Babbis Friis-Baastad

Babbis Friis-Baastad (née Blauenfeldt; 27 August 1921 – 10 January 1970) was a Norwegian children's writer.

Personal life Friis-Baastad was born in Bergen on 27 August 1921,

Career From 1953 on Friis-Baastad contributed to the children's radio shows Lørdagsbarnetimen and Barnetimen for de minste, writing sketches and audio plays. Her best known of these works is the series Tulutta og Makronelle, which saw several reprises and was published in book format in 1960.

Further books are Kjersti (1962), Ikke ta Bamse (1964), Du må våkne, Tor! (1967), Hest på ønskelisten (1968), which was translated and published in the US in 1972 (with the English title Wanted! A horse!), and Hest i sentrum (1969).

Ikke ta Bamse, translated 1967 into English as Don't take Teddy, is about an intellectually disabled boy, viewed from the perspective of his younger brother Mikkel.

Awards and legacy Three of Friis-Baastad's books were awarded the from the publishing house Damm, and she received several prizes from the Ministry of Culture for her children's books.