This is a list of women writers who were born in
Norway
Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe, the mainland territory of which comprises the western and northernmost portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and t ...
or whose writings are closely associated with the country.
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Anna Caspari Agerholt (1892–1943), women's rights activist, writer and educator, covered the history of the Norwegian women's movement
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Astrid Hjertenæs Andersen Astrid Hjertenæs Andersen (5 September 1915 – 21 April 1985) was a Norwegian poet and travel-writer. She is a recipient of the Norwegian Critics Prize for Literature (''Kritikerprisen''), Riksmål Society Literature Prize (''Riksmålsprisen''), D ...
(1915–1985), early modernist poet, travel writer
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Ella Anker (1870–1958), journalist, playwright, pamphleteer
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Nini Roll Anker
Nini Roll Anker (3 May 1873 – 20 May 1942) was a Norwegian novelist and playwright. Her books often concerned the lives of women within different social classes as well as the women's rights movement and the rights of the working class.
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(1873–1942), prolific realistic novelist, playwright
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Ingeborg Arvola
Ingeborg Arvola (born 7 July 1974) is a Norwegian novelist and children's writer.
Career
Arvola made her literary debut in 1999 with the novel ''Korallhuset''. Among her later novels are ''Straffe'' from 2003, ''Forsiktig glass'' from 2004, and ...
(born 1974), novelist, children's writer
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Elise Aubert
Elise Aubert (8 February 1837 – 30 November 1909) was a Norwegian novelist, short-story writer, and non-fiction writer.
Biography
Elise Sofie Aars was born at Lier in Buskerud, Norway. She was the daughter of priest and politician
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(1837–1909), novelist, short story writer, non-fiction writer
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Irene Ibsen Bille
Irene Ibsen Bille (10 September 1901 – 22 February 1985) (née Irene Ibsen) was a Norwegian novelist and playwright.
She was born in Kristiania as a daughter of Prime Minister Sigurd Ibsen. She was a sister of Tancred Ibsen, paternal granddaug ...
(1901–1985), novelist, playwright
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Inger Bråtveit (born 1978), novelist, children's writer
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Toril Brekke
Toril Brekke (born 24 June 1949) is a Norwegian novelist, writer of short stories, children's writer, biographer, translator and literary critic.
Early and personal life
Brekke was born in Oslo as a daughter of the poet Paal Brekke and painter ...
(born 1949), novelist, short story writer, children's writer, works on women's rights
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Hanne Bramness (born 1959), poet
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Gerd Brantenberg
Gerd Mjøen Brantenberg (born October 27, 1941) is a Norwegian author, teacher, and feminist writer.
Biography
Brantenberg was born in Oslo, but grew up in Fredrikstad. She studied English, History, and Sociology in London, Edinburgh, and Oslo. ...
(born 1941], novelist, dramatist, feminist
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Elin Brodin (born 1963), novelist
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Magdalene Sophie Buchholm (1758–1825), poet, only acknowledge women writer of her times
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Camilla Carlson
Camilla Carlson (28 January 1930 – 28 February 1990) was a Norwegian poet, novelist and literary critic. Her literary debut was the poetry collection ''Sanden og havet'' from 1958. She was leader of the Norwegian Authors' Union from 1977 to ...
(1930–1990), poet, novelist, critic
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Solveig Christov
Solveig Beda Christov ( née Fredriksen; 29 October 1918 – 16 May 1984) was a Norwegian novelist, writer of short stories, and playwright.
Early and personal life
Solveig Fredriksen was born in Drammen as a daughter of electrician Fredrik ...
(1918–1984), novelist, short story writer, playwright
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Camilla Collett
Jacobine Camilla Collett (née Wergeland; 23 January 1813 – 6 March 1895) was a Norwegian writer, often referred to as the first Norwegian feminist. She was also the younger sister of Norwegian poet Henrik Wergeland, and is recognized as bein ...
(1813–1895), novelist, feminist essayist
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Marie Colban
Marie Colban (18 December 1814 – 27 March 1884) was a Norwegian novelist, short story writer and translator.
Biography
She was born at Christiania (now Oslo), Norway. She was the daughter of Peter Nicolai Schmidt (1776–1846) and Petronel ...
(1814–1884), novelist, short story writer
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Gro Dahle
Gro Dahle (born 15 May 1962) is a Norwegian poet and writer.
