| Olav Njølstad | |
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 Njølstad at 2024 Nobel Week | |
| Born | March 1, 1957 |
| Occupation(s) | Historian, biographer and novelist |
Olav Njølstad (born 1 March 1957) is a Norwegian historian, biographer and novelist. He is director of the Norwegian Nobel Institute.
Literary background
As a novelist he made his literary debut in 2003 with the thriller Mannen med oksehjertet, and wrote the novel Brennofferet in 2005.
His biography of resistance leader, government minister and lawyer Jens Christian Hauge (Jens Chr. Hauge – fullt og helt from 2008) was well received by the critics.
Selected works
- Kunnskap om våpen: forsvarets forskningsinstitutt 1946 – 1975 (1997) (With Olav Wicken)
- Strålende forskning: Institutt for energiteknikk 1948 – 1998 (1999)
- War and Peace in the 20th Century and Beyond (edited with Geir Lundestad, 2002)
- Mannen med oksehjertet (thriller, 2003)
- Brennofferet (novel, 2005)
- Norske nobelprisvinnere: fra Bjørnson til Kydland (2005)
- Jens Chr. Hauge – fullt og helt (biography, 2008)
References
- "Olav Njølstad" (in Norwegian). Gyldendal Norsk Forlag. Retrieved 6 November 2009.
- Lahlum, Hans Olav (29 November 2008). "Jens Chr. Hauge av Olav Njølstad. Årets største, dyreste - og beste!". Bokavisen (in Norwegian). Retrieved 6 November 2009.
- Berglund, Nina. "National hero led double life". Aftenposten. Archived from the original on 18 October 2008. Retrieved 6 November 2009.
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