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Norwegian journalists

36 published records, arranged alphabetically. Each entry is published only where a named source supports it.

Alf PrøysenPerson · Music memorabiliaAlf Prøysen (23 July 1914 – 23 November 1970) was a Norwegian author, poet, playwright, songwriter and musician.
Anne Lena HansenPerson · Film memorabiliaAnne Lena Hansen (born 9 June 1974) is a Norwegian actress, model and beauty queen who won the Miss International 1995 pageant in Tokyo, Japan.
Arne GarborgAuthor · BooksArne Garborg (born Aadne Eivindsson Garborg) (25 January 1851 – 14 January 1924) was a Norwegian writer.
Arne SkouenPerson · Film memorabiliaArne Skouen (18 October 1913 – 24 May 2003) was a Norwegian journalist, author, film director and film producer.
Arnljot EggenAuthor · BooksArnljot Eggen (13 August 1923 – 4 February 2009) was a Norwegian journalist, teacher and poet who also wrote plays and children's books.
Åsne SeierstadAuthor · BooksÅsne Seierstad (born 10 February 1970) is a Norwegian freelance journalist and writer, best known for her accounts of everyday life in war zones – most notably Kabul after 2001, Baghdad in…
Bjørg VikAuthor · BooksBjørg Vik (11 September 1935 – 7 January 2018) was a Norwegian novelist, short story writer, playwright, and journalist.
Bjørn BjørnsonPerson · Film memorabiliaBjørn Bjørnson (15 November 1859 – 14 May 1942) was a Norwegian stage actor and theatre director.
Bjørnstjerne BjørnsonAuthor · BooksBjørnstjerne Martinius Bjørnson (lang; 8 December 1832 – 26 April 1910) was a Norwegian writer who received the 1903 Nobel Prize in Literature "as a tribute to his noble, magnificent and…
Carl Joachim HambroAuthor · BooksCarl Joachim Hambro (5 January 1885 – 15 December 1964) was a Norwegian journalist, author and leading politician representing the Conservative Party.
Christian KrohgArtist · PaintingsChristian Krohg (13 August 1852 – 16 October 1925) was a Norwegian naturalist painter, illustrator, author and journalist.
Claes GillAuthor · BooksClaes Gill (13 October 1910 - 11 June 1973) was a Norwegian writer, poet and actor.
Elisabeth MeyerPhotographer · PhotographyElisabeth Meyer (1899 – 1968) was a Norwegian photographer and journalist who is best known for her photo-journalistic work from travels through Iran and India in the 1920s and 1930s, among…
Frode GryttenAuthor · BooksIllustration — Frode Grytten, 2007.
Gunnar HeibergAuthor · BooksGunnar Edvard Rode Heiberg (18 November 1857 – 22 February 1929) was a Norwegian poet, playwright, journalist and theatre critic.
Henrik WergelandAuthor · BooksHenrik Arnold Thaulow Wergeland (17 June 1808 – 12 July 1845) was a Norwegian writer, most celebrated for his poetry but also a prolific playwright, polemicist, historian, and linguist.
Jahn Otto JohansenAuthor · BooksJahn Otto Johansen (3 May 1934 – 1 January 2018) was a Norwegian journalist, newspaper editor, foreign correspondent and non-fiction writer.
Jo NesbøAuthor · BooksJon "Jo" Nesbø (lang; born 29 March 1960) is a Norwegian novelist and musician. His books had sold over 50 million copies worldwide by 2021, making him the most successful Norwegian author…
Jonas LieAuthor · BooksJonas Lauritz Idemil Lie (lang; 6 November 1833 – 5 July 1908) was a Norwegian novelist, poet, and playwright who, together with Henrik Ibsen, Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson and Alexander Kielland,…
Kamran Mir HazarAuthor · BooksKamran Mir Hazar (Dari/Hazaragi:کامران میرهزار) (born 1976) is a Hazara Norwegian poet, journalist and human rights activist.
Kjersti ScheenIllustrator · IllustrationKjersti Scheen (17 August 1943 – 8 January 2026) was a Norwegian journalist, illustrator, novelist, crime fiction writer and children's writer.
Knut FaldbakkenAuthor · BooksKnut Faldbakken (born 31 August 1941, in Hamar) is a Norwegian novelist.
Leif SindingPerson · Film memorabiliaLeif Sinding (19 November 1895 – 13 May 1985) was a Norwegian film director and journalist.
Levi HenriksenPerson · Music memorabiliaLevi Henriksen (born 15 May 1964) is a Norwegian novelist, short story writer and singer-songwriter.
Marcus ThranePhotographer · PhotographyMarcus Møller Thrane (14 October 1817 – 30 April 1890) was a Norwegian author, journalist, and the leader of the first labour movement in Norway.
Niels Fredrik DahlAuthor · BooksNiels Fredrik Dahl (born 11 May 1957) is a Norwegian novelist, poet and dramatist. He was awarded the Brage Prize in 2002 for the novel På vei til en venn.
Nils Johan RudAuthor · BooksNils Johan Rud (24 July 1908 – 7 June 1993) was a Norwegian novelist, writer of short stories, children's writer, and a magazine editor.
Ole Daniel EnersenPhotographer · PhotographyOle Daniel Enersen (14 March 1943 – 1 January 2024) was a Norwegian climber, photographer, journalist, writer and medical historian.
Øystein LønnAuthor · BooksØystein Lønn (12 April 1936 – 10 January 2022) was a Norwegian writer. He made his literary debut in 1966 with the short stories Prosesjonen, and followed up with the novel Kontinentene in…
Per ReidarsonPerson · Music memorabiliaIllustration — Norwegian composer, music critic and violinist Per Reidarson
Per SivleAuthor · BooksPer Sivle (6 April 1857 – 6 September 1904) was a Norwegian poet, novelist and newspaper editor.
Rauni Magga LukkariAuthor · BooksRauni Magga Lukkari is a Sámi poet and translator. Although she was born in Vetsikko, Utsjoki, Finland in 1943, she has lived in Tromsø, Norway since 1980.
Rolf JacobsenAuthor · BooksRolf Jacobsen was a Norwegian poet, journalist and writer (1907–1994). He was born in Christiania and died in Hamar Municipality.
Sigurd EvensmoAuthor · BooksIllustration — Sigurd Evensmo
Tove NilsenAuthor · BooksTove Nilsen (born 25 October 1952) is a Norwegian novelist, children's writer and literary critic.
Turi WiderøeIllustrator · IllustrationTuri Widerøe (born 23 November 1937) is a Norwegian aviator who was the world's first female commercial air pilot for a major airline.

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