Amalie Skram (22 August 1846 – 15 March 1905) was a Norwegian author and feminist who gave voice to a woman's point of view with her naturalist writing.

[4] Her mother pressured Amalie into a marriage with an older man, Bernt Ulrik August Müller (1837–1898), a ship captain and later mill owner.

Following thirteen years of marriage and the birth of two sons she suffered a nervous breakdown, in part attributed to his infidelity.

There she met the bohemian community, including writers Arne Garborg and Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson, with whom she remained in contact for many years.

Her obligations as housewife, mother and author as well as the public's limited acceptance for her then-radical work, led to a further breakdown in 1894, after which Amalie lived in a psychiatric hospital near Roskilde.

[14] The Amalie Skram prize is a travel stipend that has been awarded annually since 1994 to Norwegian authors who show exceptional skill in addressing women's issues.

[19] In letters written to her future husband Erik Skram in the early 1880s, she refers to an acquaintance as a "disgusting, little Jewess" and calls George and Edvard Brandnes "power-hungry, revenge-thirsty Jew talents.