Mathilde Georgine "Tilla" Valstad (1871 – 1957) was a Norwegian teacher, novelist and journalist. She was born in Tønsberg

Tønsberg

is a city and municipality in Vestfold county, southern Norway, located around north-east of Sandefjord. The administrative centre of the municipality is the city of Tønsberg....

 as the daughter of ship owner Johan Henrik Christiansen and Mathilde Georgine Hvistendahl, and was married to painter and teacher Otto Valstad

Otto Valstad

Otto Valstad was a Norwegian painter, book illustrator and children's writer. He was born in Asker, and was married to Tilla Valstad. Their home in Hvalstad was a cultural centre, and has later been made into a museum, a part of Asker Museum...

 in 1893. Their home in Hvalstad

Hvalstad

Hvalstad is a village and a small part of the Municipality Asker. Hvalstad has slightly more than 2000 inhabitants, a number that has doubled since the seventies. Hvalstad is located 20 kilometres from the centre of Oslo....

 was a cultural centre, and has later been made into a museum, a part of Asker Museum. She was a teacher Vaterland

Vaterland, Norway

Vaterland is a neighborhood in Oslo, Norway. It is located north of the tracks at Oslo Central Station, between Jernbanetorget, Storgata and Akerselva river. The area features Oslo Central Station and Oslo Bus Terminal, the shopping centers Oslo City and Byporten, Galleri Oslo, Radisson Blu Plaza...

 in Kristiania

Oslo

Oslo is a municipality, as well as the capital and most populous city in Norway. As a municipality , it was established on 1 January 1838. Founded around 1048 by King Harald III of Norway, the city was largely destroyed by fire in 1624. The city was moved under the reign of Denmark–Norway's King...

from 1898 to 1920, and was the first woman in Kristiania who worked as a teacher after being married. Her literary debut was Et år i Vaterland from 1925. Her main literary work is the trilogy Teodora, Teodora kommer hjem and Men størst av alt er kjærlighet, published between 1933 and 1941.