Minna Wetlesen

Minna Wetlesen (née Annette Wilhelmine Bülow; 18 January 1821 – 14 March 1891) was a pioneer Norwegian educator, teacher and author.

She was the daughter of Danish-born naval officer Ludwig Wilhelm von Bülow (1790-1834).

[2][3] In 1865, she and her husband started Minna og Frederik Husgjerningsskole, a school for young farm girls situated at the historic farm Abildsø (Abildsø gård) in Aker, east of Christiania (now Oslo).

The school offered classes in mathematics and the Norwegian language as well as home economics, cooking, care of livestock and processing of farm products.

In 1890, she published her popular cookbook for young housewives, Husholdningsbog for unge Husmødre i By og Bygd (Kristiania.