Zinken Hopp

She is best known for writing children's books, especially Trollkrittet (1948). • Illustration — Zinken Hopp

Signe Marie Brochmann was born in Ullensvang Municipality in Hordaland county, Norway. She came from a literary family. She was a daughter of journalist Diderik Hegermann Brochmann (1879–1955) and Margit Hagen (1896–1962). Her father was a co-founder of the Norwegian Covenant of Governors and the author of both journals and factual literature. She was a sister of professor and children's writer Odd Brochmann (1909–1992), granddaughter of playwright and writer Bodvar Fredrik Johannes Brochmann (1852–1930) and niece of journalist, writer of popular science and playwright Georg Brochmann (1894–1952). From the 1920s until the 1960s, Zinken delivered popularizing articles, essays, scripts, short stories and poems to newspapers and magazines. From the 1940s, she published a long line of children's and youth books and published several books in which he retold familiar sagas and myths for children and young people. These books include Norwegian Folklore Simplified (1959) and Norwegian History Simplified (1961). Hopp taught art history at the Arts and Crafts School (Statens høgskole for kunsthåndverk og design) in Bergen. She also worked as a translator and translated Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland into Norwegian. In 1932 she married broadcasting personality Einar Meidell Hopp (1899–1956). He managed the broadcasting in Bergen for over thirty years. She died during 1987 in Bergen.

Zinken Hopp was recorded at birth as Signe Marie Brochmann. The authorities additionally record the heading Signe Marie Hopp. Her recorded languages were Norwegian and English. She was the child of Diderik Brochmann. She married Einar Meidell Hopp.

• Carl Lauritz Lund-Iversen (2005) Zinken en bok om Zinken Hopp (Eide forl)