Sollefteå

Sollefteå (sôlĕfˈtəōˌ) [key], city (1990 pop. 9,379), Västernorrland co., central Sweden, on the Ångermanälven River. It is a winter sports center and has a large military garrison. Sollefteå has been known since the 13th cent. and was chartered in 1917.

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