Marie Takvam

Biography

Marie Takvam was a Norwegian poet, novelist, and actress, born on December 5, 1926, in Ørsta Municipality, Norway. She worked as a program leader for children's programming at NRK in the 1950s and 1960s and published 12 poetry collections over a 45-year period, starting with her debut collection "Dåp under sju stjerner" in 1952. She was also a mother and wife before her marriage dissolved in 1975.