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

Norwegian Nobel Institute The Norwegian Nobel Institute ( no, Det Norske Nobelinstitutt) is located in Oslo, Norway. The institute is located at Henrik Ibsen Street 51 in the center of the city. It is situated just by the side of the Royal Palace. History The institute ...

Literary background

As a novelist he made his literary debut in 2003 with the thriller ''Mannen med oksehjertet'', and wrote the novel ''Brennofferet'' in 2005. His biography of resistance leader, government minister and lawyer

Jens Christian Hauge Jens Christian Hauge (15 May 1915 – 30 October 2006) was a Norwegian who was leader within the World War II resistance—and one of the two incumbent Milorg Council members in May 1945. Njølstad p.125 He served as Minister of Defence from 1 ...

(''Jens Chr. Hauge – fullt og helt'' from 2008) was well received by the critics.

Selected works

*''Kunnskap om våpen: forsvarets forskningsinstitutt 1946 – 1975'' (1997) (With Olav Wicken) *''Strålende forskning: Institutt for energiteknikk 1948 – 1998'' (1999) *''War and Peace in the 20th Century and Beyond'' (edited with

Geir Lundestad Geir Lundestad (born January 17, 1945) is a Norwegian historian, who until 2014 served as the director of the Norwegian Nobel Institute when Olav Njølstad took over. In this capacity, he also served as the secretary of the Norwegian Nobel Commi ...

, 2002) *''Mannen med oksehjertet'' (thriller, 2003) *''Brennofferet'' (novel, 2005) *''Norske nobelprisvinnere: fra Bjørnson til Kydland'' (2005) *''Jens Chr. Hauge – fullt og helt'' (biography, 2008)

References

20th-century Norwegian historians 21st-century Norwegian novelists Norwegian biographers Male biographers 1957 births Living people Norwegian crime fiction writers Norwegian male novelists 21st-century Norwegian male writers 21st-century Norwegian historians {{norway-writer-stub