Fridtjof Knutsen (15 December 1894 – 4 August 1961) was a Norwegian journalist and crime novelist.
He was born in
Harstad Harstad may refer to:
Places
*Harstad (town)
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, and was married to
Lalli Knutsen.
Their daughter
Mette Knutsen married
Philip Newth
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Personal life
Newth was born in Worcester, England, as the son of act ...
and had the son
Eirik Newth
Eirik Newth (born 17 August 1964) is a Norwegian astrophysicist, writer of popular science for children, and media personality.
He received the Brage Prize in 1996 for the children's book ''Jakten på sannheten''.
He is the son of author and il ...
.
Knutsen was a journalist in ''
Dagsposten
''Dagsposten'' ("Daily Mail") was a Norwegian newspaper, published in Trondheim in Sør-Trøndelag county.
History and profile
''Dagsposten'' was started on 2 October 1877 by Olai Olsen. He chose a connection with the liberal politician Johan S ...
'' from 1914, ''
Morgenposten'' from, ''
Tidens Tegn
''Tidens Tegn'' (Norwegian: ''Sign of the Times'') is a former Norwegian newspaper, issued in Oslo from 1910 to 1941.
Editors
The founder and first editor-in-chief of ''Tidens Tegn'' was Ola Thommessen, who edited the newspaper until 1917. Th ...
'' from 1917 and ''
Aftenposten
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'' from 1934. He specifically reported from court cases.
[ Some years after his death he was also called one of "the three great criminal and police reporters in ]Oslo
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", together with Georg Svendsen and Axel Kielland.[ Many were Norwegian adaptations of books originally written by Betty Cavanna, Berkeley Gray (]Edwy Searles Brooks
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), Carolyn Keene
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(several people), Helen Louise Thorndyke (several people), and Clair Blank
Clarissa Mabel Blank (August 5, 1915August 15, 1965) was an American author. She wrote the '' Beverly Gray'' mystery series and four other novels.
Early life and education
Blank was born on August 5, 1915, in Allentown, Pennsylvania, to Bessie a ...
.[List of publications]
in BIBSYS
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Knutsen also wrote about 30 revue
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s under the pseudonym Filius Kanuti.[ Non-fiction books include ''De tause vitner: av rettskjemiker Ch. Bruffs memoarer'' (1949, with Georg Svendsen).
]
References
1894 births
1961 deaths
20th-century Norwegian journalists
20th-century Norwegian novelists
Norwegian crime writers
Norwegian non-fiction writers
People from Harstad
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