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)
References
^"Olav Njølstad" (in Norwegian). Gyldendal Norsk Forlag. Retrieved 6 November 2009.
