Edle Hartmann (11 March 1862 – 29 June 1946) was a Norwegian writer.
She was born in
Larvik
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[ to Gudbrand Helenus Hartmann and Fredrikke Dorothea Christiane Michelet,][ and was a sister of jurist and publicist Egil Olaf Hartmann.][ She was married to jurist and civil servant Frederik Beichmann from 1885 to 1889. Among their children was Major General Johan Didrik Schlömer Beichmann.]feuilleton
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s for the newspapers ''Verdens Gang
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'' and ''Aftenposten
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'', 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. In 1903 she published ''Blandet selskab'', also illustrated by Gulbransson.
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1862 births
1946 deaths
People from Larvik
Norwegian writers
Norwegian women journalists
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