Solveig Rafnsdóttir

Solveig Rafnsdóttir (c. 1470–1562) was the last abbess of Iceland's Reynistaður Abbey. She became a nun in 1493 and was inducted as abbess on the eighth day of Christmas (January 1) in 1508 and served there until Iceland's practice of Catholic monasticism was ended in 1551.

Family Solveig came from a highly aristocratic family. He father was the sheriff Rafn Brandsson the elder (c. 1420–1483) and her mother was Margrét Eyjólfsdóttir, the daughter of Eyjólfur Arnfinnson, a knight in . Solveig's brother was Brandur Rafnsson, a priest in Hof in Vopnafjörður who later became a prior in Skriðuklaustur Abbey. This may have been a factor in Solveig joining the abbey.

Tenure as abbess Solveig took over the abbey's administration after the death of abbess Agnes Jónsdóttir in 1507. She led with vigor, was involved in various lawsuits, and ably defended her rights as well as the abbey's. In a record of the abbey's assets from 1525, it is mentioned that it had 42 inhabited estates, 7 uninhabited ones, 114 oxen, 520 sheep, and 33 horses. It is certain that this is Solveig Rafnsdóttir.