Hilde Hagerup

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Hilde Hagerup
Hilde Hagerup fjellet.jpg
Born (1976-02-26) 26 February 1976 (age 49)
Tromsø, Norway [1]
Occupation(s)Novelist, children's writer
Father Klaus Hagerup
Relatives Inger Hagerup (grandmother)
Awards Norwegian Critics Prize for Literature (2002)
Brage Prize (2025)

Hilde Hagerup (born 26 February 1976) is a Norwegian novelist and author of children's literature. Her awards include the Norwegian Critics Prize for Literature from 2002, and the Brage Prize in 2025.

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Personal life and education

Born in Tromsø on 26 February 1976, Hagerup is the daughter of Klaus Hagerup, and granddaughter of Inger Hagerup. She grew up outside the city of Fredrikstad, moved to Wales, and then Oxford, and later settled in Nesodden. She has studied history of the third world at the University of London. [1]

Career

Hagerup has mostly written books for young adults and children, and also for adults. [1]

She made her literary debut in 1998 with Bølgebiter, a book for young adults. [1] She received the Norwegian Critics Prize for Best children's book in 2002 for Løvetannsang. [2]

In 2018 she wrote a biography of Anne Karin Elstad. [1]

Her novel Du eneste, based on the relation between Gunvor Hofmo and Ruth Maier, [3] earned her the Riksmål Society prize for children's and young adult's literature in 2025. [4] She also received the Brage Prize for Children's and young adult literature (2025), for this book. [5]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Helgesen, Petra. "Hilde Hagerup". In Bolstad, Erik (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Retrieved 20 November 2025.
  2. "Mottakere av kritikerprisen for beste skjønnlitterære barne- og ungdomsbok" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Critics' Association . Retrieved 10 March 2010.
  3. Straume, Anne Cathrine (30 October 2025). "Sånn skal det gjøres!". nrk.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 20 November 2025.
  4. "Forfatterne Birger Emanuelsen og Hilde Hagerup får riksmålspriser". nrk.no (in Norwegian). NTB. 29 October 2025. Retrieved 29 October 2025.
  5. "Bragepris til Hilde Hagerup". nrk.no (in Norwegian). 20 November 2025. Retrieved 20 November 2025.