Sølen (also called Rendalssølen, Søln, and Rendalssøln) is a

mountain A mountain is an elevated portion of the Earth's crust, generally with steep sides that show significant exposed bedrock. Although definitions vary, a mountain may differ from a plateau in having a limited Summit (topography), summit area, and ...

in Rendalen Municipality in

Innlandet Innlandet is a county in Norway. It was created on 1 January 2020 with the merger of the old counties of Oppland and Hedmark (the municipalities of Jevnaker and Lunner were transferred to the neighboring county of Viken on the same date). The ...

county,

Norway Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe, the mainland territory of which comprises the western and northernmost portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and t ...

. The mountain lies about east of the village of

Bergset Bergset is the administrative centre of Rendalen Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. The village is located on the western shore of the river Renaelva, about north of the village of Otnes in the largely rural Østerdalen valley. The villag ...

. The lake

Sølensjøen Sølensjøen is a lake in Rendalen Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. The lake is part of the long Sølna river system. The lake itself is about long and wide, and its greatest depth is . Sølensjøen has abundant populations of Arctic ...

lies just east of the mountain. The mountain has three peaks: *Nordre Sølen, which has an elevation of with a prominence of * Midtre Sølen, which has an elevation of with a prominence of * Søre Sølen, which has an elevation of with a prominence of The three peaks and their saddles make the mountain distinct and visible from a long distance. An old pilgrimage route from Sweden via Trysil to

Nidaros Cathedral Nidaros Cathedral ( no, Nidarosdomen / Nidaros Domkirke) is a Church of Norway cathedral located in the city of Trondheim in Trøndelag county. It is built over the burial site of Olav II of Norway, King Olav II (c. 995–1030, reigned 1015–102 ...

passes through the southern gorge. The Sølen landscape conservation area was established in 2011 and it includes both the mountain massif and parts of the neighboring lake

Name

The name is maybe derived from the

Old Norse Old Norse, Old Nordic, or Old Scandinavian, is a stage of development of North Germanic languages, North Germanic dialects before their final divergence into separate Nordic languages. Old Norse was spoken by inhabitants of Scandinavia and t ...

word which means 'sallow' or 'wan' referring to its color. It could also be derived from the word meaning

saddle The saddle is a supportive structure for a rider of an animal, fastened to an animal's back by a girth. The most common type is equestrian. However, specialized saddles have been created for oxen, camels and other animals. It is not kno ...

( non, sǫðull). 2006 0916Rendalen0050.JPG, Seen from the east, by Sandtjønn SølenFromRondeslottet.jpg, Nordre, Midtre and Søre Sølen seen from

Rondeslottet Rondslottet is the highest mountain in the Rondane mountain range in Innlandet county, Norway. The tall mountain sits on the border between Dovre Municipality and Folldal Municipality, just north of the border with Sel Municipality. There is a tr ...

(west)

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Solen Rendalen Mountains of Innlandet

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