Hallveig Fróðadóttir
Iceland's first female settler, 874 AD
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Hallveig Fróðadóttir (fl. 870s) is traditionally considered Iceland's first female settler.[1][2] She was married to Íngolfr Arnarson, the first settler of Iceland and founder of Reykjavík.[3]
According to Landnámabók, she was the daughter of Fróði and the sister of Loft the Old.[4] She and Íngolfr had a son, Þorsteinn, who established an early thing at Kjalarnes.[5] Through him, she was the grandmother of the lawspeaker Þorkell máni Þorsteinsson. Another child, Þórnýja, is mentioned in the late Kjalnesinga saga.[6]
She gives her name to Iceland’s first diesel tug[7] and to the women’s centre Hallveigarstaðir in Reyjavík.[8]
