| Official Name: | Seim |
| Settlement Type: | Village |
| Pushpin Map: | Vestland#Norway |
| Pushpin Label Position: | right |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of the village |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Norway |
| Subdivision Name1: | Western Norway |
| Subdivision Name2: | Vestland |
| Subdivision Type3: | District |
| Subdivision Name3: | Nordhordland |
| Subdivision Type4: | Municipality |
| Subdivision Name4: | Alver |
| Utc Offset1: | +01:00 |
| Utc Offset1 Dst: | +02:00 |
| Area Total Km2: | 0.4 |
| Population As Of: | 2016 |
| Population Total: | 417 |
| Population Density Km2: | 1043 |
| Postal Code Type: | Post Code |
| Postal Code: | 5912 Seim |
| Elevation M: | 24 |
| Elevation Footnotes: | [1] |
| Coordinates: | 60.6206°N 5.2694°W |
Seim is a village in Alver municipality in Vestland county, Norway. The village is located at the innermost part of the Lurefjorden, about north of the village of Knarvik and about southeast of the island of Lygra. The village is home to Seim Church (Seim kyrkje) which was built in 1878, and a primary school.[2] The 0.4km2 village has a population (2016) of 417 which gives the village a population density of .[3]
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).[4] [5] Since 1997, Seim has been a sight of the Håkonarspelet summer festivals which includes performances of the historical drama Kongen med Gullhjelmen. Written by Johannes Heggland, this series of historic plays centers on the reign of King Håkon the Good which ended with the Battle of Fitjar.[6]
The village of Seim and the surrounding areas going out about 2to 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.[7] [8] Then in 2020, the area was incorporated into the new Alver Municipality.