Hermine Bernhoft-Osa

Augusta Sophie Hermine Bernhoft-Osa (September 27, 1865 – August 7, 1929) was a Norwegian children's book author.

Hermine Bernhoft-Osa was the daughter of the prison priest and catechist Theodor Kristian Bernhoft (1833–1885) and Petra Martine Augusta Bernhoft (1841–?). She was the sister of the actress Sofie Bernhoft. She was married to the author Lars Osa (1860–1950) and was the mother of the fiddler and folk musician Sigbjørn Bernhoft Osa, who was born in Ulvik in 1910. The family frequently lived in Valle in Setesdal, where Lars Osa painted. During a stay there in 1897, Hermine Bernhoft-Osa started Sunday school in Valle. Hermine Bernhoft-Osa wrote several children's books from 1887 onward, and some of them were reprinted several times.