Nikolaj Frobenius

His international breakthrough as a novelist came with the novel Latours katalog (1996). His books have been translated into twenty-five languages, including English, French, Spanish, Italian, German, Russian and Danish. His novels have received critical acclaim both in Norway and internationally, and he has won several literary prizes for his writing. A former editor of the periodical Vinduet and worked as a commissioning editor for Norsk filmfond from 2005 to 2008. Frobenius has written several successful screenplays, including Dragonfly (2001). In 2011 he adapted his own novel, the semi-autobiographical Teori og praksis into the film Sønner av Norge (Sons of Norway). In 2018 he published the novel Notes from the Congo. The psychological thriller Swann Song was published by Gyldendal in 2021 and the novel Extermination 2023. He continues to write novels and scripts for film and television. He lives and writes in Oslo.

Nikolaj Frobenius studied at Romerike folkehøgskole. The recorded working language is Norwegian. Distinctions recorded are Norwegian P2 listener's literature award.