Early life
Dahle was born in Oslo, and is the daughter of businessman Øystein Dahle. She grew up in Tønsberg, Aruba and New Jersey. She began studying psychology and English litera ...
(born 1962), poet, children's writer
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Ingri d'Aulaire, English-language children's writer, together with husband Edgar Parin d'Aulaire
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Elisabeth Dored (1813–1895), novelist, author of ''
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Conradine Birgitte Dunker
Conradine Birgitte Dunker (née Hansteen) (25 August 1780 – 11 September 1866) was a Norwegian socialite and writer.
Biography
Conradine Birgitte Hansteen was born in Christiania, 25 August 1780. Her parents were the custom official Johannes M ...
(1780–1866), memoirist
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Astrid Sverresdotter Dypvik
Astrid Sverresdotter Dypvik (born October 19, 1977) is a Norwegian journalist and historian, and was the head of ''Norsk Målungdom'', the youth branch of the Language Organisation of Norway, from 2000 to 2002.
Dypvik was born in Lensvik in the ...
(born 1977), journalist, historian, non-fiction writer
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Clara Thue Ebbell
Clara Thue Ebbell (22 February 1880 – 1971) was a Norwegian author.
She was born in Grimstad. She is known for her works of young adult fiction; titles include ''Hun som skrev Onkel Toms hytte'' (1916), ''Da Mayflower drog'' (1920), ''Fire p ...
(1880–1971), young adult writer, biographer, feminist
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Marit Eikemo
Marit Eikemo (born 1971) is a Norwegian essayist, novelist, journalist and magazine editor.
Eikemo was born in Odda. She edited the book ''Her, no: Møte med unge menneske'' in 1999, and contributed to the essay collection ''Synd.no'' from 2001. ...
(born 1971), essayist, novelist, journalist, magazine editor
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Ellen Einan
Ellen Einan (5 June 1931 – 25 March 2013) was a Norwegian poet and illustrator.
Biography
Ellen Einan was born at Svolvaer in Nordland, Norway, on 5 June 1931.
Einan was known throughout Norway for her compact writing style, mystical vocabul ...
(1931–2013), poet, illustrator
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Rawdna Carita Eira
Rawdna Carita Eira (born 6 October 1970 in Elverum) is a Norwegian and Sámi playwright and author. She grew up in Brønnøysund in Nordland county in Norway and trained to be a teacher. She has worked as a reindeer herder, stage manager and playw ...
(born 1970), Norwegian and Sámi playwright, short story writer
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Anne Karin Elstad
Anne Karin Elstad (19 January 1938 – 4 April 2012) was a Norwegian author known for her book series featuring the character ''Julie''.
Biography
Anne Karin Hestnes was born 19 January 1938, in Halsa to farm owner Johan Hestnes (1897–1980) a ...
(1938–2012), author of best-selling novels, including the four-part series on Julie
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Magli Elster
Magli Elster (née Raknes; 21 November 1912 – 11 May 1993) was a Norwegian psychoanalyst, literary critic, poet and translator.
Personal life
Elster was born in the neighborhood of Vålerenga in Kristiania (now Oslo), Norway. She was the d ...
(1912–1993), poet, literary critic
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Dorothe Engelbretsdatter
Dorothe Engelbretsdatter (16 January 163419 February 1716) was a Norwegian author. She principally wrote hymns and poems which were strongly religious. She has been characterized as Norway's first recognized female author as well as Norway's fi ...
(1634–1716), poet, Norway's first female author
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Karin Fossum
Karin Fossum (born 6 November 1954) is a Norwegian author of crime fiction, often referred to as the "Norwegian queen of crime".
Early life
Karin Mathisen was born on 6 November 1954 in Sandefjord, in Vestfold county, Norway. She currently lives ...
(born 1954), widely translated crime fiction writer, known as the "Norwegian queen of crime"
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Ågot Gjems-Selmer (1858–1926), writer of works on family life, children's writer
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Beate Grimsrud
Beate Grimsrud (28 April 1963 – 1 July 2020) was a Norwegian novelist, short story writer, children's writer, scriptwriter and playwright.
Literary career
Grimsrud was born in Bærum, Norway and settled in Sweden. Among her books are ''Contine ...
