Inger Margrethe Gaarder (1926 – 1993) was a Norwegian children's writer.
She made her literary debut in 1977 with the children's book Nikolai begynner på skolen. She published books with myths and fairytales from Sri Lanka and from India, and contributed to textbooks for primary school.[1]
She was the mother of Jostein Gaarder. She was awarded the Cappelen Prize in 1986.
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Preceded by Kolbein Falkeid, Arvid Hanssen |
Recipient of the Cappelen Prize 1986 (shared with Fredrik Skagen) |
Succeeded by Roy Jacobsen, Håvard Rem |