The Solaner Trail is named after Daniel Solander (1733-1782). Solander was a bothanist and explorer, a pupil of Carl von Linneus.

Solander accompanied captain James Cook on the ship Endeavor, becoming Swedens first ever circumnavigatior.

For an excellent history of Daniel and his work, visit the web page of the Solander Association, seated in Daniels birth place in Öjebyn, Piteå!