(born 1963), novelist, playwright, children's writer
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Magnhild Haalke
Magnhild Haalke (12 August 1885 – 18 October 1984) was a Norwegian novelist.Erik Bjerck Hagen"Magnhild Haalke" Store norske leksikon /ref>
Biography
Magnhild Camilla Kvaale was born on Vikna, an island off the Namdalen coast in Nord-Trøndel ...
(1885–1984), widely recognized author of 30 works, mainly novels
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Ingeborg Refling Hagen
Ingeborg Refling Hagen (19 December 1895 – 30 October 1989) was a Norwegian author, poet, and artistic director. Her writings and activities in support of the arts made her a significant cultural figure in Norway during much of the 20th century. ...
(1895–1989), prolific novelist, children's writer, poet
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Inger Hagerup
Inger Hagerup (née Halsør; 12 April 1905, in Bergen – 6 February 1985, in Fredrikstad) was a Norwegian writer, playwright and poet. She is considered one of the greatest Norwegian poets of the 20th century.
Life and career
Inger Johanne Ha ...
(1905–1985), poet, dramatist, anti-Nazi writings
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Marie Hamsun
Marie Hamsun (born Marie Andersen) (19 November 1881 – 4 August 1969) was a Norwegian actress and writer.
Biography
Marie Andersen was born in Elverum, Hedmark, Norway. She was the eldest child in an affluent family. In 1897 the family moved t ...
(1881–1969), actress, poet, children's writer, some works translated into English
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Lillemor von Hanno
Lillemor von Hanno (née Bergljot Selmer; 30 December 1900 – 5 April 1984) was a Norwegian actress, novelist and playwright.
Personal life
Von Hanno was born in Balsfjord, the daughter of the actress Ågot Gjems Selmer (1858–1926) and th ...
(1900–1984), actress, novelist, playwright
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Inger Elisabeth Hansen
Inger Elisabeth Hansen (born 20 April 1950) is a Norwegian poet and translator.
Her poetry collection ''Trask'' was awarded the Brage Prize in 2003 and nominated for the Nordic Council's Literature Prize in 2004. An extensive selection of her ...
(born 1950), poet
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Ebba Haslund
Ebba Margareta Haslund Halvorsen (12 August 1917 – 10 July 2009) was a Norwegian novelist, writer of short stories, playwright, essayist, children's writer, literary critic, radio speaker and politician.
Early and personal life
Haslund wa ...
(1917–2009), novelist, short story writer, playwright, essayist, critic, author of ''Nothing Happened''
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Torill Thorstad Hauger
Torill Thorstad Hauger (22 November 1943 – 4 July 2014) was a Norwegian novelist, children's writer, non-fiction writer and illustrator. She was the author of a number of prize-winning novels with historical themes for children and teenagers.
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(1943–2014), non-fiction writer, children's writer
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Tone Hellesund (born 1967), non-fiction writer specializing in gender studies
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Vera Henriksen (1927–2016), historical novelist, playwright, non-fiction writer
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Vigdis Hjorth
Vigdis Hjorth (born 19 July 1959) is a Norwegian novelist. She was long listed for the National Book Award for Translated Literature, National book Award.
Life
She grew up in Oslo, and studied philosophy, literature and political science. I ...
(born 1959), novelist, children's writer
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Tone Hødnebø (born 1962), poet
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Gunvor Hofmo
Gunvor Hofmo (30 June 1921 – 17 October 1995) was a Norwegian writer, often considered one of Norway's most influential modernist poets.
Background
Gunvor Hofmo was born in Oslo, Norway. Her parents were Erling Hofmo (1893–1959) and Bertha B ...
(1921–1995), influential modernist poet
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Anne Holt
Anne Holt (born 16 November 1958) is a Norwegian author, lawyer and former Minister of Justice.
Early life
She was born in Larvik, grew up in Lillestrøm and Tromsø, and moved to Oslo in 1978. Holt graduated with a law degree from the Universit ...
(born 1958), best-selling, widely translated crime writer
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Åsta Holth (1904–1999), novelist, poet, short story writer
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Aslaug Høydal
Aslaug Høydal (22 December 1916 – 20 July 2007) was a Norwegian schoolteacher, novelist, poet and children's writer.
She was born in Seljord
Seljord is a municipality in Telemark in the county of Vestfold og Telemark in Norway. It is part of ...
