Sigrun Slapgard

Sigrun Slapgard (born 20 October 1953) is a Norwegian journalist, novelist and non-fiction writer. She worked as journalist for the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation, and has written novels and biographies of Lise Lindbæk, Sigrid Undset and Werna Gerhardsen. Her awards include the Melsom Prize and the Nynorsk Literature Prize.

Career Slapgard was born in Hemsedal, and graduated as cand.mag. from the University of Oslo in 1980. This was an independent contiuation of the previous , and largely based on her own experiences. Further books are the novel from 2015, and the non-fiction books (2018), and (2020).