Kathinka Kraft

Kathinka Kraft (née Mørch; 12 October 1826 – 26 February 1895) was a Norwegian memoirist best known for her sole work Et og andet fra min Tid. Erindringer about her experiences growing up in Christiania and living in the countryside.

Early life Kathinka Mørch was born on 12 October 1826 in Christiania to Supreme Court assessor Claus Mørch (1801–1864) and Anna Lovise Meyer (1806–1876). She was one of six siblings. Her maternal side was a part of the merchant class in Christiania, while her father was descended from a Kristiansand patrician family.

Marriage and children When she was 20, she married Isach Kraft, a diocesan Supreme Court protractor based in Christiania.

After her daughter read Conradine Birgitte Dunker's memoirs, she suggested to Kraft that she should write her own memoirs. She began work on her own in 1885, however it was never published during her lifetime. In her memoirs, she recounts her family history, childhood and life in Christiania and in the country.

Death and legacy Kraft died on 26 February 1895, at the age of 68. Her husband Isach died three years later in 1898. Kraft's memoirs eventually passed to her granddaughter, Astrid Kraft Veiersted and was published in 1938, with extra biographical details provided by Arthur Skjelderup.