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Magnhild Gravir

Magnhild Gravir (born 1941) is a Norwegian children writer and non-fiction writer, and former college lecturer.

Life and career

Born in Dalen, Telemark on 23 October 1941, Gravir graduated as cand.philol. from the University of Oslo in 1972. Her thesis is a treatment of the book by Alfred Hauge. She was appointed at Barnevernsakademiet from 1971 (later included into Oslo University College/OsloMet).

Her first children book was from 1976, illustrated by Kjersti Scheen. The book contains stories about the little girl Ragnhild, which first appeared in the radio show for small children, . Ragnhild lives in a rural society, and both her mother and father are busy with work on their farm and in the forest, while her elder sister is a schoolgirl, and Ragnhild has to play much for herself. Her second book about Ragnhild, (1977) earned her the . Further books in the series are (1978), and (1979). The children books, except for the first, were illustrated by Borghild Rud.

She wrote the textbook in 1979, jointly with Olav Imenes.

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