Marie Hamsun

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Marie Hamsun (born Marie Andersen) (1881-1969) was a Norwegian actor and writer. She was the second wife of the writer Knut Hamsun, with whom she had four children.

She wrote 2 collections of poems and several children's books. Hamsun's work has been translated to several other languages, including Swedish, German, English, Latvian and Finnish. She also published 2 biographies about her life with Knut Hamsun: Regnbuen (The Rainbow) (1953) and Under gullregnen (1959).

Marie Hamsun shared her husband's political views, and her support for The Third Reich and the German occupation forces during World War II exceeded that of her husband. She was a member of Vidkun Quisling's fascist party Nasjonal Samling, and toured frequently German cities reciting the works of Knut Hamsun during the early years of the war.