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* Kringen-In 1612, a peasant militia ambushed Scots marching to support Sweden at Kringen ( the narrowest part of the Gudbrandsdal valley, just below the confluence of the Otta and the Gudbrandsdalslågen ).

As the Scots reached the ambush site of Prillarguri hill, legend has it that Prillar-Guri, riding on the other side of the lågen, distracted the Scots until they were in the right position.

She then sounded a blast with her prillarhorn ( a ram's horn ), and the Battle of Kringen began.

A monument can be found there today, and she's also found on Sel's coat-of-arms today.