She and her mother sought help to enforce this decision, and Snorri Sturluson was called in to arbitrate.
[2] Solveig brought her inherited wealth to the match but little political support, as her brothers were attached by marriage to the families of Sturla's enemies.
[7] Solveig became the mistress of the household at Sauðafell, but she felt that she had little knowledge of her husband's business.
Solveig's most dramatic scene in Sturlunga saga is the Sauðafell Raid, where Sturla’s opponents broke into Sturla’s house and threatened Solveig by showing her their bloodied weapons, saying that they were intended for her husband.
[12][13] She handed over Sauðafell, and possibly her late husband's share in the family goðorð,[14] to Snorri, who gave it to his nephew Sturla Þorðarson.