Anna Vigfúsdóttir á Stóru-Borg

Anna Vigfúsdóttir (died c. 1571), known as Anna of or Anna from Stóraborg was an Icelandic noblewoman in the 16th century. She was famous for her love with the shepherd Hjalti Magnusson and her long feud with her brother, the lawyer Páll, who tried to prevent them from marrying. Anna and Hjalti's story is the subject of the 1914 novel by Jón Trausti.

Family Anna was from one of Iceland's most aristocratic families. Her father was Vigfús Erlendsson, a lawyer and the seneschal of Hlíðarendi in Fljótshlíð, and whose great-grandfather was Loftur (the rich) Guttormsson. Anna's mother was , the illegitimate daughter of Páll Jónsson, sýslumaður of , and therefore a close relative of of as well as many other wealthy Icelanders.

Anna's brother was Páll Vigfússon, a lawyer. Her sister married Sæmundur ("the rich") Eiríksson of Ás in , one of the richest chieftains of southern Iceland. Her sister Kristín became the mistress of Reverend Magnús of , the son of Bishop Jón Arason.

Anna and Hjalti's relationship Anna, who was said to have been proud and spirited, built a farmstead at the base of mountain across from (also called ), which she had inherited along with many other assets after her father died in 1521, where she lived alone. Allegedly, many wealthy men had asked to marry her, but she rejected them all.

Conflict with Páll Vigfússon Anna's brother, the lawyer Páll Vigfússon, was a straight-laced man and tried to reprimand his sister and separate her from Hjalti. When that did not succeed, he tried to arrest Hjalti to have him killed. Hjalti is said to have been a strong man and very athletic, characteristics that would have served him well in attempts to evade Páll. At first, Anna hid Hjalti in , a cave near , and he went there whenever there was a risk of Páll showing up. One time, Páll arrived unexpectedly, and it is said that Anna hid Hjalti in her clothing chest.