Olav Njølstad

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Olav Njølstad (born 1957) is a Norwegian historian, biographer and novelist. He is research manager at 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 mistister 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)
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)

References

↑ "Olav Njølstad" (in Norwegian). Gyldendal Norsk Forlag. Retrieved 6 November 2009.
↑ Lahlum, Hans Olav (29 November 2008). "Jens Chr. Hauge av Olav Njølstad. Årets største, dyreste - og beste!". Bokavisen (in Norwegian). Retrieved 6 November 2009.
↑ Berglund, Nina. "National hero led double life". Aftenposten. Retrieved 6 November 2009.

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Name	Njolstad, Olav
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Short description	Norwegian historian, biographer and novelist
Date of birth	1957
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