(1916–2007), novelist, poet, children's writer, educator
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Ida Hegazi Høyer (born 1981), novelist
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Anna Jacobsen Anna Jacobsen (Southern Sámi language, Southern Sami: Jaahkenelkien Aanna; 30 October 1924 – 2 April 2004) was a champion of Southern Sami language and culture in Norway.Åke Jünge. "Foregangskvinna". Klassekampen, 22.4.2004. Også i Adresseavis ...
(1924–2004), Norwegian Sami writer, translator and publisher
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Caroline Schytte Jensen (1848–1935), songwriter, composer
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Margaret Johansen (1923–2013), novelist, short story writer, feminist
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Ragnhild Jølsen
Ragnhild Theodora Jølsen (28 March 1875 – 28 January 1908) was a Norwegian author. Norwegian oral traditions were a recurring theme in her works. Her writings often focused on the conflict between the old rural society and modern industrial soc ...
(1875–1908), reactionary writer, works on conflicts between rural society and industrial communities
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Lizzie Juvkam (1883–1869), novelist
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Mette Karlsvik
Mette Karlsvik (born 28 November 1978) is a Norwegian author.
Biography and career
Karlsvik was raised in Frei, Nordmøre, and has an International Baccalaureate from the Red Cross Nordic United World College. She is educated as a fine artist fr ...
(born 1978), journalist, novelist
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Mahmona Khan (born 1973), Pakistani-Norwegian journalist, non-fiction writer
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Gustava Kielland
Susanne Sophie Catharina Gustava Kielland (née Blom, 6 March 1800 – 28 February 1889) was a Norwegian author and missionary pioneer.
Biography
She was born in Kongsberg as a daughter of customs officer Gustavus Blom and his wife Karen Petr ...
(1800–1889), songwriter, memoirist
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Liv Køltzow
Liv Køltzow (born 14 January 1945) is a Norwegian novelist, playwright, biographer and essayist.
Personal life
Køltzow was born in Oslo to Oscar Køltzow and Else Mathisen. She was married to writer Espen Haavardsholm from 1966 to 1973, and to ...
(born 1945), novelist, playwright, essayist, feminist writer
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Christiane Koren (1764–1815), poet, playwright, diarist
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Sissel Lange-Nielsen Sissel Lange-Nielsen, née Herlofson (born 27 January 1931) is a Norwegian writer, literary critic, and journalist.
Born in Kristiansund, she won the Riksmål Society Literature Prize in 1982. She is a member of the Norwegian Academy for Language a ...
(born 1931), novelist, critic, journalist
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Britt Karin Larsen (born 1945), poet, novelist, works tracing the Romany people in Norway
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Trude Brænne Larssen (born 1967), novelist
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Marita Liabø (born 1971), novelist
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Tove Lie (1942–2000), poet
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Sofie Aubert Lindbæk (1875–1953), novelist, critic, educator
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Unni Lindell
Unni Maria Lindell (born 3 April 1957 in Oslo) is a Norwegian writer. She is best known for her crime novels (whodunits), but has also written a collection of poems and several children's and young adult books.
Lindell worked as a journalist bef ...
(born 1957), crime fiction writer, children's writer
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Hilde Lindset (born 1978), short story writer, educator
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Merethe Lindstrøm
Merethe Lindstrøm (born 26 May 1963) is a Norwegian writer.
Lindstrøm made her literary debut in 1983 with a collection of short stories. Her first novel, ''The Realm of the Rain Children'', was published in 1992. Her 1996 novel ''The Stone ...
(born 1963), novelist, short story writer
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Cecilie Løveid
Cecilie Løveid (born 21 August 1951) is a Norwegian novelist, poet, playwright, and writer of children's books.
Personal life
Løveid was born in Mysen to ship's captain Erik Løveid and actress Ingrid Cecilie Meyer. She had a cohabiting relatio ...
(born 1951), playwright, children's writer, poem on
Breivik
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Ragnhild Magerøy (1920–2010), historical novelist, author of the ''Gunhild'' trilogy on 19th-century rural society
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Trude Marstein (born 1973), novelist, essayist, some works translated into English
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Karin Moe
Karin Moe (born 3 December 1945) is a Norwegian writer and literary critic.
She made her literary debut in 1980 with the text collection ''Kjønnskrift''. Other collections are ''39 Fyk'' from 1983, and ''Sjanger'' from 1986. She published the ...
