Espen Haavardsholm
Espen Haavardsholm (born 10 February 1945) is a Norwegian novelist, poet, biographer and essayist.
Espen Haavardsholm
- Name
- Espen Haavardsholm
- Born
- 10 February 1945
- Birthplace
- Oslo, Norway
- Occupation
- novelist, poet, essayist and biographer
- Spouse
- * * *
VALÉORINE Encyclopedia
VALÉORINE documentary reading
Documentary summary
Espen Haavardsholm (born 10 February 1945) is a Norwegian novelist, poet, biographer and essayist.
Admitted source layer · organised and presented by VALÉORINE
Reference Check
Propose documentary evidence for Espen Haavardsholm. A contribution is never written directly as fact: identity, source, rights and evidence gates still decide.
Sign in to contribute
Documentary evidence
Documentary basis
Authority files
wikidata · Q3058393 · wikipedia · Espen Haavardsholm
In this article
Key facts
Key facts
• Name — Espen Haavardsholm • Born — 10 February 1945 • Birthplace — Oslo, Norway • Occupation — novelist, poet, essayist and biographer • Spouse — * * * • Relatives — Martin Linge (grandfather)
Life and career
Life and career
Born in Oslo on 10 February 1945, Haavardsholm is a son of psychologist Borger Haavardsholm and psychiatrist Kari Vogt Linge. His maternal grandfather was Martin Linge. He was married to Liv Køltzow from 1966 to 1972, to Tone Torgersen from 1975 to 1979, and to Francesca Maria Nichols from 1982. He made his literary debut in 1966 with the collection of short stories, Tidevann. He was one of the central writers in the modernist literary magazine Profil. He has written biographies on Martin Linge (his grandfather), Aksel Sandemose and Johan Borgen.
Awards
• Gyldendal's Endowment 1970 • Aschehoug Prize 2006.
Citations
References
Each reference names the institution holding it, so a reader may go to the document itself.
reference work
Secondary witnessreference work
Secondary witness
The Encyclopedia exists whether or not anything is for sale. Corrections are recorded rather than overwritten, and every version of this record is kept. Published 18 August 2026.
Elsewhere in Books
38,988 published records in this field, each with its sources named.
- Eskerê BoyîkAuthor
- Eskil MagnussonAuthor
- Esmail KhoiAuthor
- Esmé HootonAuthor
- Espen StuelandAuthor
- Esper UkhtomskyAuthor
- Esprit FléchierAuthor
- Esprit-Jean de Rome d'ArdèneAuthor
Best supported in this field
For owners
Own a work by Espen Haavardsholm?
A specialist will read what you send and tell you what the house can establish, what it cannot, and whether the object is suited to sale. There is no charge and no obligation. The object stays with you throughout; nothing is shipped to us unless it is arranged in writing beforehand.