Else Granheim (16 March 1926 – 7 March 1999) was a Norwegian librarian and civil servant. Early and personal life Granheim was born in Oslo to farmer Torstein Brevig and Ingeborg Hauge. After first living with her family in Enebakk, when her parents divorced, she moved with her mother to Trondheim when she was four years old. She married Harald Granheim in 1952. Career After graduating in artium in 1944 and a one-year student course at the business high school in Trondheim, she started as an intern at Trondheim Public Library and then studied at the State Library School in Oslo. Granheim graduated as librarian in 1949, and was assigned as librarian at from 1950. Having held various positions at the institution, she was appointed as director from 1973 to 1991. She was widely engaged as board member and commission member within the library sector. From 1979 she served as president for the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions, and she was the first female president for this federation. She was decorated Knight, First Class of the Order of St. Olav in 1989. References 1926 births 1999 deaths Librarians from Oslo Norwegian civil servants Women librarians