Øyvind Holen (born 4 January 1973) is a Norwegian journalist, comics creator and non-fiction writer.

Personal life

Holen hails from Lindeberg, a district in

Groruddalen The Grorud Valley () is a valley and urban area or suburb in the northeastern part of Oslo, the capital of Norway. Four of Oslo's boroughs lie within the Grorud Valley; Bjerke to the west, Alna to the south, Grorud to the north, and Stovner to ...

Oslo Oslo ( or ; ) is the capital and most populous city of Norway. It constitutes both a county and a municipality. The municipality of Oslo had a population of in 2022, while the city's greater urban area had a population of 1,064,235 in 2022 ...

. He was born on 4 January 1973, and is married to Marta Breen.

Career

A journalist, Holen has worked for or contributed to a number of newspapers, including ''

Aftenposten (; ; stylized as in the masthead) is Norway's largest printed newspaper by circulation as well as Norway's newspaper of record. It is based in Oslo. It sold 211,769 daily copies in 2015 (172,029 printed copies according to University of Bergen ...

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Dagsavisen is a daily newspaper published in Oslo, Norway. The former party organ of the Norwegian Labour Party, the ties loosened over time from 1975 to 1999. It has borne several names, and was called ''Arbeiderbladet'' from 1923 to 1997. Eirik Hoff Lys ...

'', '' VG'', ''

Klassekampen (Lit. translation: ''"The Class Struggle"'') is a Norwegian daily newspaper in print and online. Its tagline is "The daily newspaper of the Left". The paper's net circulation was 33,265 in 2022, and it has around 111,000 daily readers on paper ...

'', ''

Bergens Tidende is Norway's fifth-largest newspaper, and the country's largest newspaper outside Oslo. is owned by the public company Schibsted ASA. Norwegian owners held a mere 42% of the shares in Schibsted at the end of 2015. History and profile Founded ...

'', ''

Morgenbladet is Norway's oldest daily newspaper, covering politics, culture and science, now a weekly news magazine primarily directed at well-educated readers. The magazine is notable for its opinion section featuring contributions exclusively from Norweg ...

'', '' Osloposten'', ''

Ny Tid ''Ny Tid'' (English: ''Modern Times Review'') is Norway's largest international quarterly review of non-fiction books – up to 50 in each issue. It is currently owned by Ny Tid & Orientering AS. ''Ny Tid'' is headed by the newspaper founder ...

'', and ''

Dagens Næringsliv ''(DN)'' ( Norwegian for "''Today's Business Affairs''"), is a Norwegian daily newspaper focusing on economic and business current affairs. it is the third-largest newspaper in Norway by circulation. Editor-in-chief is Janne Johannessen, appoint ...

''. He made his book debut in 2004 with the

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documentary ''Hiphop-hoder: Fra Beat Street til bygde-rap''. His next books were ''Groruddalen: En reiseskildring'' (2005), ''Hiphop: Graffiti, rap, breaking, dj-ing'' (2009), and ''Faktaløve: Hiphop'' (2010). He was awarded the

Sproing Award The Sproing Award is awarded by Norsk Tegneserieforum (NTF), an organisation to promote interest and understanding for comics in Norway. Since 1987, the award has been presented for the ''Best Norwegian Strips'', a comic strip or comic book by a No ...

in 2012 for the comics album ''Drabant'', shared with illustrator . Further books are ''Donald-landet'' (2012), ''Jævla bra byline'' (2014), ''Tegneserienes historie'' (2015), ''Getto'' (2021), and ''B.O.L.T Warhead. The Re Enforcement'' from 2022 (about an album by the Norwegian

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group ).

References

1973 births Living people People from Oslo Norwegian journalists Norwegian non-fiction writers Norwegian comics writers Comics creators from Oslo {{norway-writer-stub