Bolette Gjør

Should not be confused with Bolette Margrethe Nissen, born 1849, the mother-in-law of Hartvig Johannson.

Bolette Margrethe Gjør, née Nissen (11 May 1835 – 4 November 1909) was a Norwegian writer and inner missionary.

Early life She was born in Trondheim as a daughter of merchant Martinus Nissen (1800–1836) and Ida Susanne Amalie Hagerup (1808–85). After her father died when she was only one year old, her mother remarried and they moved to Romedal. She was a sister of Rikke Nissen, niece of Hartvig Nissen, grandniece of Henrich Steffens and a first cousin of Prime Minister Francis Hagerup. In October, 1872, she married vicar Julius Gjør (1839–1916), a son of Magnus A. Gjør.

Education She attended her uncle's Nissen Girls School from 1849, and later learnt English. In her early twenties she underwent a Christian awakening in the milieu surrounding Gisle Johnson. She dedicated the rest of her life to missionary organizational work for women, inspired by the practical work of Gustava Kielland and the pious ideas of Henriette Gislesen.

Between 1884 and 1894 she issued fifteen books under the pen name Margrethe. She edited the Norwegian Missionary Society's magazine for women, Missionslæsning for Kvindeforeninger from its inauguration in 1884 as well as Børnebibliotheket, the magazine issued by the Norwegian Sunday School Association (Norsk Søndagsskoleforbund) from 1893 to 1901.

She died in November 1909 in Kristiania.