Solvejg Marie Wexelsen Eriksen (August 9, 1903 – August 10, 1993) was a Norwegian journalist, author, translator, and women's rights activist.

Life

Eriksen was born in

Karlsøy Karlsøy ( sme, Gálssa suohkan) is an island municipality in Troms og Finnmark county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Hansnes. Other villages include Dåfjord, Hessfjord, Karlsøya, Torsvåg, Vannvå ...

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, the daughter of the prominent priest, politician, and Riksmål advocate Alfred Eriksen, also known as "the Karlsøy priest" (''Karlsøypresten''), and his wife Sigrid Marie née Wexelsen. She was the niece of the painter and film director

Adam Eriksen Adam Emanuel Eriksen (September 17, 1852 – July 19, 1931) was a Norwegian painter, photographer, film director, and screenwriter. Family Eriksen was born in Kristiania (now Oslo), the son of the watchmaker Henrik Erichsen (1825–1870) and Em ...

. In the 1930s, Eriksen worked as a journalist for the newspaper ''

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'', and after the Second World War she wrote for the newspaper ''

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''. She was also a film reviewer. She wrote and translated several books from various genres, and she authored plays for the stage and screenplays. In 1951 she directed and wrote the screenplay for the film '' Cecilia'', which involves a lesbian relationship. Solvejg Eriksen established the Solvejg Wexelsen Eriksen Endowment for talented female writers that write about women's issues.

Works

Books authored

*1942: ''Den ene – og de seks'' (The One—And the Six) *1942: ''Tom og hunden hans'' (Tom and His Dog), illustrated by Georg Winther *1943: ''Jeg vil til filmen: et gløtt i ord og bilder bak kulissene i norsk film'' (I Want to Go to the Movies: A Glimpse in Words and Pictures behind the Scenes in Norwegian Film), published under the pseudonym Småen *1945: ''Hele Norges Lalla i tekst og bilder. Et liv i trofast tjeneste hos Thalia'' (All of Norway's Lalla in Text and Pictures. A Life of Faithful Service with Thalia), a biography of

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*1946: ''Forfengelighetens marked. Mennesker i livets hverdag'' (The Vanity Market. People in Everyday Life), illustrated by Gunnar Bratlie *1946: ''En kvinne uten våpen. Skuespill i 3 akter og 7 scenebilder. Et forspill og et etterspill'' (A Woman without Weapons. A Play in Three Acts and Seven Scenes. A Prelude and an Epilogue) *1949: ''De stjal vårt liv'' (They Stole Our Lives) *1976: ''Brød i himmelen. Historien om Karlsøypresten og hans hustru. Et tidsbilde fra sosialismens første kampår og Det mannsdominerte samfunn'' (Bread in the Sky. The Story of the Karlsøy Priest and His Wife. A Picture of the Time of Socialism's First Battle Year and Male-Dominated Society) *1978: ''Sangen om Karina. En tidsaktuell roman om rotløs ungdom'' (A Song about Karina. A Timely Novel about Rootless Youth) *1980: ''Skyggedans: en familie i oppløsning'' (Shadow Dance: A Family in Disintegration) *1981: ''Sannheten. Fra en modig manns – sogneprest, stortingsmann, dr. phil. Alfred Eriksens – dagbok 1905'' (Truth. From a Courageous Man: The Parish Priest, MP Alfred Eriksens, PhD – 1905 Diary) *1982: ''Veldedighetens ofre og andre historier om mennesker i livets hverdag. En annerledes novellesamling'' (Victims of Charity and Other Stories of People in Everyday Life. A Different Short Story Collection) *1987: ''Jeg vil fange en mann. Historien om en moderne Askepott'' (I Want to Catch a Man. The Story of a Modern Cinderella)

Books translated

*1945: ''Onde øyne søker et barn'' (Evil Eyes Seek a Child) by Tove Ditlevsen ( da, Man gjorde et Barn Fortræd 'You Made a Child Hurt', 1941) *1945: ''Født til gråt'' (Born to Cry) by Johanne Buchardt ( da, Født til Graad, 1943) *1946: ''En gjest'' (A Guest) by

Carl Erik Soya Carl Erik Soya, (30 October 1896 – 10 November 1983), also known by the single appellation Soya, was a Danish author and dramatist. His works were often satirical provocations against double standards and dishonesty. In 1975, Soya received Denma ...

( da, En Gæst, 1941) *1946: ''Barndommens gate'' (Childhood Street) by Tove Ditlevsen ( da, Barndommens gade, 1943); reissued by the Norwegian Book Club in 1978 *1947: ''For barnets skyld'' (For the Sake of a Child) by Tove Ditlevsen ( da, For Barnets Skyld, 1946)

Plays

* ''Yrkeskvinner'' (Business Women), staged at the National Theater in 1940 * ''3 minutters stillhet'' (Three Minutes of Silence), staged at the Oslo New Theater

Films

* 1942: ''

Det æ'kke te å tru ''Det æ'kke te å tru'' ( en, It's Unbelievable}) is a 1942 Norwegian drama film directed by Toralf Sandø, starring Leif Juster and Ernst Diesen. Two executives at a retail company both try to come up with the best idea for the autumn fair, and ...

'' (screenwriter) * 1954: '' Cecilia'' (director and screenwriter)

References

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