(born 1945), poet, prose writer, critic
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Toril Moi
Toril Moi (born 28 November 1953 in Farsund, Norway) is James B. Duke Professor of Literature and Romance Studies and Professor of English, Philosophy and Theatre Studies at Duke University. Moi is also the Director of the Center for Philosophy, ...
(born 1953), academic works on women's writing, feminism, now based in the United States
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Marit Myrvoll (born 1953), Sami social anthropologist, museum director
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Marja Bål Nango (born 1988), Norwegian Sami film director and screenwriter
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Torborg Nedreaas
Torborg Nedreaas (13 November 1906 – 30 June 1987) was a Norwegian writer. She received the Norwegian Critics Prize for Literature, the Dobloug Prize, the Nordic Council's Literature Prize.
Biography
She was born in Bergen, Norway. Until 1947 ...
(1906–1987), short story writer, novelist, playwright, evoking class differences
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Åse-Marie Nesse
Åse-Marie Nesse ( 29 April 1934 – 13 July 2001) was a Norwegian philologist, translator and poet.
Biography
Åse-Marie Nesse was born in Klepp, in Rogaland county, Norway. She finished her secondary education in 1952 at ''Rogaland offentleg ...
(1934–2001) philologist, poet
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Tove Nilsen
Tove Nilsen (born 25 October 1952) is a Norwegian novelist, children's writer and literary critic.
She made her literary debut in 1974 with the novel ''Aldri la dem kle deg forsvarsløst naken''. Her adolescence novel from a dormitory town ...
(born 1952), novelist, children's writer, critic
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Anne-Pia Nygård (born 1977), autobiography in Nynorsk
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Hanne Ørstavik (born 1969), novelist
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Sara Margrethe Oskal (born 1970), Sami writer, actress, film director
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Mari Osmundsen (born 1951), pen-name of Anne Kristine Halling, novelist, children's writer
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Sissel Benneche Osvold (born 1945), journalist
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Gunnhild Øyehaug (born 1975), poet, short story writer
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Synnøve Persen (born 1950), Sami poet, biographer, artist
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Helvi Poutasuo Helvi Nuorgam-Poutasuo (October 15, 1943 – July 16, 2017) was a Sámi teacher, translator, and newspaper editor as well as a politician and a Sámi cultural influencer. She was the first lecturer in Northern Sámi at the University of Oulu.
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(1943–2017), Finnish Sami teacher, translator and newspaper editor
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Anne B. Ragde (born 1957), novelist, children's writer, crime fiction writer, author of ''Berlin Poplars''
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Eva Ramm (born 1925), psychologist, essayist, novelist, children's writer
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Wera Sæther (born 1945) psychologist, poet, novelist, essayist, children's writer
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Cora Sandel
Sara Cecilia Görvell Fabricius (20 December 1880 – 3 April 1974), better known by her pen name Cora Sandel, was a Norwegian writer and painter who lived most of her adult life abroad. Her best-known works are the novels now known as the ''Alb ...
(1880–1974), short story writer, novelist, painter, author of the ''Alberta Trilogy''
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Mathilde Schjøtt
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. S ...
(1844–1926), non-fiction writer, critic, biographer, feminist
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Constance Wiel Schram
Constance Wiel Schram (née Nygaard; 27 September 1890, Christiania – 18 September 1955, Oslo) was a Norwegian writer and translator. She was the daughter of William Martin Nygaard (1865–1912) and Constance Wiel (1866–1931). Constance was ...
(1890–1955), non-fiction writer, biographer, translator, feminist
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Åsne Seierstad
Åsne Seierstad (born 10 February 1970) is a Norwegian freelance journalist and writer, best known for her accounts of everyday life in war zones – most notably Kabul after 2001, Baghdad in 2002 and the ruined Grozny in 2006. (in Norwegian)
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(born 1970), journalist, non-fiction works including ''
The Bookseller of Kabul
'' Bookseller of Kabul'' is a non-fiction book written by Norwegian journalist Åsne Seierstad, about a bookseller, Shah Muhammad Rais (whose name was changed to Sultan Khan), and his family in Kabul, Afghanistan, published in Norwegian in 2002 ...
