Solvejg Marie Wexelsen Eriksen (August 9, 1903 – August 10, 1993) was a
Norwegian journalist, author, translator, and women's rights activist.
Life
Eriksen was born in
Karlsøy Municipality
Karlsøy () is an island List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in Troms Counties of Norway, county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Hansnes. Other villages include Dåfjord, Hessfjord, Karlsøya ( ...
in
Troms
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county,
Norway
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, the daughter of the prominent priest, politician, and
Riksmål
(, also , ) is an unofficial written Norwegian language form or spelling standard, meaning the ''National Language'', closely related and now almost identical to the dominant form of Bokmål, known as .
Both Bokmål and Riksmål evolved from t ...
advocate
Alfred Eriksen
Alfred Eriksen (nicknamed "Karlsøypresten", 30 August 1864 – 4 May 1934) was a Norwegian priest, politician, newspaper editor, and non-fiction writer.
Personal life
He was born as Alfred Eriksen in Christiania as the son of the watch ...
, also known as "the Karlsøy priest" (''Karlsøypresten''),
and his wife Sigrid Marie née Wexelsen. She was the niece of the painter and film director
Adam Eriksen. In the 1930s, Eriksen worked as a journalist for the newspaper ''
Tidens Tegn
''Tidens Tegn'' (Norwegian: ''Sign of the Times'') is a former Norwegian newspaper, issued in Oslo from 1910 to 1941.
Editors
The founder and first editor-in-chief of ''Tidens Tegn'' was Ola Thommessen, who edited the newspaper until 1917. Th ...
'', and after the Second World War she wrote for the newspaper ''
Morgenposten''.
She was also a film reviewer. She wrote and translated several books from various genres, and she authored plays for the stage and screenplays. In 1951 she directed and wrote the screenplay for the film ''
Cecilia
Cecilia is a personal name originating in the name of Saint Cecilia, the patron saint of music.
History
The name has been popularly used in Europe (particularly the United Kingdom and Italy, where in 2018 it was the 43rd most popular name for g ...
'', which involves a lesbian relationship.
Solvejg Eriksen established the Solvejg Wexelsen Eriksen Endowment for talented female writers that write about women's issues.
Works
Books authored
*1942: ''Den ene – og de seks'' (The One—And the Six)
*1942: ''Tom og hunden hans'' (Tom and His Dog), illustrated by Georg Winther
*1943: ''Jeg vil til filmen: et gløtt i ord og bilder bak kulissene i norsk film'' (I Want to Go to the Movies: A Glimpse in Words and Pictures behind the Scenes in Norwegian Film), published under the pseudonym Småen
*1945: ''Hele Norges Lalla i tekst og bilder. Et liv i trofast tjeneste hos Thalia'' (All of Norway's Lalla in Text and Pictures. A Life of Faithful Service with Thalia), a biography of
Lalla Carlsen
Lalla Carlsen (née Haralda Petrea Christensen) (17 August 1889 – 23 March 1967) was a Norwegian singer and actress. She was a very popular singer in Norway.
Personal life
Lalla Carlsen was born in Svelvik as the daughter of shipmaster Carl A ...
*1946: ''Forfengelighetens marked. Mennesker i livets hverdag'' (The Vanity Market. People in Everyday Life), illustrated by Gunnar Bratlie
*1946: ''En kvinne uten våpen. Skuespill i 3 akter og 7 scenebilder. Et forspill og et etterspill'' (A Woman without Weapons. A Play in Three Acts and Seven Scenes. A Prelude and an Epilogue)
*1949: ''De stjal vårt liv'' (They Stole Our Lives)
*1976: ''Brød i himmelen. Historien om Karlsøypresten og hans hustru. Et tidsbilde fra sosialismens første kampår og Det mannsdominerte samfunn'' (Bread in the Sky. The Story of the Karlsøy Priest and His Wife. A Picture of the Time of Socialism's First Battle Year and Male-Dominated Society)
*1978: ''Sangen om Karina. En tidsaktuell roman om rotløs ungdom'' (A Song about Karina. A Timely Novel about Rootless Youth)
*1980: ''Skyggedans: en familie i oppløsning'' (Shadow Dance: A Family in Disintegration)
*1981: ''Sannheten. Fra en modig manns – sogneprest, stortingsmann, dr. phil. Alfred Eriksens – dagbok 1905'' (Truth. From a Courageous Man: The Parish Priest, MP Alfred Eriksens, PhD – 1905 Diary)
*1982: ''Veldedighetens ofre og andre historier om mennesker i livets hverdag. En annerledes novellesamling'' (Victims of Charity and Other Stories of People in Everyday Life. A Different Short Story Collection)
*1987: ''Jeg vil fange en mann. Historien om en moderne Askepott'' (I Want to Catch a Man. The Story of a Modern Cinderella)
Books translated
*1945: ''Onde øyne søker et barn'' (Evil Eyes Seek a Child) by
Tove Ditlevsen
Tove Irma Margit Ditlevsen (; 14 December 1917 – 7 March 1976) was a Danish poet and author. With published works in a variety of genres, she was one of Denmark's best-known authors by the time of her death.
Early life and career
Tove ...
( 'You Made a Child Hurt', 1941)
*1945: ''Født til gråt'' (Born to Cry) by
Johanne Buchardt (, 1943)
*1946: ''En gjest'' (A Guest) by
Carl Erik Soya
Carl Erik Soya, (30 October 1896 – 10 November 1983), also known by the single appellation Soya, was a Danish author and dramatist. His works were often satirical provocations against double standards and dishonesty. In 1975, Soya received Denm ...
(, 1941)
*1946: ''Barndommens gate'' (Childhood Street) by Tove Ditlevsen (, 1943); reissued by the Norwegian Book Club in 1978
*1947: ''For barnets skyld'' (For the Sake of a Child) by Tove Ditlevsen (, 1946)
Plays
* ''Yrkeskvinner'' (Business Women),
staged at the
National Theater in 1940
* ''3 minutters stillhet'' (Three Minutes of Silence), staged at the
Oslo New Theater
Films
* 1942: ''
Det æ'kke te å tru'' (screenwriter)
* 1954: ''
Cecilia
Cecilia is a personal name originating in the name of Saint Cecilia, the patron saint of music.
History
The name has been popularly used in Europe (particularly the United Kingdom and Italy, where in 2018 it was the 43rd most popular name for g ...
'' (director and screenwriter)
References
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20th-century Norwegian women writers
20th-century Norwegian dramatists and playwrights
People from Karlsøy
1903 births
1993 deaths
Norwegian women dramatists and playwrights
20th-century Norwegian screenwriters
20th-century Norwegian translators
Norwegian women screenwriters
20th-century Norwegian journalists
Norwegian women journalists