Eva Scheer

After World War II, Scheer worked as journalist for the newspaper Arbeiderbladet. She made her literary debut in 1948, with the book Vi bygger i sand. She was a co-founder of the Norwegian Association of Literary Translators in 1948, and also worked as literary critic. She was a reporter for Arbeiderbladet in Palestine and Israel during the formation of the state of Israel in 1948, and her books on this issue include Vi møttes i Jerusalem from 1951, and Israel: dobbelt-løftets land from 1967. In 1954 she wrote the children's book Teddybjørn på bølgelengde.^[1]

Her book Posene på gjerdestolpen from 1977 contains Jewish fairytales and folklore translated for children.^[2] Her later books include Papirbroen: jødisk drøm og virkelighet (1979), Tre er fedrene, fire mødrene (1981), En smak av vintreets frukt (1982), and Hundene gjør ved vanningsstedet (1983).^[1]

Scheer died on 22 June 1999. The book Jødiske fortellinger: Fra shtetl til Grünerløkka was published in 2015, containing a collection of Jewish stories written down by Scheer. In 2015 she was also part of the exhibition Kvinner i jiddisch kultur hosted at the Jewish Museum in Oslo.^[1]