Inger Margrethe Boberg (July 23, 1900 – May 9, 1957) was a Danish folklore researcher and writer.
In 1927, she stayed at Lund University with the folklore professor Carl Wilhelm von Sydow.
From 1932 to her death, she was archivist at the Danish Folklore archive (Dansk Folkemindesamling).
However, during many years, she had to occasionally take temporary jobs as a school teacher in order to provide a living for herself.
The prize enabled her to embark on a study trip to the U.S., where she worked with Stith Thompson and co-edited his Motif-Index of Folk-Literature.