Kari Skjønsberg

Kari Skjønsberg (17 January 1926 – 6 January 2003) was a Norwegian academic, writer and feminist. She was Associate Professor of children's literature at Statens bibliotekhøgskole (now Oslo and Akershus University College) 1968-94, President of the Norwegian Association for Women's Rights 1972-78, and wrote several books on children's literature. In the 1940s, she worked for the NRK's Lørdagsbarnetimen and in the 1950s as a literarary critic for Arbeiderbladet and Verdens Gang.