Margaret Johansen (4 April 1923 – 1 March 2013) was a Norwegian novelist. She was born in

Skien Skien () is a city and municipality in Vestfold og Telemark county in Norway. In modern times it is regarded as part of the traditional region of Grenland, although historically it belonged to Grenmar/Skiensfjorden, while Grenland referred the Norsj ...

, the daughter of Olav Foss (1895–1941) and Astrid Marie Olsen (1886–1991). She was married twice, last to Olaf Andreas Johansen (1912–1985). She lived in Oslo from 1941. Her novels and short story collections include ''Om kvinner'' (1971), ''Men mannen ler'' (1973), ''Det var en gang en sommer'' (1974), ''Død og småsuppe'' (1976), ''Damenes vals'' (1978), ''Du kan da ikke bare gå'' (1981), ''Mandagsbarn'' (1984), ''Tidsfordriv'' (1988) and ''Coras krig'' (1991). ''Du kan da ikke bare gå'' was staged at

Trøndelag Teater Trøndelag Teater is a large theater in the city of Trondheim, in Trøndelag county, Norway. Trøndelag Teater stages large-scale dance and musical performances. History Originally built in 1816, the theater is the oldest stage in Scandinavia ...

and performed in

Fjernsynsteatret Fjernsynsteatret was a department of the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation (NRK) which produced plays for television broadcasting. It opened in 1960 (after about a year of experimental operation), and operated until 1990, when a major reorganisati ...

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* (1971–1988) 1923 births 2013 deaths Norwegian women short story writers Norwegian women novelists People from Skien Writers from Oslo 20th-century Norwegian novelists 20th-century Norwegian women writers 20th-century Norwegian short story writers {{norway-writer-stub