Sólveig Ingólfsdóttir appointed as Head of the Icelandic Board for Technical Accreditation

Sólveig Ingólfsdóttir has been appointed as the Head of the Icelandic Board for Technical Accreditation (ISAC) at the Icelandic Intellectual Property Office. She joins from the Swedish accreditation body Swedac, where she has spent the past six years overseeing audits of accredited management systems.

In addition to leading the ISAC and serving as an auditor, Sólveig will work on developing the accreditation framework in Iceland in collaboration with the division’s staff, government authorities, and other stakeholders.

Sólveig brings over thirty years of experience in quality management, primarily within private companies in Sweden, including Arla Foods from 1999 to 2018. Before moving to Sweden, she worked as a quality manager and project manager in development projects at companies such as Viking Brewery and the Icelandic Fisheries Laboratories. Sólveig holds a master’s degree in Food Science from the University of Iceland, which she earned in 1996.

The Icelandic Board for Technical Accreditation is a professionally independent division within the Icelandic Intellectual Property Office, under the Ministry of Culture and Business Affairs. It is the official accreditation body in Iceland, providing accreditation for inspection bodies, testing laboratories, calibration laboratories, and certification bodies. The division is responsible for maintaining, modifying the scope of, temporarily suspending, and withdrawing accreditation in accordance with relevant standards, laws, and regulations.