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This is a list of women writers who were born in
Norway or whose writings are closely associated with the country.
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Anne Lise Aas (1925–2020), interior designer and journal editor
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Anna Caspari Agerholt (1892–1943), women's rights activist, writer and educator, covered the history of the Norwegian women's movement
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Astrid Hjertenæs Andersen (1915–1985), early modernist poet, travel writer
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Ella Anker (1870–1958), journalist, playwright, pamphleteer
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Nini Roll Anker (1873–1942), prolific realistic novelist, playwright
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Ingeborg Arvola (born 1974), novelist, children's writer
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Elise Aubert (1837–1909), novelist, short story writer, non-fiction writer
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Irene Ibsen Bille (1901–1985), novelist, playwright
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Inger Bråtveit (born 1978), novelist, children's writer
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Toril Brekke (born 1949), novelist, short story writer, children's writer, works on women's rights
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Hanne Bramness (born 1959), poet
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Gerd Brantenberg (born 1941), novelist, dramatist, feminist
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Elin Brodin (born 1963), novelist
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Magdalene Sophie Buchholm (1758–1825), poet, only acknowledged women writer of her times
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Camilla Carlson (1930–1990), poet, novelist, critic
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Solveig Christov (1918–1984), novelist, short story writer, playwright
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Camilla Collett (1813–1895), novelist, feminist essayist
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Marie Colban (1814–1884), novelist, short story writer
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Gro Dahle (born 1962), poet, children's writer
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Ingri d'Aulaire (1904–1980), English-language children's writer, together with husband Edgar Parin d'Aulaire
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Elisabeth Dored (1813–1895), novelist, author of
I Loved Tiberius set in ancient Rome
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Conradine Birgitte Dunker (1780–1866), memoirist
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Astrid Sverresdotter Dypvik (born 1977), journalist, historian, non-fiction writer
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Clara Thue Ebbell (1880–1971), young adult writer, biographer, feminist
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Marit Eikemo (born 1971), essayist, novelist, journalist, magazine editor
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Ellen Einan (1931–2013), poet, illustrator
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Rawdna Carita Eira (born 1970), Norwegian and Sámi playwright, short story writer
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Anne Karin Elstad (1938–2012), author of best-selling novels, including the four-part series on Julie
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Magli Elster (1912–1993), poet, literary critic
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Dorothe Engelbretsdatter (1634–1716), poet, Norway's first female author
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Karin Fossum (born 1954), widely translated crime fiction writer, known as the "Norwegian queen of crime"
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Magnhild Haalke (1885–1984), widely recognized author of 30 works, mainly novels
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Ingeborg Refling Hagen (1895–1989), prolific novelist, children's writer, poet
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Inger Hagerup (1905–1985), poet, dramatist, anti-Nazi writings
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Marie Hamsun (1881–1969), actress, poet, children's writer, some works translated into English
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Lillemor von Hanno (1900–1984), actress, novelist, playwright
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Inger Elisabeth Hansen (born 1950), poet
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Ebba Haslund (1917–2009), novelist, short story writer, playwright, essayist, critic, author of Nothing Happened
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Torill Thorstad Hauger (1943–2014), non-fiction writer, children's writer
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Tone Hellesund (born 1967), non-fiction writer specializing in gender studies
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Vera Henriksen (1927–2016), historical novelist, playwright, non-fiction writer
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Vigdis Hjorth (born 1959), novelist, children's writer
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Tone Hødnebø (born 1962), poet
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Gunvor Hofmo (1921–1995), influential modernist poet
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Anne Holt (born 1958), best-selling, widely translated crime writer
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Åsta Holth (1904–1999), novelist, poet, short story writer
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Aslaug Høydal (1916–2007), novelist, poet, children's writer, educator
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Ida Hegazi Høyer (born 1981), novelist
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Anna Jacobsen (1924–2004), Norwegian Sami writer, translator and publisher
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Caroline Schytte Jensen (1848–1935), songwriter, composer
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Margaret Johansen (1923–2013), novelist, short story writer, feminist
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Ragnhild Jølsen (1875–1908), reactionary writer, works on conflicts between rural society and industrial communities
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Lizzie Juvkam (1883–1869), novelist
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Mette Karlsvik (born 1978), journalist, novelist
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Mahmona Khan (born 1973), Pakistani-Norwegian journalist, non-fiction writer
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Gustava Kielland (1800–1889), songwriter, memoirist
