Hermine Bernhoft-Osa

Hermine Bernhoft-Osa
Born(1865-09-27)September 27, 1865
Eigersund, Norway
DiedAugust 7, 1929(1929-08-07) (aged 63)
Voss, Norway
OccupationAuthor
SpouseLars Osa
ChildrenSigbjørn Bernhoft Osa
Theodor Bernhoft Osa
RelativesSofie Bernhoft

Augusta Sophie Hermine Bernhoft-Osa (September 27, 1865 – August 7, 1929) was a Norwegian children's book author.[1]

Hermine Bernhoft-Osa was the daughter of the prison priest and catechist Theodor Kristian Bernhoft (1833–1885) and Petra Martine Augusta Bernhoft (1841–?).[2][3] She was the sister of the actress Sofie Bernhoft. She was married to the author Lars Osa (1860–1950)[1][2] and was the mother of the fiddler and folk musician Sigbjørn Bernhoft Osa,[1] who was born in Ulvik in 1910.[4] The family frequently lived in Valle in Setesdal, where Lars Osa painted.[2] During a stay there in 1897, Hermine Bernhoft-Osa started Sunday school in Valle. Hermine Bernhoft-Osa wrote several children's books from 1887 onward, and some of them were reprinted several times.

  1. ^ a b c Haugen, Morten Olsen; Arneberg, Sofie (2020). "Hermine Bernhoft". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved April 19, 2021.
  2. ^ a b c Danbolt, Gunnar (2009). "Lars Osa". Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved April 19, 2021.
  3. ^ "Folketelling 1875 for 0805P Porsgrunn prestegjeld". Digitalarkivet. Retrieved April 19, 2021.
  4. ^ "Sigbjørn Bernhoft Osa". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. 2020. Retrieved April 20, 2021.