Bjørn Beltø Explained

Bjørn Beltø is a fictional crime novel character created by Tom Egeland,^[1] the great-grandson of the writer Jon Flatabø.^[2] In an interview with the newspaper Aftenposten, Egeland explained that the protagonist Bjørn Beltø in the novel Sirkelens ende (published in English under the title Relic) and other works is named after two pseudonyms used by Flatabø: Bjørn Botnen and Sven Beltø.^{[2] [3]}

Beltø

Bjørn Beltø is an archaeologist and an albino.^[4] In the novels he is trained not only in archaeology, but also in religious and theological mysteries.

Appears in

• Sirkelens ende (Relic, 2001)
• Paktens voktere (Guardians of the Covenant, 2007)
• Lucifers evangelium (Gospel of Lucifer, 2009)^[2]
• Nostradamus' testamente (The Testament of Nostradamus, 2012)^[2]
• Den 13. disippel (The Thirteenth Disciple, 2014)
• Djevelmasken (The Devil Mask, 2016)^{[5] [6]}
• Lasaruseffekten (2017)
• Codex (2018)

Notes and References

1. http://www.tv2.no/a/5739446/ Øverbø, Iselin. 2014. Tom Egeland kan innta Hollywood. TV 2 (June 24).
2. http://www.tomegeland.com/no/biography Tom Egeland: Biografi.
3. http://groruddalen.no/index.php?page=vis_nyhet&NyhetID=9427 Dalsrud Urdshals, Lisbet. 2010. Rivertonprisen til Egeland. Akers Avis Groruddalen (March 19).
4. Brunsdale, Mitzi M. 2016. Encyclopedia of Nordic Crime Fiction: Works and Authors of Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden since 1967. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Co., p. 293.
5. http://www.dagbladet.no/2016/05/26/kultur/pluss/ekstra/litteraturanmeldelser/anmeldelser/44311704/ Ekelund, Torbjørn. 2016. Anmeldelse: Første tegn på trøtthet i Tom Egelands univers. Dagbladet (May 26).
6. News: Tom Egeland sender Bjørn Beltø ut på nye og bare delvis engasjerende eventyr . Pål Gerhard Olsen. Olsen . Pål Gerhard . Aftenposten . 4 June 2016.