Sollefteå is a locality and the seat of Sollefteå Municipality in Västernorrland County, Sweden. The earliest written account on Sollefteå is found in a script dating back to 1270. During this time the name of the village was given as De Solatum - a name that can be interpreted as a composition of Sol and at i.e. literally The sunlit region. De Solatum a…Sollefteå is a locality and the seat of Sollefteå Municipality in Västernorrland County, Sweden. The earliest written account on Sollefteå is found in a script dating back to 1270. During this time the name of the village was given as De Solatum - a name that can be interpreted as a composition of Sol and at i.e. literally The sunlit region. De Solatum also can be interpreted as desolation, which means loneliness or remoteness.