Marie Wexelsen
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Marie Wexelsen was a Norwegian poet, children's writer and novelist, born in Østre Toten
, Oppland
. She published her first novel in 1858, Vesle-Kari, eller de Forældreløse, under the signature "I. L.". She is particularly remembered for the Christmas carol
"Jeg er saa glad hver Julekveld", first published in the collection Ketil, en Julegave for Smaa from 1860.
Østre Toten
Østre Toten is a municipality in Oppland county, Norway. It is part of the traditional region of Toten. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Lena.-Name:...
, Oppland
Oppland
is a county in Norway, bordering Sør-Trøndelag, Møre og Romsdal, Sogn og Fjordane, Buskerud, Akershus, Oslo and Hedmark. The county administration is in Lillehammer. Oppland is, together with Hedmark, one of the only two landlocked counties of Norway....
. She published her first novel in 1858, Vesle-Kari, eller de Forældreløse, under the signature "I. L.". She is particularly remembered for the Christmas carol
Christmas carol
A Christmas carol is a carol whose lyrics are on the theme of Christmas or the winter season in general and which are traditionally sung in the period before Christmas.-History:...
"Jeg er saa glad hver Julekveld", first published in the collection Ketil, en Julegave for Smaa from 1860.