Halvor Fosli (born 30 August 1961) is a Norwegian non-fiction writer, journalist, magazine editor and publisher.

Career

Fosli was born in

Dalen, Telemark Dalen is the administrative centre of Tokke Municipality in Telemark county, Norway. The village is located at the flat river delta where the river Tokke flows into the west end of the lake Bandak. The village of Eidsborg lies about north of D ...

. He has been a journalist for the newspaper ''

Dag og Tid ''Dag og Tid'' () is a national weekly newspaper in Norway that uses the Nynorsk standard of the Norwegian language. ''Dag og Tid'' was founded in 1962. Contrary to most other Norwegian newspapers, its circulation has recently increased signific ...

''. He made his literary debut in 1994 with a treatment of the

Kristiania Bohemians The Kristiania Bohemians () were a political and cultural movement in the 1880s centered in Kristiania (now Oslo). Hans Jæger was the central figure in the movement, and other prominent members included Christian Krohg, Oda Krohg, Jon Flatabø, H ...

, ''Kristianiabohemen. Byen, miljøet, menneska''. Further books include ''Kvite kull og svarte får. Ingeniørar i norsk skjønnlitteratur'' from 1996 and ''Ute på prøve'' (1996). In 1995 he started the publishing house ExLex. From 2000 to 2005 he was editor of the literary magazine ''

Prosa PROSA is a trade union representing information technology workers in Denmark. History The union was founded on 15 February 1967, by about 25 programmers and systems analysts at Scandinavian Airlines (SAS), its name loosely standing for "Programs a ...

''. Among his later books are (2015), and (2020).

References

1961 births Living people People from Tokke Norwegian publishers (people) Norwegian magazine editors Norwegian non-fiction writers 20th-century Norwegian writers Nynorsk-language writers 20th-century Norwegian male writers {{Norway-writer-stub