Mathis Mathisen is a Norwegian teacher, novelist, playwright and children's writer.

He made his literary debut in 1965 with the novel De blanke knappene. His play Ærefrykt for livet was staged for Fjernsynsteatret

Fjernsynsteatret

Fjernsynsteatret was a department of the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation which produced plays for television broadcasting. It opened in 1960 , and operated until 1990, when a major reorganisation of NRK took place.Its first leader was Arild Brinchmann, who headed the theatre from its start...

 in 1969. Among his children's books are Malla from 1978, Paradisøya from 1985, and Elskede Johnny from 1991.

He was awarded the Critics Prize for the year's best children's or youth's literature in 1988.