Jørn H. Sværen
Jørn Henrik Sværen (born 12 November 1974) is a Norwegian author, publisher, translator and musician. He ran the small press H Press from 2004–2009, and currently runs England Forlag (England Press). He has been a member of the band Ulver since 2000.
Jørn H. Sværen
- Name
- Jørn Henrik Sværen
- Born
- 12 November 1974
- Birthplace
- Drammen, Norway
- Occupation
- Author, translator, editor, publisher, musician
- Nationality
- Norway
- Languages
- Norwegian
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Biography
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In 2011, Kolon Forlag published Dronning av England, a collection of Sværen's texts originally published in journals and catalogues, as well as handmade chapbooks from England Forlag. Queen of England, Sværen's translation of the book into English, was published by Black Square Editions in January 2017. Sværen was the editor of Den engelske kanal (The English Channel), an annual poetry journal dedicated to Scandinavian poetry and international poetry in translation, published by Kolon Forlag from 2013–2019. In 2020, Sværen started a new publishing project, Gresshoppene har ingen konge (The Locusts Have No King), a magazine printed at irregular intervals in other Scandinavian literary magazines.
Key facts
Key facts
• Name — Jørn Henrik Sværen • Born — 12 November 1974 • Birthplace — Drammen, Norway • Occupation — Author, translator, editor, publisher, musician • Genre — Poetry, short prose, essays • Website — www.englandforlag.no
In translation
In translation
• As figuras (The Figures) (trans. Øyunn Rishøi Hedemann and Emilio Araúxo, Santiago de Compostela: Amastra-n-Gallar, 2011) • Trois livres (Three books) (trans. Jørn H. Sværen, Corbières: à la Pension Victoria, 2011) • Dronning af England (Queen of England) (trans. Andreas Vermehren Holm, Copenhagen: Forlaget Virkelig, 2013) • Ord og handling (Words and Deeds) (trans. Andreas Vermehren Holm, Copenhagen: Forlaget Virkelig, 2013) • La Beauté de l’œuvre finie (The Beauty of the Finished Work) (trans. Jørn. H. Sværen, supplement, L'usage 5, Corbières, 2013) • Vi er tiggere (We Are Beggars) (trans. Andreas Vermehren Holm, Copenhagen: Forlaget Virkelig, 2015) • Det færdige værks skønhed (The Beauty of the Finished Work) (trans. Andreas Vermehren Holm, Copenhagen: Forlaget Virkelig, 2016) • Bordkort (Place Cards) (trans. Andreas Vermehren Holm, Copenhagen: Forlaget Virkelig, 2016) • Håndtag (Handle) (trans. Andreas Vermehren Holm, Copenhagen: Forlaget Virkelig, 2016) • Queen of England (trans. Jørn H. Sværen, New York: Black Square Editions, 2017) • Dronningeburet (The Queen Cage) (trans. Andreas Vermehren Holm, Copenhagen: Forlaget Virkelig, 2018) • Hvidt og sort (White and Black) (trans. Andreas Vermehren Holm, Copenhagen: Forlaget Virkelig, 2018) • Fyra väggar (Four Walls) (trans. Jørn H. Sværen, Stockholm: Chateaux, 2019) • Drottning av England (Queen of England) (trans. Oscar Rossi, Stockholm: Bokförlaget Faethon, 2019) • Blanc et noir (White and Black) (trans. Emmanuel Reymond, Brussels: Vies Parallèles 2020) • Reine d'Angleterre (Queen of England) (trans. Emmanuel Reymond, Marseilles: Éric Pesty Éditeur, 2020) • Britisk museum (British Museum) (trans. Andreas Vermehren Holm, Copenhagen: Rue Lord Byron, 2021)
Translations
Translations
