Solveig Krey

{{short description|Norwegian naval officer (born 1963)}}

Solveig Krey (born 20 March 1963) is a Norwegian navy officer.

She hails from Lonkan, and graduated from the Norwegian Naval Academy in 1989. She became the first female commanding officer of a submarine in the world, when she took command of the first Kobben class submarine, on 11 September 1995.{{cite web |url=http://ftp.rta.nato.int/public/PubFullText/RTO/MP/RTO-MP-HFM-158/MP-HFM-158-05.doc |title=Experiences with Mixed Gender Submarine Crews |author=Cdr Debbie Pestell, MD |publisher=Ftp.rta.nato.int |access-date=18 February 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130226043717/http://ftp.rta.nato.int/public//PubFullText/RTO/MP/RTO-MP-HFM-158///MP-HFM-158-05.doc |archive-date=26 February 2013 |df= }} She was also the first female commander of a Royal Norwegian Navy vessel.{{cite news|title=Verdens første kvinnelige ubåtsjef|agency=Norwegian News Agency|date=11 September 1995|language=Norwegian}}

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