Elisabeth Cathrine "Lise" Welhaven (6 March 1815 – 26 July 1901) was a Norwegian writer.
She was a sister of Johan Sebastian and Maren Sars (née Welhaven).
Through her brother Johan Sebastian she was an aunt of architect Hjalmar Welhaven,[1] and through another brother Johan Andreas she was an aunt of police chief Kristian Welhaven.
[2] She grew up in Bergen, but after her father died when Elisabeth was thirteen, she moved in with Michael and Maren Sars.
[3] Welhaven's role in the salon was that of storyteller, and one of the recurring guests, Hartvig Lassen, encouraged her to write them down.