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Birgithe Lykke Kühle,
née The birth name is the name of the person given upon their birth. The term may be applied to the surname, the given name or to the entire name. Where births are required to be officially registered, the entire name entered onto a births registe ...
Solberg (1762 in
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- 1832 in Sønderby), was a Norwegian (originally Danish)
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and managing editor who has been referred to as the first female journalist in
Norway Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic countries, Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and the archipelago of Svalbard also form part of the Kingdom of ...
. Birgithe Kühle was the daughter of the Danish captain and merchant Søren Lykke Solberg and Anne Marie Staal. In 1780, she married
major Major most commonly refers to: * Major (rank), a military rank * Academic major, an academic discipline to which an undergraduate student formally commits * People named Major, including given names, surnames, nicknames * Major and minor in musi ...
Carl Nicolai Christian von Kühle (1748-1812), who was stationed in
Bergen Bergen (, ) is a city and municipalities of Norway, municipality in Vestland county on the Western Norway, west coast of Norway. Bergen is the list of towns and cities in Norway, second-largest city in Norway after the capital Oslo. By May 20 ...
, Norway from 1786 to 1802. She published the paper ''Provincial-Lecture'' in
Bergen Bergen (, ) is a city and municipalities of Norway, municipality in Vestland county on the Western Norway, west coast of Norway. Bergen is the list of towns and cities in Norway, second-largest city in Norway after the capital Oslo. By May 20 ...
1794–95. The paper mainly consisted of translated popular science, novels and articles from English, French and German magazines. She was also active as an actor and playwright for the amateur theatre Det Dramatiske Selskab in Bergen, which was founded and led by her spouse in 1794–1801. She returned to Denmark when her spouse had been given a position in
Horsens Horsens () is a city on the east coast of the Jutland region of Denmark. It is the seat of the Horsens municipality. The city's population is 64,418 (1 January 2025) and the municipality's population is 97,921 (), making it the List of cities and ...
in 1802.


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List of women printers and publishers before 1800 This list of women printers and publishers before 1800 includes women active as printers or publishers prior to the 19th century. Before the printing press was invented, books were made from pages written by scribes, and it could take up to a ye ...


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1762 births 1832 deaths Norwegian journalists Norwegian editors 18th-century Norwegian women writers 18th-century journalists History of Bergen 18th-century publishers (people) 18th-century Danish publishers (people) 18th-century Norwegian actresses 18th-century dramatists and playwrights Norwegian magazine founders 18th-century women journalists Writers from Denmark–Norway {{Norway-journalist-stub