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Solfrid Sivertsen (born 1947), librarian, poet, novelist, children's writer
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Sarita Skagnes (born 1969), Indian-born women's activist, memoirist
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Amalie Skram
Amalie Skram (22 August 1846 – 15 March 1905) was a Norwegian author and feminist who gave voice to a woman's point of view with her naturalist writing. In Norway, she is frequently considered the most important female writer of the Modern Bre ...
(1846–1905), short story writer, novelist, feminist
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Kirsten Sødal (born 1935), children's writer
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Kristin Solberg
Kristin Solberg (born 1982) is a Norwegian journalist and author. She is the Middle East correspondent for NRK and presently based in Beirut. Previously she covered the Middle East and South Asia for''Aftenposten''.
Solberg has a bachelor's degre ...
(born 1982), journalist, television reporter
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Kjersti Løken Stavrum (born 1969), journalist, editor, secretary general of the Norwegian Press Association
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Marie Takvam (1926–2008), poet, novelist, children's writer, actress
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Magdalene Thoresen (1819–1903), Danish-born Norwegian poet, short story writer, playwright
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Astrid Tollefsen
Astrid Tollefsen (11 December 1897 – 9 October 1973) was a Norwegian poet. She was born in Horten. She made her literary debut with the poetry collection ''Portrett i speil'' (1947). She lived in a long-term relationship with the lyricist G ...
(1897–1973), poet, lyricist
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Marit Tusvik
Marit Tusvik (born 13 March 1951, in Høyanger) is a Norwegian author, poet and playwright. Tusvik's works have been translated into multiple languages.
Bibliography
*''Reisa til mandarinlandet'' – poetry (1979)
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(born 1951), poet, children's writer, playwright
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Linn Ullmann
Karin Beate "Linn" Ullmann (born 9 August 1966) is a Norwegian author and journalist. A prominent literary critic, she also writes a column for Norway's leading morning newspaper and has published six novels.
Early life
Ullmann was born in Oslo ...
(born 1966), journalist, novelist
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Aslaug Vaa
Aslaug Vaa (25 August 1889 – 28 November 1965) was a Norwegian poet and playwright. Her works contain elements from local tradition and landscape mixed with international influence.
Personal life
Aslaug Vaa was born on Nystog in Rauland, ...
(1889–1965), poet, playwright
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Halldis Moren Vesaas
Halldis Moren Vesaas (18 November 1907 – 8 September 1995) was a Norwegian poet, translator and writer of children's books. She established herself as one of the leading Norwegian writers of her generation.
Biography
She was born on a f ...
(1907–1995), poet, children's writer, depictions of women's life
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Anne-Catharina Vestly
Anne-Cath. Vestly (15 February 1920 – 15 December 2008) was a Norwegian people, Norwegian author of children's literature. She is known for a wide range of books published from 1953 to 2004. Vestly was best known for her series about a grandmo ...
(1920–2008), popular children's writer, widely translated
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Bjørg Vik
Bjørg Vik (11 September 1935 – 7 January 2018) was a Norwegian novelist, short story writer, playwright, and journalist.
Biography
Bjørg Turid Vik was born in Oslo, Norway. Her parents were Sverre Thorbjørn Johansen (1903–1958) and Anna So ...
(1935–2018), novelist, dramatist, feminist writer, some works translated into English
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Torild Wardenær (born 1951), poet, playwright
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Herbjørg Wassmo (born 1942), poet, novelist
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Elisabeth Welhaven
Elisabeth Cathrine "Lise" Welhaven (6 March 1815 – 26 July 1901) was a Norwegian writer.
Personal life
She was born in Bergen as a daughter of the priest Johan Ernst Welhaven (1775–1828) and Else Margrethe Cammermeyer (1785–1853), the daug ...
(1815–1901), salonist, short story writer
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Marie Wexelsen
Marie Wexelsen (20 September 1832 – 7 December 1911) was a Norwegian educator, poet, children's writer and novelist. She is most commonly known as a hymnwriter and associated with the Christmas carol, ''Jeg er saa glad hver Julekveld''.
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(1832–1911), poet, children's writer, novelist, hymnist
References
See also
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List of Norwegian writers
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* List College, an undergraduate division of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America
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List of women writers
* List of women writers (A–L)
* List of women writers (M–Z)
See also
*Feminist literary criticism
*Feminist science fiction
*Feminist theory
* Gender in science fiction
*List of biographical dictionaries of female writers
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