I've got a Angular 2 form with a static select menu

```
<select formControlName="type" name="type">
    <option value="reference">Referentie</option>
    <option value="name">Aanhef</option>
    <option value="street">Street</option>
    <option value="postcode">Postcode</option>
</select>

```

How can I set the first as the selected value. What ever I do it turns up blank.

[![enter image description here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/YCQRN.png)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/YCQRN.png)

I've tried:

```
<option selected...
<option selected="selected"...   
<option [selected]="selected"...
<option [selected]="reference"...
this.searchform.value.type = 'reference';

```

Hope someone can help.