32 Norwegian literary critics

Edvard Freydar Beyer was a Norwegian literary historian, literary critic, and professor at the University of Oslo from 1958 to 1990.

Paul Botten-Hansen was a Norwegian librarian, book collector, magazine editor and literary critic.

Christopher Brinchmann was a Norwegian archivist, literary historian and critic.

Niels Christian Ursin Brøgger was a Norwegian essayist, novelist, journalist and critic.

Francis Bull was a Norwegian literary historian, professor at the University of Oslo for more than thirty years, essayist and speaker, and magazine editor.

Theodor Caspari was a Norwegian poet, novelist, travel writer, literary critic and teacher.

Hjalmar Christensen was a Norwegian writer and a prominent literary critic.

Tor Edvin Dahl is a Norwegian novelist, crime fiction writer, playwright, children's writer, non-fiction writer, translator, literary critic and journalist. He made his literary debut in 1968 with the short story collection En sommer tung av regn. His first novel was Den andre from 1972, and his literary breakthrough was the novel Guds tjener from 1973.

Olav Dalgard was a Norwegian literary and art historian, filmmaker, author and educator.

Odd Eidem was a Norwegian writer, journalist and literary critic.

Kristian Mandrup Elster was a Norwegian novelist, journalist, literary critic and theatre critic.

Magli Elster was a Norwegian psychoanalyst, literary critic, poet and translator.

Alf Harbitz was a Norwegian journalist, writer, critic and translator.

Ebba Margareta Haslund Halvorsen was a Norwegian novelist, writer of short stories, playwright, essayist, children's writer, literary critic, radio speaker and politician.

Lilly Heber was a Norwegian literary critic and historian, novelist and magazine editor.

Hans Heiberg was a Norwegian journalist, literary critic, theatre critic, essayist, novelist, playwright, translator and theatre director.

Henrik Jæger was a Norwegian literary historian, literary critic and playwright.

Andreas Grimelund Jynge was a Norwegian civil servant and writer.

Eugenia Kielland was a Norwegian poet, short story writer, essayist, biographer and literary critic.

Tove Nilsen is a Norwegian novelist, children's writer and literary critic.

Ragnhild Nilstun is a Norwegian novelist, children's writer and literary critic.

Petra Gregorine Fernanda Nissen was a Norwegian journalist, literary critic, theatre critic, politician and feminist pioneer.

Tore Ørjasæter was a Norwegian educator, literature critic and poet.

Minda Mathea Olava Ramm was a Norwegian novelist, translator and literary critic.

Barbra Mathilde Ring was a Norwegian novelist, short story writer, children's writer, biographer, memoirist, literary critic and theatre critic. She made her literary début in 1904 with the girl's novel Babbens Dagbog. Her children's books about "Peik" and other characters achieved great popularity. Her first novel for adults was Jomfruen, published in 1914.

Mathilde Schjøtt was a Norwegian writer, literary critic, biographer and feminist. She made her literary debut with the anonymous Venindernes samtale om Kvindens Underkuelse in 1871. She was a literary critic for the magazine Nyt Tidsskrift, and her play Rosen was published anonymously in this periodical in 1882. She was a co-founder of the Norwegian Association for Women's Rights in 1884, and a member its first board. She wrote a biography on Alexander L. Kielland in 1904.

Ingrid Storholmen is a Norwegian poet, novelist and literary critic.

Rolv Thesen was a Norwegian poet, literary researcher and literary critic.

Karin Beate "Linn" Ullmann is a Norwegian author and journalist. A prominent literary critic, she also writes a column for Norway's leading morning newspaper and has published six novels.

Vilhelmine Ullmann was a Norwegian pedagogue, publicist, literary critic and proponent for women's rights.

Nils Vogt was a Norwegian journalist and newspaper editor. Born into a family of politicians and civil servants, he became the first chairman of the Norwegian Press Association and the Conservative Press Association. Vogt worked at the conservative newspaper Morgenbladet for 45 years, acting as editor-in-chief from 1894 to 1913. He wrote numerous articles during his lifetime, advocating independence from Sweden and the Riksmål standard of written Norwegian.

Fredrik Wandrup is a Norwegian journalist and writer. He has been affiliated with Dagbladet since 1976, and won the Riksmål Society Literature Prize in 1995.