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Liv Køltzow (born 1945), novelist, playwright, essayist, feminist writer
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Christiane Koren (1764–1815), poet, playwright, diarist
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Sissel Lange-Nielsen (born 1931), novelist, critic, journalist
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Britt Karin Larsen (born 1945), poet, novelist, works tracing the Romany people in Norway
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Trude Brænne Larssen (born 1967), novelist
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Marita Liabø (born 1971), novelist
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Tove Lie (1942–2000), poet
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Sofie Aubert Lindbæk (1875–1953), novelist, critic, educator
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Unni Lindell (born 1957), crime fiction writer, children's writer
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Hilde Lindset (born 1978), short story writer, educator
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Merethe Lindstrøm (born 1963), novelist, short story writer
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Antonie Løchen (1850–1933), children's short story writer and women's rights activist
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Cecilie Løveid (born 1951), playwright, children's writer, poem on
Breivik
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Bente Lyon
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Ragnhild Magerøy (1920–2010), historical novelist, author of the Gunhild trilogy on 19th-century rural society
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Trude Marstein (born 1973), novelist, essayist, some works translated into English
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Karin Moe (born 1945), poet, prose writer, critic
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Toril Moi (born 1953), academic works on women's writing, feminism, now based in the United States
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Anna Munch (1856–1932), novelist and playwright
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Dagne Groven Myhren (born 1940), Norwegian literature researcher, folklorist
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Marit Myrvoll (born 1953), Sami social anthropologist, museum director
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Marja Bål Nango (born 1988), Norwegian Sami film director and screenwriter
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Torborg Nedreaas (1906–1987), short story writer, novelist, playwright, evoking class differences
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Åse-Marie Nesse (1934–2001) philologist, poet
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Tove Nilsen (born 1952), novelist, children's writer, critic
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Anne-Pia Nygård (born 1977), autobiography in Nynorsk
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Hanne Ørstavik (born 1969), novelist
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Sara Margrethe Oskal (born 1970), Sami writer, actress, film director
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Mari Osmundsen (born 1951), pen-name of Anne Kristine Halling, novelist, children's writer
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Sissel Benneche Osvold (born 1945), journalist
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Gunnhild Øyehaug (born 1975), poet, short story writer
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Anne B. Ragde (born 1957), novelist, children's writer, crime fiction writer, author of Berlin Poplars
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Eva Ramm (born 1925), psychologist, essayist, novelist, children's writer
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Wera Sæther (born 1945) psychologist, poet, novelist, essayist, children's writer
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Cora Sandel (1880–1974), short story writer, novelist, painter, author of the Alberta Trilogy
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Mathilde Schjøtt (1844–1926), non-fiction writer, critic, biographer, feminist
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Constance Wiel Schram (1890–1955), non-fiction writer, biographer, translator, feminist
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Åsne Seierstad (born 1970), journalist, non-fiction works including
The Bookseller of Kabul
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Solfrid Sivertsen (born 1947), librarian, poet, novelist, children's writer
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Sarita Skagnes (born 1969), Indian-born women's activist, memoirist
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Amalie Skram (1846–1905), short story writer, novelist, feminist
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Kirsten Sødal (born 1935), children's writer
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Kristin Solberg (born 1982), journalist, television reporter
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Kjersti Løken Stavrum (born 1969), journalist, editor, secretary general of the Norwegian Press Association
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Grethe Fatima Syéd (born 1968), literary scholar and novelist
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Marie Takvam (1926–2008), poet, novelist, children's writer, actress
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Magdalene Thoresen (1819–1903), Danish-born Norwegian poet, short story writer, playwright
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Astrid Tollefsen (1897–1973), poet, lyricist
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Aadel Brun Tschudi (1909–1980), Chinese-born Norwegian geographer, sinologist
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Marit Tusvik (born 1951), poet, children's writer, playwright
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Aslaug Vaa (1889–1965), poet, playwright
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Halldis Moren Vesaas (1907–1995), poet, children's writer, depictions of women's life
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Anne-Catharina Vestly (1920–2008), popular children's writer, widely translated
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Bjørg Vik (1935–2018), novelist, dramatist, feminist writer, some works translated into English
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Torild Wardenær (born 1951), poet, playwright
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Herbjørg Wassmo (born 1942), poet, novelist
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Elisabeth Welhaven (1815–1901), salonist, short story writer
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Marie Wexelsen (1832–1911), poet, children's writer, novelist, hymnist
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