Eva Ramm

Eva Ramm is a Norwegian psychologist, essayist, novelist and children's author.

Personal life

Born in Bergen on 23 November 1925, Ramm has been married twice, first to Wilhelm Ernst Ramm, and second time to Trygve Alfarnæs.

Career

Ramm made her literary debut in 1958 with the novel Med støv på hjernen. The novel was translated into several languages, and was basis for the successful film Støv på hjernen in 1959, as well as a Danish remake from 1961.
She has written 22 books. Among them are Engel på vidvanke from 1962, Kvinnekall og mannefall 1965, Noe må gjøres 1968, Mors tre hoder 1973, Ærlig talt 1975. She advocated the theory of a plural ego in her book Det plurale jeg. Normalt å være spaltet? in 1995. Kjære Sokrates is written in 1981, and Elskeren Jeshua in 1985. She has also written other books on religion and psychiatry, like Fra tro til virkelighet 1976, Psykiatri til å bli gal av 2002, Livssyn uten religion 2008. Among her crime novels are Skynd deg, min elskede 1986 and Mord i prestens hage 1992. She edited the magazine Sykepleien from 1973 to 1977.
Member of Norwegian PEN. Member of NBU, and leader 1971-1973. Member DnF from 1965. Local politician in Nesodden 1957-1971 with many offices. Specialist psychologist from 1983. Private praxis from 1988.