Clara Tschudi (9 September 1856 – 10 November 1945) was a Norwegian writer. She was born in

Tønsberg Tønsberg (), historically Tunsberg, is a List of towns and cities in Norway, city in Tønsberg Municipality in Vestfold county, Norway. It is located about south-southwest of the capital city of Oslo on the western coast of the Oslofjord near ...

. She is best known for her biographies of contemporary and historical women. Among her publications are the book ''Kvindebevægelsen, dens Udvikling og nuværende Standpunkt'' from 1885, and ''Tre Nutidskvinder'' from 1887 about the women's rights activists Camilla Collett, Lina Morgenstern and Gertrude Guillaume-Schack. Her book ''Kejserinde Eugenie'' from 1889 was the first of a series of biographical portraits of central women in the European Royal families. A German translation of her book on

Empress Elisabeth of Austria Elisabeth (born Duchess Elisabeth Amalie Eugenie in Bavaria; 24 December 1837 – 10 September 1898), nicknamed Sisi or Sissi, was Empress of Austria and List of Hungarian consorts, Queen of Hungary from her marriage to Franz Joseph I of Austri ...

was subsequently forbidden in Austria. She resided in

Gausdal Gausdal is a municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Gudbrandsdal. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Segelstad bru. Other villages in Gausdal include Follebu, Forse ...

, and died in November 1945.

List of works translated into English

*''Marie Antoinette'' (1898) translated by E. M. Cope *''Eugenie, Empress of the French. A Popular Sketch'' (1899) translated by E. M. Cope *''Napoleon's Mother'' (1900) translated by E. M. Cope *''Augusta, Empress of Germany'' (1900) translated by E. M. Cope *''Elizabeth, Empress of Austria and Queen of Hungary'' (1901) translated by E. M. Cope *''Maria Sophia, Queen of Naples'' (1905) translated by Ethel Harriet Hearn *''Ludwig the Second, King of Bavaria'' (1908) translated by Ethel Harriet Hearn *''Napoleon's Son'' (1912) translated by E. M. Cope

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* 1856 births 1945 deaths Writers from Tønsberg Norwegian biographers Norwegian women writers Norwegian women's rights activists People from Gausdal Norwegian women biographers Norwegian Association for Women's Rights people Litteris et Artibus recipients {{norway-writer-stub