Steinvör Sighvatsdóttir, Icelandic aristocrat and poet

Steinvör Sighvatsdóttir

Steinvör Sighvatsdóttir, was the politically most influential woman in Iceland in the Age of the Sturlungs. She was also a skald and listed as such in Skáldatal. Most of what is known about Steinvör Sighvatsdóttir is told in Íslendinga saga, Þórðar saga kakala and Þorgils saga…