Solveig Lára Guðmundsdóttir

Solveig Lára Guðmundsdóttir (born 1956) is an Icelandic prelate who served as the Bishop of Hólar from 2012 to 2022.

The Right Reverend

Solveig Lára Guðmundsdóttir
Bishop of Hólar
ChurchChurch of Iceland
DioceseHólar
Elected2012
In office2012–2022
PredecessorJón Aðalsteinn Baldvinsson
SuccessorGísli Gunnarsson
Orders
Ordination12 June 1983
Consecration12 August 2012
by Agnes M. Sigurðardóttir
Personal details
Born1956
NationalityIcelandic
SpouseGylfi Jonsson
Children4
Alma materUniversity of Iceland

Biography

Solveig Lára completed a diploma in theology in 1983 and has graduated in Christian reflection and psychology in Germany in 1999 and in serving leadership and leadership training for women by the Lutheran World Federation in 2010. She became a deputy clergyman in Bústaðapakkarak in 1983, became a parish priest at Seltjarnarnes in 1986 and a parish priest at Möðruvöllum in Hörgárdalur in 2000. Solveig Lára is married to Gylfi Jónsson. They have four children and three grandchildren.[1]

Bishop

Solveig Lára was elected bishop with 96 votes compared with 70 for her contender Kristján Björnsson. She was consecrated bishop on 12 August 2012 in Hólar Cathedral by the Bishop of Iceland Agnes M. Sigurðardóttir. She was installed as bishop on 1 September. She succeeded Jón Aðalsteinn Baldvinsson as Bishop of Hólar and suffragan to the Bishop of Iceland in the Diocese of Iceland. She was the second woman to be consecrated bishop in Iceland.[2][3]

References
  1. "Solveig Lára Guðmundsdóttirp", Church of Iceland. Retrieved on 17 August 2017.
  2. "Solveig Lára vígð sem vígslubiskup", Morgunblaðið, Reykjavík, 12 August 2012. Retrieved on 17 August 2017.
  3. "Sr. Solveig Lára valin vígslubiskup á Hólum", Church of Iceland. Retrieved on 17 August 2017.


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