Mia Berner (13 June 1923 – 9 December 2009) was a Norwegian philosopher, sociologist, university lecturer, radio journalist, essayist, novelist, poet and non-fiction writer. Berner grew up in Stavanger, and started studying philosophy at the

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. During the

German occupation of Norway The occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany during the Second World War began on 9 April 1940 after Operation Weserübung. Conventional armed resistance to the German invasion ended on 10 June 1940, and Nazi Germany controlled Norway until th ...

she was involved in resistance work, and had to flee to Sweden in 1943. She was married to the Swedish journalist Sven Öste, and the couple settled on the island of

Tjörn Tjörn () is the sixth largest island in Sweden, located on the Swedish West coast in the province of Bohuslän. The area of the island is , and the area of the municipality is . The population, as of 2017, was 15,774 people. Geography Tjörn i ...

, near Gothenburg. In 1975 she married the Finnish poet

Pentti Saarikoski Pentti Saarikoski (Impilahti, now in the Republic of Karelia September 2, 1937 – Joensuu August 24, 1983) was one of the most important poets in the literary scene of Finland during the 1960s and 1970s. His body of work comprises poetry and ...

. Among her works is the memoir book ''PS. Anteckningar från et sorgeår'' from 1985, the novels ''Galjonsfigurer'' (1987), ''Makrillgarn'' (1988) and ''Österut'' (1990), and ''Fordi det er slik jeg ror'' from 2005.

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