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Name
  
Olav Njolstad

Role
  
Biographer

Education
  
University of Oslo


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Olav Njølstad (born March 1, 1957) is a Norwegian historian, biographer and novelist. He is director of the Norwegian Nobel Institute.

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Literary background

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As a novelist he made his literary debut in 2003 with the thriller Mannen med oksehjertet, and wrote the novel Brennofferet in 2005.

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His biography of resistance leader, government mistister and lawyer Jens Christian Hauge (Jens Chr. Hauge – fullt og helt from 2008) was well received by the critics.

Selected works

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  • Kunnskap om våpen: forsvarets forskningsinstitutt 1946 – 1975 (1997)
  • Strålende forskning: Institutt for energiteknikk 1948 – 1998 (1999)
  • War and Peace in the 20th Century and Beyond (edited with Geir Lundestad, 2002)
  • Mannen med oksehjertet (thriller, 2003)
  • Brennofferet (novel, 2005)
  • Norske nobelprisvinnere: fra Bjørnson til Kydland (2005)
  • Jens Chr. Hauge – fullt og helt (biography, 2008)

    • Olav Njølstad Olav Njlstad Universitetsforlaget

    References

    Olav Njølstad Wikipedia
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