Background
She was born on a family farm near Trysil in Hedmark county, Norway. Her father was the Norwegian story writer, poet, and playwright, Sven Moren.
She was born on a family farm near Trysil in Hedmark county, Norway. Her father was the Norwegian story writer, poet, and playwright, Sven Moren.
She attended the teacher college in Elverum 1925-1928, and then held various jobs in Hamar and Oslo.
She established herself as one of the leading Norwegian writers of her generation. She was the eldest and only girl in a family of five children. In 1930 she moved to Switzerland, where she worked for three years as secretary.
She debuted in 1929 at 22 years old with a collection of poetry, Harp and Dagger (Harpe og dolk).
Her more notable books of poetry would include Speech of Troubled Times (Tung tids tale), The Tree (Treet), In a Different Forest (I ein annan skog) and House of Life (Livshus). She composed and translated for the theater, especially Det Norske Teatret in Oslo, wrote articles on various topics and was an external publishing consultant.
She sat on the board of the Riksteatret (1949-1969). She was awarded the Mads Wiel Nygaards Endowment in 1977.