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Johanne Giæver Tenfjord (13 August 1918 – 12 June 2007) was a Norwegian librarian, educator, children's writer and translator.
Johanne Giæver Tenfjord (13 August 1918 – 12 June 2007) was a Norwegian librarian, educator, children's writer and translator.
Personal life
She was born inKristiania
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 of ...
(now Oslo), Norway. She was the daughter of Harald Birger Giæver (1873–1943) and Rut Berger (1893–1959). Her brother was publisher Knut T. Giæver.
Tenfjord graduated artium
Examen artium was the name of the academic certification conferred in Denmark and Norway, qualifying the student for admission to university studies. Examen artium was originally introduced as the entrance exam of the University of Copenhagen in 1 ...
at Oslo Cathedral School
Schola Osloensis, known in Norwegian language, Norwegian as Oslo Katedralskole (''Oslo Cathedral School'') and more commonly as "Katta",
in 1938 and graduated from the State Library School (''Statens bibliotekskole'') in 1940.
Career
Tenfjord worked in the period 1940–47 as a librarian at the Deichmanske library, the main branch of theOslo Public Library
Oslo Public Library (officially called in Norwegian ''Deichman bibliotek'', Deichman Library) is the municipalities of Norway, municipal public library serving Oslo, Norway and is the country's first and largest library. It employs over 300 peopl ...
.
From 1950 she was a teacher at the State Library School.
She chaired the Broadcasting Council from 1974 to 1982.
She made her literary debut in 1941 with the girl's book ''Valsesommer''. She edited several literary anthologies for children, including the ten-volume ''Mitt skattkammer'' from 1956 and the eight-volume ''Barndomslandet'' (1963–1965). She was awarded the Bastian Prize
The Bastian Prize ( no, Bastianprisen) is a prize awarded annually by the Norwegian Association of Literary Translators.
The prize, established in 1951, is given for translating a published work into Norwegian language. The award is a statue made ...
in 1993.
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Further reading
* 1918 births 2007 deaths Writers from Oslo Norwegian librarians Norwegian children's writers Norwegian educators 20th-century Norwegian translators Norwegian women children's writers 20th-century Norwegian women writers {{Norway-translator-stub