Olav Njølstad Explained

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

His biography of resistance leader, government minister and lawyer Jens Christian Hauge (Jens Chr. Hauge  - fullt og helt from 2008) was well received by the critics.^{[2] [3]}

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

Notes and References

1. Web site: Olav Njølstad . Gyldendal Norsk Forlag . no . 6 November 2009.
2. Web site: Hans Olav . Lahlum . Hans Olav Lahlum . Jens Chr. Hauge av Olav Njølstad. Årets største, dyreste - og beste! . Bokavisen . no . 29 November 2008. 6 November 2009.
3. Web site: Nina . Berglund . National hero led double life . . 6 November 2009 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20081018113518/http://www.aftenposten.no/english/local/article2711774.ece . 18 October 2008 .