Peter Egge (1 April 1869 – 15 July 1959) was a renowned Norwegian author, journalist and playwright.

His writings would later commonly focus on Trondheim, and feature the rural customs of the traditional district of Innherred where he spent his childhood and adolescence.

[1][3] Beginning in the early 1920s, Egge began to depart from the image of a writer of comedies and romantic tales.

The Holy Sea, which was published in 1922, marked his metamorphosis from a somewhat romantic writer into a neo-realistic one.

It was this shift in style that gradually led to Hansine Solstad (1925), which is regarded as his best work.