Ingeborg Møller (29 December 1878 – 18 February 1964) was a Norwegian teacher, playwright, novelist and biographer.

Biography

Ingeborg Møller was born in Kristiania (now Oslo), Norway. Her parents were Thorvald Fredrik Møller (1821-1879) and Nathalie Munch (1836-1904). Her father died one year after she was born. When Ingeborg was about five years old, her mother had a serious mental disorder and others took care of her. Part of her childhood was spent in

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. During the 1890s, she spent two years at Olaf Berg's school of education (''Olaf Bergs lærerinneskole''). From 1915 she was involved in public-high school teaching at

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and

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, where her teaching associates included

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(1883–1929). In 1921 she was associated with a children's shelter at

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. She made her literary début with the play ''Fru Karen'', staged at

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in 1904. She wrote several novels during the 1920s. In 1948 she published a biography of scientist and philosopher

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. She was awarded the

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(''Gyldendalprisen'') in 1948.

Personal life

She was married in 1904 to Daniel Kildal Lindholm (1875-1919) with whom she had three sons.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Moeller, Ingeborg 1878 births 1964 deaths Writers from Oslo Norwegian dramatists and playwrights 20th-century Norwegian novelists Norwegian biographers Norwegian women novelists Anthroposophists Norwegian women biographers Norwegian women dramatists and playwrights