Anna Bøe
{{Short description | Norwegian journalist and magazine editor}}
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Anna Bøe (1 May 1864 – 23 April 1956) was a Norwegian journalist, co-founder and editor of the women's magazine Urd for 37 years.
Personal life
Bøe was born in Aker (now Oslo) to Hans Simonsen Bøe and Marie Ringstad. She died in Asker in 1956, nearly 92 years old.{{cite encyclopedia|title=Anna Bøe |encyclopedia=Norsk biografisk leksikon|first=Inger Elisabeth |last=Haavet |authorlink= |editor=Helle, Knut|publisher=Kunnskapsforlaget |location=Oslo |url=https://nbl.snl.no/Anna_Bøe | language=Norwegian |accessdate=22 August 2018}}
Career
Bøe founded the women's magazine Urd in 1897, along with her sister Cecilie, and served as the magazine's editor from the start until 1933.{{cite encyclopedia|title=Anna Bøe |first= |last= |encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon |editor-last=Bolstad | editor-first=Erik | editor-link= |publisher=Norsk nettleksikon |location=Oslo |url=https://snl.no/Anna_Bøe |language=Norwegian |accessdate=22 August 2018}}{{cite encyclopedia|year=1948|title=Bøe, Anna |encyclopedia=Hvem er hvem?|editor1-last=Gram |editor1-first=Harald|editor1-link=Harald Gram|editor2-last=Steenstrup |editor2-first=Bjørn |editor2-link= |publisher=Aschehoug|location=Oslo|url=https://runeberg.org/hvemerhvem/1948/0093.html |page=93 |language=Norwegian|access-date=22 August 2018 }} The profile of Urd was culture, art, popular education and women's rights, with a basically Christian life stance.{{cite encyclopedia|title=Urd – kvinneblad |first= |last= |encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon |editor-last=Bolstad | editor-first=Erik | editor-link= |publisher=Norsk nettleksikon |location=Oslo |url=https://snl.no/Urd_-_kvinneblad |language=Norwegian |accessdate=22 August 2018}}
Her literary works include the feuilleton novel Idealer, as well as poetry. She took part in the contemporary debate by writing newspaper articles on culture and other issues. She also edited {{ill|Krigsropet|no}} for four years.
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Category:Journalists from Oslo
Category:Norwegian magazine editors
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Category:Norwegian women writers
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