Magdalene Thoresen

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Magdalene Thoresen
Born	Anna Magdalene Kragh ( 1819-06-03)3 June 1819 Fredericia, Denmark
Died	28 March 1903(1903-03-28) (aged 83)
Nationality	Norwegian
Occupation(s)	poet, novelist, short story writer and playwright

Anna Magdalene Thoresen, née Kragh (3 June 1819 – 28 March 1903) was a Danish-born Norwegian poet, novelist, short story writer and playwright. She is said to have inspired a number of other writers to model characters after her. Her stepdaughter, Suzannah Ibsen, was married to Henrik Ibsen. A selection of her letters has been published as Breve fra Magdalene Thoresen 1855-1901 (Memoirer og Breve, 1919).