Around 1950, she contributed poems and short stories to the journal Vild Hvede but it was not until 1962 that she published her first novel Vær god ved Remond (Be Good to Remond) about the difficulties faced by a boy sent to an institution after his mother remarried.
Her story of abandoned children Når mor kommer hjem (When Mother Comes Home) also led to a movie in 1995.
After completing her realskole education, she first attended a business school then embarked on a teachers' training course.
[2] From 1949, she contributed poetry and short stories to the journal Vild Hvede but it was not until 1962 that she published her first novel Vær god med Remond about the problems encountered by a mentally insecure boy who was sent to an institution after his mother remarried.
[2] Like her later works, it reveals the weaknesses of policies designed to provide social support.