Ditlevine Feddersen
Ditlevine Feddersen (1727-1803), was a Norwegian poet, translator and culture personality.
She was the daughter of the rich merchant Peter Collett (1694–1740) and Anna Cathrine Rosenberg (1699–1747), married in 1749 to Nicolai Feddersen and belonged to the social elite of the Oslo aristocracy: she was given her name after governor Ditlev Vibe, who was her god-parent. She was a central figure of the culture development in Oslo in the mid 18th century. She wrote poems, translated French and English plays and arranged amateur theatre. She was the muse of the poet Christian Braunmann Tullin, and wrote her own poems influenced by him in turn.
She wrote poems during great events in the city society life, such as Til Digteren Tullin paa egne og flere Damers Vegne, da han havde skrevet sin Majdag (1758). Among her translations was notably Carlo Goldoni's play Pamela (1765).
In 1769, her spouse died, and she left Norway for Copenhagen in Denmark.