Anna Bøe

Bøe was born in Aker (now Oslo) to Hans Simonsen Bøe and Marie Ringstad. She died in Asker in 1956, nearly 92 years old.^[1]

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.^[2][3] The profile of Urd was culture, art, popular education and women's rights, with a basically Christian life stance.^[4]

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.^[1] She also edited Krigsropet [no] for four years.^[1]