Kaia Bruland Nilssen

Kaia Bruland Nilssen (1868 – 18 January 1950) was a Norwegian novelist.

Beginning in 1895, she published several novellas and novels, and occasionally poems. She has been noted as writing non-pretentious trivial literature for a female audience. The book Aagot Vangen - et livsbillede from 1903 is a biographical novel about the Norwegian sculptor Aagot Vangen, who received her artistic education in Paris but died when still in her twenties. Kaia Bruland-Nilssen's most popular book was 1897's Sjøgutten. She also contributed to the scandal sheet Spidskuglen.

Bruland Nilssen resided near Bekkestua in Bærum. She died in 1950.

Selected works
First editions only:
 * Violinspilleren, 1895
 * Stedmoder og steddatter, 1896
 * Sjøgutten, 1897
 * Forstand og hjerte, 1898
 * Tante Ellen: fortælling, 1899
 * Aagot Vangen: et livsbillede, 1903
 * Dagmar Norgaards veninde, 1905
 * Skjærgaardsliv, 1908
 * Familien Granli, 1910
 * Gutten som visste at hjelpe sig, 1915
 * Ungdomskjærlighet, 1915
 * Familiens yngste, 1917
 * Alfhild Haug, 1920
 * Et ægteskaps historie, 1922
 * Taushet som dræper, 1929
 * Liv Bille, 1933
 * Fra Midnatsolens land
 * Glemte melodier: juleskisser