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List of Norwegian women writers

This is a list of women writers who were born in Norway or whose writings are closely associated with the country.

A

  • Anne Lise Aas (1925–2020), interior designer and journal editor
  • Kristine Aas (1793–1863), writer and painter
  • Anna Caspari Agerholt (1892–1943), women's rights activist, writer and educator, covered the history of the Norwegian women's movement
  • Astrid Hjertenæs Andersen (1915–1985), early modernist poet, travel writer
  • Ella Anker (1870–1958), journalist, playwright, pamphleteer
  • Nini Roll Anker (1873–1942), prolific realistic novelist, playwright
  • Ingeborg Arvola (born 1974), novelist, children's writer
  • Elise Aubert (1837–1909), novelist, short story writer, non-fiction writer

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C

D

E

  • Clara Thue Ebbell (1880–1971), young adult writer, biographer, feminist
  • Marit Eikemo (born 1971), essayist, novelist, journalist, magazine editor
  • Ellen Einan (1931–2013), poet, illustrator
  • Rawdna Carita Eira (born 1970), Norwegian and Sámi playwright, short story writer
  • Anne Karin Elstad (1938–2012), author of best-selling novels, including the four-part series on Julie
  • Magli Elster (1912–1993), poet, literary critic
  • Dorothe Engelbretsdatter (1634–1716), poet, Norway's first female author

F

  • Karin Fossum (born 1954), widely translated crime fiction writer, known as the "Norwegian queen of crime"

G

H

J

K

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M

  • Ragnhild Magerøy (1920–2010), historical novelist, author of the Gunhild trilogy on 19th-century rural society
  • Trude Marstein (born 1973), novelist, essayist, some works translated into English
  • Karin Moe (born 1945), poet, prose writer, critic
  • Toril Moi (born 1953), academic works on women's writing, feminism, now based in the United States
  • Anna Munch (1856–1932), novelist and playwright
  • Dagne Groven Myhren (1940–2024), Norwegian literature researcher, folklorist
  • Marit Myrvoll (born 1953), Sami social anthropologist, museum director

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R

  • Anne B. Ragde (born 1957), novelist, children's writer, crime fiction writer, author of Berlin Poplars
  • Eva Ramm (born 1925), psychologist, essayist, novelist, children's writer
  • Juliane Rui (born 1982), poet

S

T

  • Marie Takvam (1926–2008), poet, novelist, children's writer, actress
  • Magdalene Thoresen (1819–1903), Danish-born Norwegian poet, short story writer, playwright
  • Astrid Tollefsen (1897–1973), poet, lyricist
  • Aadel Brun Tschudi (1909–1980), Chinese-born Norwegian geographer, sinologist
  • Marit Tusvik (born 1951), poet, children's writer, playwright

U

V

  • Aslaug Vaa (1889–1965), poet, playwright
  • Halldis Moren Vesaas (1907–1995), poet, children's writer, depictions of women's life
  • Anne-Catharina Vestly (1920–2008), popular children's writer, widely translated
  • Bjørg Vik (1935–2018), novelist, dramatist, feminist writer, some works translated into English

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