Jan Wiese (4 March 1928 – 5 July 2014) was a Norwegian publisher and novelist. Wiese was hired as chief financial officer in Cappelens Forlag in 1964, became assisting director in 1965 and chief executive officer (joint with

Sigmund Strømme Sigmund Strømme (8 April 1923 – 26 March 2008) was a Norwegian literary scholar and publisher. Biography Strømme was born in Vardø in Finnmark, Norway. He was born to parish priest Sigvard Arnoldus Strømme and Helga Myhre, and was m ...

) from 1973 to 1988. He chaired the

Norwegian Publishers' Association The Norwegian Publishers' Association () is a publishing house association in Norway. It was established in 1895 by William Martin Nygaard as a sub-group of the Norwegian Booksellers Association. The two separated in 1956. Its current chair is Tom ...

from 1975 to 1978. However, he became best known when he in 1990, as a retiree, published the novel ''Kvinnen som kledde seg naken for sin elskede''. The novel became a commercial success and was translated to several languages. He was married and resided in

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, later in

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. He was the brother of the actor and radio broadcaster

Claus Wiese Claus Wiese (March 1, 1924 – September 7, 1987) was a Norwegian actor and American-based radio broadcaster. Wiese was born in Lillestrøm. He graduated from the Oslo Cathedral School in 1944 and worked as an actor with the Oslo New Theater ...

, and the father of Andreas Wiese and Claus Wiese.

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1928 births 2014 deaths People from Bærum Norwegian male novelists Norwegian book publishers (people) 20th-century Norwegian novelists 20th-century Norwegian male writers {{Publish-bio-stub