Ingebjørg Dahl Sem (born 27 August 1936) is a Norwegian Christian writer. She was born in

Gjerpen Gjerpen is a former municipality in Telemark county, Norway. The municipality existed from 1838 until its dissolution in 1964. The area is now part of Skien Municipality. The administrative centre was the village of Gjerpen, which is now part o ...

as a daughter of farmers Karl Dahl (1911–96) and Sigrid Marie Simonsen (1913–1986). In July 1960 she married engineer Søren Sem. She finished her secondary education in

Skien Skien () is a municipality in Telemark county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Grenland, although historically it belonged to Grenmar/Skiensfjorden, while Grenland referred the Norsjø area and Bø. The administrative ...

in 1955, worked in '' Varden'' until 1961 and studied at the

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from 1958 to 1959. She later studied briefly at the

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, minoring in Nordic literature in 1971, and attended the

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from 1984 to 1985. In the 1960s she was a prolific writer for

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radio's '' Barnetimen for de minste''. She is mainly known for writing children's books and young adult fiction, with titles such as ''Tenk på Columbus!'' (1976), ''Angår dette meg?'' (1976), ''Fløyten og tårnet'' (1993), ''Bak neste sving'' (1995) and ''Historien om Barrabas'' (2002).

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1936 births Living people People from Skien Norwegian journalists Norwegian children's writers Norwegian Christians {{Norway-writer-stub