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I had never heard of it before, but I found a thread on the name Åletta on a Swedish genealogy forum, said to be a form of Aleht, a Low German form of Adelheid, according to "Swedish first names" by Roland Otterbjörk (which seems to be an excellent book). First used in Sweden in the 16th or 17th century, should be about the same for Norway, I guess.