Tordis Ørjasæter

Tordis Ørjasæter (25 March 1927 – 25 March 2026) was a Norwegian literary critic, biographer, professor of educational science, and novelist. She was particularly engaged in culture and literature for children. Ørjasæter wrote biographical works on Sigrid Undset, Selma Lagerlöf, Tove Jansson, and Nini Roll Anker. She was awarded the Brage Prize in 1993.

A lecturer at Statens spesiallærerhøgskole from 1977, she was appointed professor at the University of Oslo from 1991 to 1993. She was a board member of the publishing house Aschehoug from 1982 to 1996, and was member of the editorial group of the magazine Gymnadenia from 1997 to 2003.