Ellisiv Steen

Ellisiv Andrea Steen (4 February 1908 – 27 October 2001) was a Norwegian literary researcher.

She was born in Kristiania, and was a sister of Ada Polak. In 1933 she married Sverre Steen. She gained her Doctor of Philosophy degree in 1948; the subject of her doctoral thesis was a treatment of Camilla Collett authorship. She was a fellow of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters from 1955, and appointed professor at the University of Oslo in 1972.

She was a board member of Norsk Film from 1948 to 1964, and Norwegian editor of the magazine Ord och Bild from 1950 to 1959.