Kathrine Olsen Nedrejord

Kathrine Nedrejord (born 16 September 1987) is a Norwegian/Sami dramatist, writer and stage performer. She was awarded the Brage Prize in 2024.

Life and career Born in Kjøllefjord on 16 September 1987, Nedrejord made her debut as dramatist in 2009, with the play . She made her novel debut in 2010, the novel , about a young woman who moves back to Norway after a long residence in Paris.

Themes Literary scholar Asbjørn Rørslett Kolberg notes that several of her young adult works, such as Slepp meg (2018), portray protagonists who feel caught between cultures, struggling with questions of what it means to be "fully" Sámi. Kolberg states that the protagonist Anna in Slepp meg navigates pressure from family to speak the Sámi language and wear traditional clothing (gákti), while also confronting prejudice and stereotypes from non-Sámi peers.

Her novels often employ a first-person narrative voice to create intimacy with the reader and explore the protagonist's path towards finding their own, self-determined identity.