Else Marie Høst, née Røysland (1908–1996) was a Norwegian literary historian.

She was born in Stavanger

Stavanger

Stavanger is a city and municipality in the county of Rogaland, Norway.Stavanger municipality has a population of 126,469. There are 197,852 people living in the Stavanger conurbation, making Stavanger the fourth largest city, but the third largest urban area, in Norway...

. In 1931 she married philologist Gunnar Høst

Gunnar Høst

Gunnar Fougner Høst was a Norwegian philologist and literary historian.He was born in Kristiania as a son of Sigurd Høst and Isabella Vibe . He was a great-grandson of Ludvig Vibe, and a half-brother of Inger Alver Gløersen...

 (1900–1983), and became a daughter-in-law of Sigurd Høst.

She took the mag.art. degree in 1941 and the dr.philos. degree in 1959 on a thesis about Hedda Gabler

Hedda Gabler

Hedda Gabler is a play first published in 1890 by Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen. The play premiered in 1891 in Germany to negative reviews, but has subsequently gained recognition as a classic of realism, nineteenth century theatre, and world drama...

. She also wrote a book about The Wild Duck

The Wild Duck

The Wild Duck is an 1884 play by the Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen.-Plot:The first act opens with a dinner party hosted by Håkon Werle, a wealthy merchant and industrialist. The gathering is attended by his son, Gregers Werle, who has just returned to his father's home following a self-imposed...

: Vildanden av Henrik Ibsen (1967). In 1970 and 1971 she co-released Fransk lesning I and Fransk lesning II together with her husband.