Solberga Abbey

On 12 August 1246, Bishop Laurentius of Linköping mentions that the first nuns had been sent to Gotland.

In contrast to what was previously believed, Solberga was a large convent with many members.

In 1361, many fallen from the Battle of Visby was buried on the abbey's land, where a cross, which still stands, was erected.

The abbey was presumably destroyed by the war between the Victual Brothers, the Teutonic Knights and the forces of the Kalmar Union in 1398–1403.

In 1404, the abbess applied for help from the Master of the Teutonic Knights in Prussia, then in control of Gotland, to found a new abbey.