List of Norwegian women writers

A

• Anna Caspari Agerholt, women's rights activist, writer and educator, covered the history of the Norwegian women's movement
• Astrid Hjertenæs Andersen, early modernist poet, travel writer
• Ella Anker, journalist, playwright, pamphleteer
• Nini Roll Anker, prolific realistic novelist, playwright
• Ingeborg Arvola, novelist, children's writer
• Elise Aubert, novelist, short story writer, non-fiction writer
• Orkidedatter Author, poet, short story writer, artist

  B

• Irene Ibsen Bille, novelist, playwright
• Inger Bråtveit, novelist, children's writer
• Toril Brekke, novelist, short story writer, children's writer, works on women's rights
• Hanne Bramness, poet
• Gerd Brantenberg, novelist
• Magdalene Sophie Buchholm, poet, only acknowledge women writer of her times

  C

• Camilla Carlson, poet, novelist, critic
• Solveig Christov, novelist, short story writer, playwright
• Camilla Collett, novelist, feminist essayist
• Marie Colban, novelist, short story writer

  D

• Gro Dahle, poet, children's writer
• Ingri d'Aulaire, English-language children's writer, together with husband Edgar Parin d'Aulaire
• Elisabeth Dored, novelist, author of I Loved Tiberius set in ancient Rome
• Conradine Birgitte Dunker, memoirist
• Astrid Sverresdotter Dypvik, journalist, historian, non-fiction writer

  E

• Clara Thue Ebbell, young adult writer, biographer, feminist
• Marit Eikemo, essayist, novelist, journalist, magazine editor
• Ellen Einan, poet, illustrator
• Rawdna Carita Eira, Norwegian and Sámi playwright, short story writer
• Anne Karin Elstad, author of best-selling novels, including the four-part series on Julie
• Magli Elster, poet, literary critic
• Dorothe Engelbretsdatter, poet, Norway's first female author

  F

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

  G

• Ågot Gjems-Selmer , writer of works on family life, children's writer
• Beate Grimsrud, novelist, playwright, children's writer

  H

• Magnhild Haalke, widely recognized author of 30 works, mainly novels
• Ingeborg Refling Hagen, prolific novelist, children's writer, poet
• Inger Hagerup, poet, dramatist, anti-Nazi writings
• Marie Hamsun, actress, poet, children's writer, some works translated into English
• Lillemor von Hanno, actress, novelist, playwright
• Inger Elisabeth Hansen, poet
• Ebba Haslund, novelist, short story writer, playwright, essayist, critic, author of Nothing Happened
• Torill Thorstad Hauger, non-fiction writer, children's writer
• Vera Henriksen, historical novelist, playwright, non-fiction writer
• Vigdis Hjorth, novelist, children's writer
• Tone Hødnebø, poet
• Gunvor Hofmo, influential modernist poet
• Anne Holt, best-selling, widely translated crime writer
• Åsta Holth, novelist, poet, short story writer
• Aslaug Høydal, novelist, poet, children's writer, educator
• Ida Hegazi Høyer, novelist

  J

• Anna Jacobsen, Norwegian Sami writer, translator and publisher
• Caroline Schytte Jensen, songwriter, composer
• Margaret Johansen, novelist, short story writer, feminist
• Ragnhild Jølsen, reactionary writer, works on conflicts between rural society and industrial communities
• Lizzie Juvkam, novelist

  K

• Mette Karlsvik, journalist, novelist
• Mahmona Khan, Pakistani-Norwegian journalist, non-fiction writer
• Gustava Kielland, songwriter, memoirist
• Liv Køltzow, novelist, playwright, essayist, feminist writer
• Christiane Koren, poet, playwright, diarist

  L

• Sissel Lange-Nielsen, novelist, critic, journalist
• Britt Karin Larsen, poet, novelist, works tracing the Romany people in Norway
• Trude Brænne Larssen, novelist
• Marita Liabø, novelist
• Tove Lie, poet
• Sofie Aubert Lindbæk, novelist, critic, educator
• Unni Lindell, crime fiction writer, children's writer
• Hilde Lindset, short story writer, educator
• Merethe Lindstrøm, novelist, short story writer
• Cecilie Løveid, playwright, children's writer, poem on Breivik

  M

• Ragnhild Magerøy, historical novelist, author of the Gunhild trilogy on 19th-century rural society
• Trude Marstein, novelist, essayist, some works translated into English
• Karin Moe, poet, prose writer, critic
• Toril Moi, academic works on women's writing, feminism, now based in the United States
• Jane Mysen, novelist

  N

• Torborg Nedreaas, short story writer, novelist, playwright, evoking class differences
• Åse-Marie Nesse philologist, poet
• Tove Nilsen, novelist, children's writer, critic
• Anne-Pia Nygård, autobiography in Nynorsk

  O

• Hanne Ørstavik, novelist
• Sara Margrethe Oskal, Sami writer, actress, film director
• Mari Osmundsen, pen-name of Anne Kristine Halling, novelist, children's writer
• Sissel Benneche Osvold, journalist
• Gunnhild Øyehaug, poet, short story writer

  P

• Synnøve Persen, Sami poet, biographer, artist
• Helvi Poutasuo, Finnish Sami teacher, translator and newspaper editor

  R

• Anne B. Ragde, novelist, children's writer, crime fiction writer, author of Berlin Poplars
• Eva Ramm, psychologist, essayist, novelist, children's writer

  S

• Wera Sæther psychologist, poet, novelist, essayist, children's writer
• Cora Sandel, short story writer, novelist, painter, author of the Alberta Trilogy
• Mathilde Schjøtt, non-fiction writer, critic, biographer, feminist
• Constance Wiel Schram, non-fiction writer, biographer, translator, feminist
• Åsne Seierstad, journalist, non-fiction works including The Bookseller of Kabul
• Solfrid Sivertsen, librarian, poet, novelist, children's writer
• Sarita Skagnes, Indian-born women's activist, memoirist
• Amalie Skram, short story writer, novelist, feminist
• Kirsten Sødal, children's writer
• Kristin Solberg, journalist, television reporter
• Kjersti Løken Stavrum, journalist, editor, secretary general of the Norwegian Press Association

  T

• Marie Takvam, poet, novelist, children's writer, actress
• Magdalene Thoresen, Danish-born Norwegian poet, short story writer, playwright
• Astrid Tollefsen, poet, lyricist
• Marit Tusvik, poet, children's writer, playwright

  U

• Linn Ullmann, journalist, novelist

  V

• Aslaug Vaa, poet, playwright
• Halldis Moren Vesaas, poet, children's writer, depictions of women's life
• Anne-Catharina Vestly, popular children's writer, widely translated
• Bjørg Vik, novelist, dramatist, feminist writer, some works translated into English

  W

• Torild Wardenær, poet, playwright
• Herbjørg Wassmo, poet, novelist
• Elisabeth Welhaven, salonist, short story writer
• Marie Wexelsen, poet, children's writer, novelist, hymnist