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Fosse finally wins Nordic Council nod

Renowned Norwegian playwright and author Jon Fosse said he was "very glad and grateful" that he won the Nordic Council's Literature Prize for 2015. Many...

‘Highs and lows’ for Norwegian Air boss

Bjørn Kjos, chief executive of Norwegian Air, finally finished the book he'd been writing about himself and the airline he founded. Entitled Høyt og lavt (High...

Authors mourn death of Mankell

Norwegian authors were mourning the death this week of Swedish author Henning Mankell, saying he'd been an inspiration for their own work and helped pave...

Royal opening for literature festival

Crown Princess Mette-Marit set off on her second annual literary train ride on Tuesday and then opened a literature festival in Lillehammer. For the...

Knausgård goes on the warpath

Norway's celebrity author Karl Ove Knausgård seemed to suddenly take on the role of Scandinavian grouch this week, blasting both his own native Norway...

Author faces another court challenge

Norwegian author Åsne Seierstad scored a legal victory this week over the Kabul bookseller who formed the basis for one of her first books to...

Authors aim for more success in US

Two Norwegian authors, Per Petterson and Åsne Seierstad, are hoping to snare more readers in the US, by heading off on tour to promote...

Nesbø’s books still selling well

Norwegian author Jo Nesbø sold 860,000 books printed in English for more than NOK 60 million last year, reports newspaper Dagens Næringsliv (DN). The...

Hamsun’s meeting with Adolf Hitler

A controversial meeting between Norwegian author and Nobel laureate Knut Hamsun and Adolf Hitler in June 1943 is the subject of a new book published in...

Football boss fends off bribery claim

The president of Norway's football federation, Yngve Hallén, was vigorously denying corruption claims on Friday. The claims are made in a new book about alleged...
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