Solveig

Revision History

Date	Editor	Change Summary
12/1/2024, 10:33 PM	Mike C	update #117
4/25/2021, 10:07 PM	Mike C	update #110
11/16/2019, 11:04 AM	Mike C	update #105
6/13/2019, 12:17 AM	Mike C	update #104
12/3/2014, 12:28 AM	Mike C	update #89
9/1/2013, 10:30 PM	Mike C	update #87
10/10/2012, 5:50 PM	Mike C	update #84
2/12/2007, 1:03 AM	Mike C	earliest recorded revision

Gender Feminine

Usage Norwegian, Swedish, Danish

Pronounced Pron. SOOL-vie(Norwegian) /ˈsǔːl.vɛj/(Swedish)

Meaning & History

From an Old Norse name, which was derived from the elements sól "sun" and veig "strength". This is the name of the heroine in Henrik Ibsen's play Peer Gynt (1876).