Eli Krog was a Norwegian publicist and translator. She produced the first translation of Doris Lessing

Doris Lessing

Doris May Lessing CH is a British writer. Her novels include The Grass is Singing, The Golden Notebook, and five novels collectively known as Canopus in Argos....

 to Norwegian (Det synger i gresset, 1952), for which she won the Bastian Prize

Bastian Prize

The Bastian Prize is a prize awarded annually by the Norwegian Association of Literary Translators.The prize, established in 1951, is given for translating a published work into Norwegian language...

. She was an important voice in the foundation of Norsk Oversetterforening in 1948, and was chair of the organisation from 1950 to 1960.

She was daughter of civil rights lawyer Ludvig Meyer

Ludvig Meyer

Ludvig Meyer was a Norwegian barrister, newspaper editor and politician. He belonged to the Norwegian Labour Party 1891 to 1903, and was both party leader,party secretary as well as editor of the party organ Social-Demokraten for a period...

, and married to Helge Krog

Helge Krog

Helge Krog was a Norwegian journalist, essayist, theatre and literary critic, translator and playwright.-Personal life:...

from 1912 to 1947.

Her book Lek med minner (Aschehoug 1966) looks at Norwegian folk life in the middle ages.