Sølen, also called Rendalssølen, Søln and Rendalssøln is a mountain in Rendalen

Rendalen

Rendalen is a municipality in Hedmark county, Norway. It is part of the traditional region of Østerdalen. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Bergset.-Name:...

 municipality in Hedmark

Hedmark

is a county in Norway, bordering Sør-Trøndelag, Oppland and Akershus. The county administration is in Hamar.Hedmark makes up the northeastern part of Østlandet, the southeastern part of the country. It includes a long part of the borderline with Sweden, Dalarna County and Värmland County. The...

, Norway

Norway

Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...

. The mountain has three peaks,

• Nordre Sølen, 1699 m (5,574 ft)
• Midtre Sølen, 1755 m (5,758 ft)
• Søre Sølen, 1688 m (5,538 ft)

The three peaks and their saddles make the mountain distinct from a long distance.

The name

The name is maybe derived from the Norse word sǫlr 'sallow, wan' - or the form of the mountain was compared with a saddle

Saddle

A saddle is a supportive structure for a rider or other load, fastened to an animal's back by a girth. The most common type is the equestrian saddle designed for a horse, but specialized saddles have been created for camels and other creatures...

(Norse sǫðull m).