Alexia Bohwim or Alexia Knutsdatter Bohwim (born March 13, 1969, in

Oslo Oslo ( , , or ; sma, Oslove) is the capital and most populous city of Norway. It constitutes both a county and a municipality. The municipality of Oslo had a population of in 2022, while the city's greater urban area had a population ...

) is a Norwegian writer, animal rights activist and feminist.

Life

Bohwim made her debut in 2008 with the cult novel ''Frognerfitter''. The book is about two girlfriends Billie and Susie, who live at

Frogner Frogner is a residential and retail borough in the West End of Oslo, Norway, with a population of 59,269 as of 2020. In addition to the original Frogner, the borough incorporates Bygdøy, Uranienborg and Majorstuen. The borough is named af ...

in Oslo (where Bohwim grew up), and describes their lifestyle which includes a lot of drinking and sex, and addresses some of the myths that exist about people who live there. The book was published by Kagge Forlag and sold 40,000 copies. Since then, Bohwim has written two books, MILF (2010) and Golddigger (2012), and has created a blog. This was later censored and banned. She has acquired the reputation of being outspoken and controversial. She has outspoken views about sex roles, life in Frogner and feminism. For over four years, filmmaker

Nina Grünfeld Nina Frederikke Grünfeld (born July 27, 1966) is a Norwegian film director and author, and the former head of the Norwegian Film Directors (NFR) trade union. Career Grünfeld studied mass communication, Eastern European studies, film, and TV in ...

has followed Bohwim, and created a documentary about her life. The idea was to follow her for at least ten years, then to make a cinema documentary about living a different life. Over the years, she has been half-naked in several magazines, and describes herself as "a narcissist with empathy". Bohwim has studied Norwegian movie history, movie history and is currently writing about the links between the deportation of the Norwegian jews and the cultural elite.
Frogner Babylon
came September 2021 and is a sequel to Frognerfitter. Bohwim is an animal rights activist and love
Fred Perry and tennis.

Family

Bohwim's father is film director

Knut Bohwim Knut Bohwim (12 March 1931 – 16 June 2020) was a leading Norwegian film director. He co-founded the company ''Teamfilm A/S'' in 1962. His debut as film director was ''Operasjon Sjøsprøyt'' from 1964. He directed the war drama '' Det størs ...

Works

* ''Frognerfitter : roman'' Oslo : Kagge, 2008. * ''MILF roman'', Oslo Kagge 2010. * ''Golddigger roman'', Oslo Kagge 2012. *Frogner Babylon, roman, Cappelen Damm 2021

References

External links

Official website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Bohwim, Alexia 1969 births Living people Writers from Oslo Feminist writers Norwegian novelists Norwegian women novelists Animal rights activists Norwegian women activists