Sollia

For other uses, see Sollia (disambiguation).

Sollia
Village
View of the village church
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Coordinates: 61°46′51″N 10°24′00″E / 61.78081°N 10.39994°E / 61.78081; 10.39994
Country	Norway
Region	Eastern Norway
County	Innlandet
District	Østerdalen
Municipality	Stor-Elvdal Municipality
Elevation [1]	769 m (2,523 ft)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Post Code	2477

Sollia^[2] is a village in Stor-Elvdal Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. The village is located just up the hill from the Setninga river, about 48 kilometres (30 mi) northwest of the village of Koppang and about 40 kilometres (25 mi) north of the village of Ringebu. Sollia Church is located in the long, narrow village. The County Road 219 runs through the small village. Historically, this village was the administrative centre of the old Sollia Municipality.^[3]

Name

The first element is sol which means "the Sun" and the last element is the finite form of li which means "hillside". Thus, the name means "the sunny hillside".

References

1. "Sollia, Stor-Elvdal". yr.no. Retrieved 30 January 2022.
2. "Informasjon om stadnamn". Norgeskart (in Norwegian). Kartverket. Retrieved 1 June 2025.
3. Mæhlum, Lars, ed. (27 November 2024). "Sollia". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Foreningen Store norske leksikon. Retrieved 1 June 2025.