Background
Elise Sofie Aars was born in Lier in Buskerud, Norway. She was the daughter of priest and politician Nils Fredrik Julius Aars and Sofie Elisabeth Stabel. She grew up in rectories located in Alta in Finnmark and Lom in Gudbrandsdalen.
Elise Sofie Aars was born in Lier in Buskerud, Norway. She was the daughter of priest and politician Nils Fredrik Julius Aars and Sofie Elisabeth Stabel. She grew up in rectories located in Alta in Finnmark and Lom in Gudbrandsdalen.
During the 1870s, she delivered short-stories, articles and serials to newspapers, signing with the pseudonyms "Tante Dorthe" or "East-e". Some of these were released as the book Fra Hovedstaden i Syttiaarene in 1892. Among her novels are Dagny from 1882 and Bølgeslag from 1886.
She published the memoir book Fra de gamle Prestegaarde in 1902.