Solveig

Solveig (/ˈsoʊlveɪ/ SOHL-vay) is a female given name of Old Norse origin. It is most common in Denmark, Norway, Sweden, and Iceland, and it is also common in Germany and France.

Etymology

The name consists of two parts, where both parts have different theorized origins.

Sol-
- Old Norse salr "house, hall, home"
- Old Norse sól "sun"
- Old Norse sölr "sun-coloured, yellow"
-veig
- Old Norse veig "strength"
- Old Norse víg "battle"
- Old Norse vígja "to butt"

Versions

Generally speaking, the most common version is Solveig. However, alternative versions are used in Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Iceland, Germany, Latvia, and on the Faroe Islands, and to some extent in France.

Norwegian, Swedish, and Danish

Solveig
Solveigh
Sólveig
Solvej
Solvei
Solveij
Solveg

Icelandic

Solveig
Sólveig

Latvian and Lithuanian

Solveiga

German and French

Solveig

In fiction

Solveig is a central character in the play Peer Gynt by Henrik Ibsen. She sings the famous "Solveig's Song" in Edvard Grieg's musical suite of the same name. Ibsen uses sun imagery in association to the character (scene 10, act 5), indicating that Ibsen may have favored the idea that the name is etymologically associated with the sun.

There is also a female central character in the Argentine novelist Leopoldo Marechal's Adán Buenosayres named Solveig Amundsen. Furthermore, Solveig is the main character and narrator of Matthew J. Kirby's Icefall.

Notable people called Solveig

Miklabæjar-Solveig, an Icelandic woman who lived in the late 18th century and is the subject of local folklore

Given name

Sólveig Anspach, an Icelandic-French film director
Solveig Christov, a Norwegian novelist, writer of short stories and playwright
Solveig Dommartin, a French actress
Solveig Egman-Andersson, a Swedish artistic gymnast and Olympian
Solveig Guðmundsdóttir, an Icelandic heiress and landlady
Solveig Gulbrandsen, a Norwegian footballer
Solveig Gunbjørg Jacobsen
Solveig Heilo, also known as Sol Heilo, a Norwegian composer, artist, musician, music producer, arranger, designer
Solveig Jülich, a Swedish historian of ideas, professor
Solveig Krey, a Norwegian naval officer
Solveig Kringlebotn, a Norwegian operatic soprano singer
Solveig Nordlund, a Swedish-Portuguese filmmaker
Sólveig Pétursdóttir, an Icelandic politician a former speaker of the Althing, the Icelandic parliament
Solveig Slettahjell, a Norwegian jazz singer
Solveig Sollie, a Norwegian politician
Solveig Sundborg, a Danish film actress
Solveig Rogstad, a Norwegian biathlete
Solveig Rönn-Christiansson, a Swedish politician
Solveig Torsvik, a Norwegian politician

Middle name

Heide Solveig Göttner, a German fantasy writer

Surname

Martin Solveig, a French DJ

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