Vetle Vislie (21 September 1858 – 7 February 1933) was a Norwegian educationalist and writer. He was born in

Skafså Skafså is a parish in southern part of the municipality Tokke in Telemark, Norway. The Skafså Church was consecrated in 1839. The mountain farm Grimdalen, today a museum (Grimdalstunet), has farm buildings from the time of barter economy in the ...

as a son of farmer Gjermund Vetleson Vislie (1825–1903) and Anne Larsdotter Mandt (1818–1904). He made his debut as a playwright in 1899, with ''Utan hovding'', and wrote ''Fru Gerda'' in 1890. His novels include ''Heldøla'' (1895), ''Solvending'' (1897), ''Trollringar'' (1903), ''Malm'' (1906), ''Lukkespel'' (1911) and ''Det nye riket'' (1913). He was also the

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of the Teachers' Colleges in

Kristiansand Kristiansand is a seaside resort city and municipality in Agder county, Norway. The city is the fifth-largest and the municipality the sixth-largest in Norway, with a population of around 112,000 as of January 2020, following the incorporation ...

, from 1908, and

Hamar Hamar is a List of cities in Norway, town in Hamar Municipality in Innlandet Counties of Norway, county, Norway. Hamar is the administrative centre of Hamar Municipality. It is located in the Districts of Norway, traditional region of Hedmarken. ...

, from 1914. He was a member of Hamar city council for the Temperance Party. He was the father of lawyer Jon Vislie.

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1858 births 1933 deaths People from Tokke Norwegian educators Rectors of universities and colleges in Norway Norwegian dramatists and playwrights 19th-century Norwegian novelists 20th-century Norwegian novelists Norwegian non-fiction writers Hedmark politicians Norwegian temperance activists {{Norway-writer-stub