Madina Salamova[1][2][3] (born 30 May 1985), better known by the pseudonym Maria Amelie, is a Russian-born writer, blogger and entrepreneur who lived as an illegal immigrant in Norway between 2002 and 2011.

She and her family then filed a lawsuit, but the Oslo District Court found in favor of the decision of March 2004.

[7][8] In 2011, she became the center of a political controversy when she was arrested outside the Nansen Academy after a speaking engagement, and denied asylum or residency on humanitarian grounds in Norway.

In the first five days after she was arrested, more than 550 articles[11] were written about her in print newspapers, and her name has been frequently mentioned in Norwegian television news broadcasts.

[17] On 16 April 2011, Maria Amelie returned to Norway after having been granted a work permit.