Seim is a village in Alver municipality in Vestland county, Norway. The village is located at the innermost part of the Lurefjorden, north of the village of Knarvik and southeast of the island of Lygra. The village is home to Seim Church (Seim kyrkje)
Harald Fairhair had his royal estates in and around the village of Seim. According to tradition, his son King Håkon the Good is buried at Håkonhaugen in Seim (Håkonshaugen på Seim). The village of Seim and the surrounding areas going out about 1.2 to 2.5 miles around the village in all directions is the area of the old parish of Seim. This area historically belonged to the prestegjeld of Hosanger. Seim was an exclave of Hosanger, since the rest of Hosanger was located further to the south and east and the prestegjeld of Alver separated the two. In 1885, Seim was transferred to the new municipality of Alversund. In 1964, Alversund was merged with parts of several other municipalities to form a new, larger municipality of Lindås. |
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