Inger Margrethe Gaarder

{{Short description|Norwegian children's writer}}

Inger Margrethe Gaarder (née Berthelsen; 8 June 1926 – 31 December 1993) was a Norwegian children's writer.

She made her literary debut in 1977 with the children's book Nikolai begynner på skolen. She published books with myths and fairy tales from Sri Lanka and from India, and contributed to textbooks for primary school.{{cite encyclopedia |title=Inger Margrethe Gaarder |encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon |publisher=Kunnskapsforlaget |location=Oslo |url=http://www.snl.no/Inger_Margrethe_Gaarder |language=Norwegian | accessdate=27 February 2011 }} She was awarded the Cappelen Prize in 1986.{{cite web|url=http://www.snl.no/Cappelenprisen |title=Cappelenprisen – Store norske leksikon |publisher=Snl.no |accessdate=22 November 2015}} She was the mother of Jostein Gaarder{{cite encyclopedia|title=Jostein Gaarder |encyclopedia=Norsk biografisk leksikon|first=Øystein |last=Rottem |authorlink=Øystein Rottem |editor=Helle, Knut|publisher=Kunnskapsforlaget |location=Oslo |url=http://snl.no/.nbl_biografi/Jostein_Gaarder/utdypning |language=Norwegian |accessdate=22 November 2015}} and Helge Gaarder.{{cite encyclopedia|title=Helge Gaarder |first=Jon Vidar |last=Bergan |encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon |editor-last=Bolstad | editor-first=Erik | editor-link= |publisher=Norsk nettleksikon |location=Oslo |url=https://snl.no/Helge_Gaarder |language=Norwegian |accessdate=10 May 2017}}