Alf, the sacred river

From the Guardian‘s obituary of Ingrid Thulin, a wonderful actress for Ingmar Bergman:

Thulin was born in Solleftea, a small town and winter sports centre on the Alven river in central Sweden.

Let’s see what’s wrong with this. It’s Sollefteå not Solleftea; it’s in Northern, not central Sweden, while älven (not alven) is simply the Swedish for “the river”. Anyway, in Nothern Sweden, they tend not to use “älv” for “river”, but another word, the one letter å, so the river that runs through Sollefteå is the Sollefte å. But it’s true she was born there, wherever.