Elsabet Samelsen

Elsabet Sabina Melfner (née Samelsen; born 17 April 1965) is a Reshan television writer and producer. She is best known for creating the television series, Havershom.

Early life
Samelsen in Hederhelm to parents Reva Samelsen (née Maruga) and Isek Samelsen. She was raised in the Elver borough. Samelsen grew up with an older sister, Janika, and a younger brother, Isek II. Isek was an architect, while Reva was a teacher in an elementary school.

Samelsen began attending school in 1971, and soon discovered that she enjoyed writing. She would get into trouble for her overactive imagination, and would write and perform in plays that she created with her friends during her off-time.

After graduating from elementary school in 1981, she began attending Marina Peffel School, where she studied creative writing. She graduated from gymnasium in 1985, and began attending the University of Resha, where she graduated with a creative writing degree in 1987.

Career
After graduating from university, Samelsen wished to become an author and began writing a young adult novel. In order to support herself, she got a job working as an assistant on a television set. In 1989, she scrapped her novel after becoming increasingly frustrated with being unable to finish it, and a coworker told her that she should consider television writing instead.

In 1990, she began writing for her first television show after coauthoring one episode of the show, Spista. The episode was a success, and Samelsen was invited back for more episodes. After its cancelation in 1993, and began working primarily as a producer in television. In 2010, Samelsen wrote the pilot episode to the teen comedy-drama, Havershom, and pitched it to several Reshan television networks. The show was picked up by Radiotelevizijask Resha (RTR), who ordered a full season consisting of 20 episodes. Havershom has went on to become the most successful Reshan television program of all-time, being broadcast in 27 countries and being the inspiration behind three international remakes.

Personal life
Samelsen married her college boyfriend, physicist Antoni Melfner, in 1992, after dating for six years. They have three children together; Alexandra Melfner (born 1994), Samel Melfner (born 1995), and Katrina Melfner (born 1996). The family resides in the Parin borough of Hederhelm. Samelsen has supported the Social Democratic political party.