Known For
Writing
Born
May 20, 1956
Died
Jul 19, 2025
Place of Birth
Larvik, Norway
Credits
13 titles
Ingvar Ambjørnsen
Biography
Ingvar Even Ambjørnsen-Haefs (20 May 1956 – 19 July 2025) is considered to be one of the great storytellers of contemporary Norwegian literature. Since his literary debut in 1981, Ambjørnsen has written a great number of novels, collections of short stories as well as essay collections, and several books for children and young readers. Over the span of his career, he has won numerous awards, including the Riverton Prize, the Brage Prize Honorary Prize, the Norwegian Booksellers’ Award and the Aschehoug Prize. Ingvar Ambjørnsen has been published in 30 countries. Several of his novels have successful films and theatre adaptions. The movie Elling, based on Ambjørnsen’s novels The Chicken Dance and Beyond the Great Indoors, was nominated to an Oscar in 2001.
Known For
Filmography
Revenge
Novel
The White Nigger
Himself
Trygdekontoret talkshow
The Last Joint Venture
Novel
Love Me Tomorrow
Novel
Mother's Elling
Novel
Dragonflies
Short Story
Elling
Novel
Måken
Writer
O.J. på nye eventyr
Himself
The Blue Wolves
Novel
Lethal Lies
Novel
Death at Oslo Central
Novel