Mathilde Schjøtt (née Dunker) (19 February 1844 – 13 January 1926) was a Norwegian writer, literary critic, biographer and feminist. She made her literary debut with the anonymous ''Venindernes samtale om Kvindens Underkuelse'' in 1871. She was a literary critic for the magazine ''
Nyt Tidsskrift ''Nyt Tidsskrift'' is a former Norwegian literary, cultural and political periodical issued from 1882 to 1887, and with a second series from 1892 to 1895. The periodical had contributions from several of the leading intellectuals of the time, includ ...
'', and her play ''Rosen'' was published anonymously in this periodical in 1882.
She was a co-founder of the
Norwegian Association for Women's Rights
The Norwegian Association for Women's Rights ( no, italic=no, Norsk Kvinnesaksforening; NKF) is Norway's oldest and preeminent women's and girls' rights organization and works "to promote gender equality and all women's and girls' human rights thr ...
in 1884, and a member its first board.
[ She wrote a biography on Alexander L. Kielland in 1904.][
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Personal life
Schjøtt was born in Christiania, a daughter of Bernhard Dunker
Bernhard Dunker (22 May 1809 – 28 July 1870) was a Norwegian jurist, barrister and Attorney General of Norway.
Personal life
Dunker was born in the Duchy of Schleswig in Southern Jutland to Conradine Birgitte Hansteen and Johan Friedrich W ...
and Edle Jasine Theodore Grundt. She married the philologist and politician Peter Olrog Schjøtt
Peter Olrog Schjøtt (29 July 1833 – 7 January 1926) was a Norwegian philologist and politician.
Personal life
Peter Olrog Schjøtt was born in 1833 to priest and politician Ole Hersted Schjøtt (1805–1848) and his wife Anna Jacobine, née O ...
in 1867, and they were the parents of Sofie Schjøtt.
References
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1844 births
1926 deaths
Writers from Oslo
Norwegian literary critics
Norwegian women critics
Women literary critics
Norwegian women non-fiction writers
Norwegian dramatists and playwrights
Norwegian biographers
Norwegian feminists
Norwegian women writers
Women biographers
Norwegian Association for Women's Rights people