• Emmanuel Hocquard: En prøve på ensomhet (Oslo: H Press, 2006) • Claude Royet-Journoud: Omveltningen; Begrepet hindring; Objektene inneholder det uendelige; De udelelige naturer (Oslo: H Press, 2009) • Emmanuel Hocquard: Lysforhold (Oslo: Forlaget Oktober, 2012) • Keith Waldrop: Vitruvius' lodd (Oslo: Kolon Forlag, 2013) • Claude Royet-Journoud: De enkle legemers endelighet (Oslo: Kolon Forlag, 2018) • Andreas Vermehren Holm: Alle tegn i samme natt (Moss: H O F, 2018) • Mei-mei Berssenbrugge: Hallo, rosene (Oslo: Kolon Forlag, 2019) • Claude Royet-Journoud: Preposisjonenes teori (Oslo: Kolon Forlag, 2021) • Andreas Vermehren Holm: Metanoia-trilogien (Moss: H O F, 2022) • Claude Royet-Journoud: Hjertets attributter og bruk (Oslo: Kolon Forlag, 2022)
Journals
Journals
• Mazdak Shafieian and Jørn H. Sværen (eds.): Teologi (Oslo: Sola scriptura, 2012) • Jørn H. Sværen (ed.): Den engelske kanal (Oslo: Kolon Forlag, 2013) • Jørn H. Sværen (ed.): Den engelske kanal (Oslo: Kolon Forlag, 2014) • Jørn H. Sværen (ed.): Den engelske kanal (Oslo: Kolon Forlag, 2015) • Jørn H. Sværen (ed.): Den engelske kanal (Oslo: Kolon Forlag, 2016) • Jørn H. Sværen (ed.): Den engelske kanal (Oslo: Kolon Forlag, 2017) • Jørn H. Sværen (ed.): Den engelske kanal (Oslo: Kolon Forlag, 2018) • Jørn H. Sværen (ed.): Den engelske kanal (Oslo: Kolon Forlag, 2019) • Jørn H. Sværen (ed.): Gresshoppene har ingen konge (2020–)
Discography
• Silence Teaches You How to Sing (2001) • Silencing the singing (2001) • Lyckantropen Themes (2002) • A Quick Fix of Melancholy (2003) • Svidd neger (2003) • Blood Inside (2005) • Shadows of the Sun (2007) • Wars of the Roses (2011) • The Norwegian National Opera (2011) • Childhood's End (2012) • Messe I.X-VI.X (2013) • Terrestrials (2014) • ATGCLVLSSCAP (2016) • Riverhead (2016) • The Assassination of Julius Caesar (2017) • Sic Transit Gloria Mundi (2017) • Drone Activity (2019) • Flowers of Evil (2020)
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- 1.Kolon Forlag. Jørn H. Sværen. www.kolonforlag.no.
- 2.Hagerup, Simen. Språksprengerne. Morgenbladet. 2010-01-08.
- 3.Kolon Forlag. Dronning av England. www.kolonforlag.no.
- 4.Kritikerlaget. Månedens debutant i februar: Jørn H. Sværen. www.kritikerlaget.no. 2011-02-28.
- 5.Black Square Editions. Queen of England by Jørn H. Sværen. www.blacksquareeditions.org.
- 6.Kolon Forlag. Britisk museum. www.kolonforlag.no.
- 7.Kolon Forlag. Den engelske kanal 2019. www.kolonforlag.no.
- 8.England Forlag. Gresshoppene har ingen konge. www.englandforlag.no.
Bibliography printed in the source article · 15
- En kirke (A Church) (Oslo: England Forlag, 2007)
- Et barn eller en bok (A Child or a Book) (Oslo: England Forlag, 2008)
- London (Oslo: England Forlag, 2009)
- Tre bøker (Three books) (Oslo: England Forlag, 2010)
- Dronning av England (Queen of England) (Oslo: Kolon Forlag, 2011, )
- Det ferdige verkets skjønnhet (The Beauty of the Finished Work) (Stockholm: Chateaux, 2013)
- Vi er tiggere (We Are Beggars) (Oslo: England Forlag, 2014)
- Håndtak (Handle) (Oslo: England Forlag, 2015)
- Bordkort (Place Cards) (Oslo: England Forlag, 2016)
- Et barn bærer (A Child Carries) (Oslo: England Forlag, 2016)
- Dronningburet (The Queen Cage) (Oslo: England Forlag, 2018)
- Klokkene (The Clocks) (Oslo: England Forlag, 2019)
- Britisk museum (British Museum) (Oslo: Kolon Forlag, 2020, )
- To bøker (Two Books) (Oslo: England Forlag, 2021, )
- Heraldisk nøkkel (Heraldic Key) (Oslo: England Typografisk Verksted, 2022, )
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