Ólöf Loftsdóttir

Ólöf ríka ("the rich") Loftsdóttir (c. 1410–1479) was an Icelandic noblewoman. She was the daughter of Loftur ríki Guttormsson and Ingibjörg Pálsdóttir and married to Björn Þorleifsson hirðstjóri. She resided at in Skarðsströnd and is most known for her role in combating the English who came to Iceland.

Family Ólöf was from the Skarðverjar family and lived in in .

Ólöf married , the son of the Vatnsfjörður sýslumaður and his wife Vatnsfjarðar-Kristín Björnsdóttir. Their wealth included a large number of copper pots and other household objects that they rented out, which yielded a good income.

Some sources say that Ólöf had had two children in wedlock as well as one out of wedlock with Sigvaldur "the long-lived" Gunnarson, but these claims are unfounded. Ólöf and Björn's children were: They were released by a ransom paid by the Danish monarch King Christian I and Björn was then made seneschal overseeing all of Iceland with the task of hindering English trade in Iceland.