She was born in Seljord, and in 1938 she married poet and farmer Halvor J. Sandsdalen (1911–1998).
She wrote twenty poetry collections and eight books of poetic prose.
In 1996 she was decorated with the King's Medal of Merit in gold.
[1] For the 1965 Norwegian parliamentary election she was the fourth candidate on the ballot in Telemark, behind Johannes Østtveit, Olav Søyland and Morgan Kornmo.
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