Edle Hartmann (11 March 1862 – 29 June 1946) was a Norwegian writer. She was born in

Larvik Larvik () is a town and municipality in Vestfold in Vestfold og Telemark county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the city of Larvik. The municipality of Larvik has about 46,364 inhabitants. The municipality has a 110&nbs ...

Gudbrand Helenus Hartmann Gudbrand Helenus Hartmann (17 June 1832 – 30 April 1900) was a Norwegian schoolteacher, rector and civil servant. He was born in Christiania to Paul Bøckmann Hartmann and Henrikka Severine Anker, and was the father of Edle Hartmann and Egi ...

and Fredrikke Dorothea Christiane Michelet, and was a sister of jurist and publicist

Egil Olaf Hartmann Egil Olaf Hartmann (1 April 1859 – 3 November 1906) was a Norwegian jurist, archivist, journalist and magazine editor. He was born in Larvik in Vestfold. He was the son of Gudbrand Helenus Hartmann and Fredrikke Dorothea Christiane. The family ...

. She was married to jurist and civil servant

Frederik Beichmann Frederik Valdemar Nikolai Beichmann (3 January 1859 – 29 December 1937) was a Norwegian judge and civil servant He was born in Christiania to military officer Johan Diderik Schlømer Beichmann and Alette Faye. He was married to Edle Hartma ...

from 1885 to 1889. Among their children was Major General Johan Didrik Schlömer Beichmann. In 1900 she married barrister and politician

Annæus Johannes Schjødt Annæus Johannes Schjødt (2 May 1857 – 23 April 1923) was a Norwegian barrister. He was born in Christiania to Simon Peter Schjødt and Andrea Emilie Schriver. He was married to Laura Marie Rømcke from 1885 to 1892, and to writer Edle H ...

. She wrote

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s for the newspapers ''

Verdens Gang ''Verdens Gang'' ("The course of the world"), generally known under the abbreviation ''VG'', is a Norwegian tabloid newspaper. In 2016, circulation numbers stood at 93,883, having declined from a peak circulation of 390,510 in 2002. ''VG'' is n ...

'' and ''

Aftenposten ( in the masthead; ; Norwegian for "The Evening Post") is Norway's largest printed newspaper by circulation. It is based in Oslo. It sold 211,769 copies in 2015 (172,029 printed copies according to University of Bergen) and estimated 1.2 millio ...

'', using the pseudonym "Sfinx". Two collections with her newspaper articles were published as ''Vi og voreses'' (1899) and ''Hjemme og gadelangs'' (1900). She further published the collection ''Fif og halvfif'' in 1902, illustrated by

Olaf Gulbransson Olaf Leonhard Gulbransson (26 May 1873 in Oslo18 September 1958 in Tegernsee, West Germany) was a Norwegian artist, painter and designer. He is probably best known for his caricatures and illustrations. Biography From 1885-93, he trained at the ...

. In 1903 she published ''Blandet selskab'', also illustrated by Gulbransson.

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1862 births 1946 deaths People from Larvik Norwegian writers {{norway-writer-stub