Mathilde Schjøtt

Mathilde Schjøtt
Mathilde Schjøtt
Born	Mathilde Dunker (1844-02-19)19 February 1844 Christiania, Norway
Died	13 January 1926(1926-01-13) (aged 81) Oslo
Nationality	Norwegian
Occupation(s)	Writer Playwright Literary critic
Spouse	Peter Olrog Schjøtt
Children	Sofie Schjøtt
Parent(s)	Bernhard Dunker Edle Jasine Theodore Grundt
Relatives	Conradine Birgitte Dunker (grandmother) Vilhelmine Ullmann (aunt)

Mathilde Schjøtt (née Dunker) (19 February 1844 – 13 January 1926) was a Norwegian writer, literary critic, biographer and feminist. She made her literary debut with the anonymous Venindernes samtale om Kvindens Underkuelse in 1871. She was a literary critic for the magazine Nyt Tidsskrift, and her play Rosen was published anonymously in this periodical in 1882.[1][2] She was a co-founder of the Norwegian Association for Women's Rights in 1884, and a member its first board.[3] She wrote a biography on Alexander L. Kielland in 1904.[1]

Personal life

Schjøtt was born in Christiania on 19 February 1944,[1] a daughter of Bernhard Dunker and Edle Jasine Theodore Grundt. She married the philologist and politician Peter Olrog Schjøtt in 1867, and they were the parents of Sofie Schjøtt.[3]

References

1. Henriksen, Petter, ed. (2007). "Mathilde Schjøtt". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 30 September 2009.
2. Sars, J. E.; Skavlan, Olaf, eds. (1882). "Rosen". Nyt Tidsskrift. Kristiania: 113–139.
3. Lorenz, Astrid. "Mathilde Schjøtt". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 30 September 2009.