Gustava Kielland

Infobox Person
name = Gustava Kielland


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birth_date = birth date|1800|3|6
birth_place = Kongsberg, Norway
death_date = death date and age|1889|2|28|1800|3|6
death_place = Skien, Norway
occupation = Author

Susanne Sophie Caroline Gustava Kielland (née Blom) (6 March 1800 – 28 February 1889) was a Norwegian author and missionary pioneer. Born in Kongsberg she married the minister Gabriel Kielland (1796-1854) in 1824. At their parish of Lyngdal in Vest-Agder, she formed the country's first women's association in 1844. [no icon cite web | url = http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~kielland/gustava.htm | title = Gabriel og Gustava | publisher = Netttstedet for familien Kielland | author = Gabriel Wilhelm Kielland | date = 2001-09-14 | accessdate = 2008-01-09]

Today she is best known for her literary output. Several of the songs she wrote are still well known, in particular the Christmas carol "O, Jul med din Glæde", and the children's song "Liden Ekorn". Late in her life, she dictated her memoirs "Erindringer fra mitt liv" ("Reminiscence from my Life"), printed in manuscript form for her family in 1882. In 1899 an edited version was released for a wider audience. The book was one of the first autobiographies written by a woman in Norway. [cite web | url = http://www.lyngdal.kommune.no/getfile.aspx/document/epcx_id/570/epdd_id/292 | title = History | publisher = Lyngdal Municipality | author = | date = | accessdate = 2008-01-09] Gustava Kielland died in Skien in 1889.

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*no icon [http://www.kongsberg.kommune.no/kultur/gater/data/erindringer.htm The start of "Erindringer fra mitt liv".]
*"O, Jul med din Glæde" in English translation - [http://www.hymnsandcarolsofchristmas.com/Hymns_and_Carols/christmas_season_of_childlike_de.htm "O Christmas, you season of childlike delight".]