List of Norwegian-speaking writers

This is an overview of well-known writers in the Norwegian language .

Table of contents A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Æ Ø Å

A.

• Hans Aanrud (1863–1953)
• Ivar Aasen (1813-1896)
• Matti Aikio (1872-1929)
• Lisa Aisato (* 1981)
• Finn Alnæs (1932-1991)
• Ingvar Ambjørnsen (* 1956)
• Tryggve Andersen (1866-1920)
• Peter Christen Asbjørnsen (1812–1885)
• Kjell Askildsen (* 1929)

B.

• Ari Behn (1972-2019)
• Jon Bing (1944-2014)
• André Bjerke (1918–1985)
• Jens Bjørneboe (1920–1976)
• Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson (1832-1910)
• Ketil Bjørnstad (born 1952)
• Johan Bojer (1872-1959)
• Tor Bomann-Larsen (* 1951), writer, draftsman
• Johan Borgen (1902–1979)
• Hjalmar Hjorth Boyesen (1848–1895), N / US
• Trond Brænne (1953-2013)
• Gate Åge Bringsværd (* 1939)
• Elin Brodin (born 1963)
• Waldemar Christofer Brøgger (1911–1991), pseudonym Carsten Frogner
• Johan Nordahl Brun (1745-1816)
• Karen Anne Buljo (* 1964)
• Olaf Bull (1883-1933)

C.

• Finn Carling (1925-2004)
• Lars Saabye Christensen (* 1953)
• Camilla Collett (1813–1895)

D.

• Niels Fredrik Dahl (* 1957)
• Petter Dass (1647–1707)
• Olav Duun (1876–1939)
• Arne Dybfest (1869-1892)
• Vilhelm Dybwad (1863–1950)

E.

• Harald Rosenløw Eeg (* 1970)
• Thorbjørn Egner (1912–1990)
• Eystein Eggen (1944-2010)
• Tom Egeland (born 1959)
• Sven Elvestad (1884–1934)
• Dorothe Engelbretsdatter (1634–1716), also Engelbretsdotter
• Tomas Espedal (* 1961)
• Jon Ewo (born 1957)

F.

• Knut Faldbakken (* 1941)
• Matias Faldbakken (* 1973)
• Johan Falkberget (1879–1967)
• Kolbein Falkeid (* 1933)
• Kjartan Fløgstad (* 1944)
• Minken Fosheim (1956-2018)
• Jon Fosse (born 1959)
• Karin Fossum (* 1954)
• Gate Fretheim (1946-2018)

G

• Jostein Gaarder (* 1952)
• Arne Garborg (1851-1924)
• Hulda Garborg (1862-1934)
• Claes Gill (1910-1973)
• Nordahl Grieg (1902–1943)
• Beate Grimsrud (1963-2020)
• Frode Grytten (* 1960)
• Trygve Gulbranssen (1894–1962)

H

• Inger Hagerup (1905–1985)
• Klaus Hagerup (1946-2018)
• Jonny Halberg (* 1962)
• Erik Fosnes Hansen (* 1965)
• Olav H. Hauge (1908-1994)
• Torill Thorstad Hauger (1943-2014)
• Knut Hamsun (1859–1952)
• Marie Hamsun (1881–1969)
• Øivind Hånes (* 1960)
• Johan Harstad (* 1979)
• Tormod Haugen (1945-2008)
• Gunnar Heiberg (1857-1929)
• Arne Heli (1924-2006)
• Vera Henriksen (1927-2016)
• Hans Herbjørnsrud (* 1938)
• Sigurd Hoel (1890-1960)
• Edvard Hoem (* 1949)
• Ludvig Holberg (1684–1754)
• Anne Holt (* 1958)
• Ragnar Hovland (* 1952)
• Ida Hegazi Høyer (* 1981)
• Marte Huke (* 1974)

I.

