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Anna Rebecka Hofstad (7 April 1878 in Offersøya, Norway – 12 October 1901 in Tornehamn, Sweden) was a Norwegian cook.

She was active as a canteen cook for the railway navvies (workers) during the construction of the Iron Ore Line between Kiruna and Narvik in 1899-1901.

She has been treated as a local legend in the history of the area and became the object of fiction.

Her fame may be due to being one of the few women in the area, making her an icon among the railway workers.

According to legend, she died during a fight with another railway cook, who broke her ribs and gave her a fatal blow to the head.