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Elisabeth Cathrine "Lise" Welhaven (6 March 1815 – 26 July 1901) was a Norwegian writer.


Personal life

She was born in
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as a daughter of the priest Johan Ernst Welhaven (1775–1828) and Else Margrethe Cammermeyer (1785–1853), the daughter of Johan Sebastian Cammermeyer. She was a sister of Johan Sebastian and Maren Sars (née Welhaven). She did not marry. Through her sister Maren she was a sister-in-law of priest and professor
Michael Sars Michael Sars (30 August 1805 – 22 October 1869) was a Norwegian theologian and biologist. Biography Sars was born in Bergen, Norway. He studied natural history and theology at Royal Frederick University from 1823 and completed a cand.theol ...
and an aunt of
Ernst Sars Johan Ernst Welhaven Sars (11 October 1835 – 27 January 1917) was a Norwegian professor, historian, author and editor. Assuming perspectives from the positivism philosophical school, his main work was ''Udsigt over den norske Historie'', f ...
,
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and Eva Nansen (née Sars) . Through her brother Johan Sebastian she was an aunt of architect
Hjalmar Welhaven Hjalmar Welhaven (26 December 1850 – 18 April 1922) was a Norwegian architect, palace manager, and sportsman. Biography Personal life Welhaven was born in Christiania (now Oslo), Norway. He was the son of writer Johan Sebastian Welhave ...
, and through another brother Johan Andreas she was an aunt of police chief
Kristian Welhaven Kristian Welhaven (11 October 1883 – 27 July 1975) was a Norwegian police officer. He was chief of police of Oslo for 27 years, from 1927 to 1954. He was a leading force in establishing an organized Norwegian intelligence service before World ...
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Career

She grew up in Bergen, but after her father died when Elisabeth was thirteen, she moved in with Michael and Maren Sars. They first lived in
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where Michael was a vicar, but in 1854 the family moved to Christiania where Michael had become professor. The family home in Christiania became a notable meeting place for liberal and intellectual citizens of Norway's capital, and has been called "Christiania's first
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". Welhaven's role in the salon was that of storyteller, and one of the recurring guests, Hartvig Lassen, encouraged her to write them down. He published them in the magazine ''Skilling-Magazin'', and in 1870 some tales were collected and published as the book ''Fra Staden og Stranden''. In 1871 she released ''Fra gamle Dage''. The books were reissued later; the two under one as ''Fra Staden og Stranden'' in 1881 and ''Fortællinger fra det gamle Bergen'' in 1897. The tales were largely based on her childhood in Bergen. She died in July 1901, three years after Maren Sars. She was buried at
Vår Frelsers gravlund The Cemetery of Our Saviour () is a cemetery in Oslo, Norway, located north of Hammersborg in Gamle Aker district. It is located adjacent to the older Old Aker Cemetery and was created in 1808 as a result of the great famine and cholera epidemi ...
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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Welhaven, Elisabeth 1815 births 1901 deaths Writers from Bergen Writers from Oslo Burials at the Cemetery of Our Saviour Norwegian women writers Norwegian women short story writers 19th-century women writers