Else Høst

Who is Else Høst?

Else Marie Høst, née Røysland was a Norwegian literary historian.

She was born in Stavanger. In 1931 she married philologist Gunnar Høst, and became a daughter-in-law of Sigurd Høst.

She took the mag.art. degree in 1941 and the dr.philos. degree in 1959 on a thesis about Hedda Gabler. She also wrote a book about The Wild Duck: Vildanden av Henrik Ibsen. In 1970 and 1971 she co-released Fransk lesning I and Fransk lesning II together with her husband.