Solveig Horne is the daughter of Jon Tormod Horne and Ingebjrg Marie and grew up in the municipality of Etne in the Sunnhordland region.
Born 12 January 1969 in Haugesund, Rogaland, Horne is the daughter of automobile mechanic Jon Tormod Horne (born 1942) and his wife Ingebjrg Marie (nee Stdle, born 1942), a registered nurse. She grew up in the nearby municipality of Etne in the Sunnhordland region, as the oldest of five sisters. 