• Henrik Ibsen (1828-1906)

J

• Roy Jacobsen (born 1954)
• Georg Johannesen (1931-2005)
• Ragnhild Jølsen (1875-1908)
• Dagny Juel (1867-1901)
• Hans Jæger (1854-1910)

K

• Alexander Lange Kielland (1849–1906)
• Hans Ernst Kinck (1865–1926)
• Jan Kjærstad (* 1953)
• Karl Ove Knausgård (* 1968)
• Dag Kolstad (* 1955)
• Roskva Koritzinsky (* 1989)
• Thomas Peter Krag (1868–1913)
• Borghild Krane (1906–1997)
• Christian Krohg (1852-1925)
• Helge Krog (1889–1962)

L.

• Lars Roar Langslet (1936-2016)
• Terje Holtet Larsen (* 1964)
• Jan Roar Leikvoll (1974-2014)
• Jonas Lie (1833-1908)
• Severin Lieblein (1866–1933)
• Ruth Lillegraven (* 1978)
• Erlend Loe (* 1969)
• Rauni Magga Lukkari (* 1943)
• Maja Lunde (* 1975)
• Arne Lygre (* 1968)

M.

• Trude Marstein (* 1973)
• Jan Mehlum (* 1945)
• Stein Mehren (1935-2017)
• Jon Michelet (1944-2018)
• Jørgen Moe (1813–1882)
• Johan Storm Munch (1778-1832)
• Margrethe Munthe (1860–1931)
• Agnar Mykle (1915-1994)

N

• Rudolf Nilsen (1901–1929)
• Tove Nilsen (* 1952)
• Jo Nesbø (* 1960)
• Grethe Nestor (* 1968)
• Regine Normann (1867-1939)
• Olav Nygard (1884-1924)

• Gert Nygårdshaug (* 1946)

• Atle Næss (* 1949)

O

• Sigbjørn orchards (1866–1900)

P

• John Paulsen (1851-1924)
• Siri Pettersen (* 1971)
• Per Petterson (* 1952)

R.

• Kristofer Randers (1851-1917)
• Tore Renberg (* 1972)
• Barbra ring (1870–1955)
• Claus Pavels Riis (1826–1886)
• Pernille Rygg (* 1963)

S.

• Rolf Sagen (1940-2017)
• Cora Sandel ( Sara Fabricius, 1880–1974)
• Margit Sandemo (1924-2018; Fantasy)
• Aksel Sandemose (1899–1965)
• Máret Ánne Sara (* 1983)
• Annik Saxegaard (Berte Bratt, Nina Nord, Ulla Scherenhof) (1905–1990)
• Gabriel Scott (1874-1958)
• Åsne Seierstad (* 1970)
• Per Sivle (1857–1904)
• Fredrik Skagen (1936-2017)
• Amalie Skram (1846–1905)
• Kim Småge (* 1945)
• Monica Kristensen Solås (* 1950)
• Dag Solstad (* 1941)
• Gunnar Staalesen (* 1947)
• Henrik Steffens (1773-1845)
• Espen Søbye (* 1954)
• Steinar Sørlle (* 1942)

T

• Marie Takvam (1926-2008)
• Magdalene Thoresen (1819–1903)
• Carl Frode Tiller (* 1970)
• Helge Torvund (* 1951)

U

• Tor Ulven (1953–1995)
• Sigrid Undset (1882–1949)
• Linn Ullmann (* 1966)

V

• Aslaug Vaa (1889-1965)
• Tarjei Vesaas (1897-1970)
• Anne-Catharina Vestly (1920-2008)
• Bjørg Vik (1935-2018)
• Gudmund Vindland (* 1949)
• Aasmund Olavsson Vinje (1818–1870)
• Nils Collett Vogt (1864–1937)
• Jan Erik Vold (* 1939)

W.

• Margit Walsø (* 1968)
• Herbjørg Wassmo (* 1942)
• Johan Sebastian Welhaven (1807–1873)
• Henrik Wergeland (1808–1845)
• Gisken Wildenvey (1892–1985)
• Herman Wildenvey (1885-1959)

O

• Einar Økland (* 1940)
• Hanne Ørstavik (* 1969)
• Arnulf Øverland (1889–1968)

Å

• Sverre Årnes (* 1949)

See also

• Norwegian language
• Norway
• literature
• Writer (international)
• List of poets (international)
• List of biographies (international)