Inger Margrethe Gaarder

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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 fairy tales 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.

References

↑ "Inger Margrethe Gaarder". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 27 February 2011.

Awards
Preceded by Kolbein Falkeid, Arvid Hanssen	Recipient of the Cappelen Prize 1986 (shared with Fredrik Skagen)	Succeeded by Roy Jacobsen, Håvard Rem

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Name	Gaarder, Inger Margrethe
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Date of birth	1926
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Date of death	1993
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