Solveig Krey (born 20 March 1963) is a Norwegian

navy A navy, naval force, military maritime fleet, war navy, or maritime force is the military branch, branch of a nation's armed forces principally designated for naval warfare, naval and amphibious warfare; namely, lake-borne, riverine, littoral z ...

officer. She hails from Lonkan, and graduated from the Norwegian Naval Academy in 1989. She became the first female commanding officer of a

submarine A submarine (often shortened to sub) is a watercraft capable of independent operation underwater. (It differs from a submersible, which has more limited underwater capability.) The term "submarine" is also sometimes used historically or infor ...

in the world, when she took command of the first Kobben class submarine, on 11 September 1995. She was also the first female commander of a Royal Norwegian Navy vessel.

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