ID: 16701
Born west
Date of birth : 1890
Place of birth : Garðarbyggð
Date of death : 1969
Solveig Sigríður Grímsdóttir Photo: VÍÆ1
Árni B Gíslason Photo: VÍÆ1
Solveig Sigríður Grímsdóttir was born in the Garðar Settlement in N. Dakota on December 1, 1890. She died on June 12, 1969 in St. Peter, Minnesota. She took the name Dr. Solveig Thordarson in the west.
Spouse: September 27, 1922 Árni B. Gíslason b. August 8, 1877, d. August 26, 1956.
Children: 1. Robert Warren b. April 28, 1925 2. Ingibjörg Sylvia Ruth b. August 8, 1928 3. Dorothy Esther b. May 23, 1932, d. May 24, 1932. Árni also had children with his first wife.
Solveig grew up in the Garðar Settlement, the daughter of Grímur Þórðarson and Ingibjarg Snæbjörnsdóttir. She studied medicine and psychiatry and practiced at the state hospital in St. Peter, Minnesota.