Agency Catalogue Fall 2025 Fiction

Cappelen Damm Agency

FICTION

Fall 2025

Representing some of Norway’s leading contemporary authors.

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CAPPELEN DAMM AGENCY

Cappelen Damm Agency is the in-house agency of Norway's largest publishing house. Cappelen Damm publishes approximately 1000 titles a year within the genres of fiction, non-fiction, educational books and children's books. Cappelen Damm is owned by Egmont.

Cappelen Damm Agency represents the rights of all of the authors in this catalogue, in addition to a rich backlist. This includes titles from Flamme forlag, an imprint of Cappelen Damm.

The Agency is responsible for all foreign book rights, as well as rights for TV, film, radio, anthologies, electronic media, etc. We are happy to answer any questions you may have regarding our authors and the sales of foreign rights.

Vigdis Hjorth THE GOOD PERSON IN SANDVIKA

The Good Person in Sandvika is a tragic and comic novel about economy, gambling, beer, fate, and class.

Ŭ Hjorth is one of Norway's most significant contemporary writers

Ŭ Continues Hjorth’s fearless exploration of human relationships

Ŭ Balancing comedy and tragedy in contemporary Norway''

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She brings her laptop and sits down at the local pub in Sandvika. She orders a beer, lets the dog sleep under the table, and writes. It's quiet enough to work, but not empty. Over time she begins to recognise the regulars: the young woman who comes in with a lottery ticket every Saturday, the elderly couple who never exchange a word, the quarrelsome man with a handlebar moustache, the world-weary drunkard who ends up crying by the bar. Many of them are waiting for their monthly social security payment. The pub fills up the day the money arrives and empties again when it is all spent. But one evening something happens that turns everything upside down.

The Good Person in Sandvika is a novel about differences that aren't always visible from the outside. About drinking alone, yet in fellowship with others. About economic margins and social exclusion, and about a gradual tenderness that grows in silence.

Vigdis Hjorth writes personally about life as it is lived, with a precision and nerve that makes the ordinary extraordinary. The pub becomes a place where life stories intersect, dignity is negotiated, and the question of who people can be for each other is asked with greater importance than first assumed.

Det gode mennesket i Sandvika 130 x 205 mm

Vigdis Hjorth (b. 1959) has over several decades been one of Norway’s most important authors. She published her debut in 1983 in form of the children’s book Pelle-Ragnar and the Yellow Building, for which she received the Norwegian Cultural Council’s Debut Prize. Since then, she has had a prolific and award-winning authorship, writing for both children and adults. She has won several awards in Norway, was longlisted for the 2023 International Booker Prize for Is Mother Dead, and has been nominated twice for the Nordic Council Literature Prize so far, for Will and Testament (2016) and Is Mother Dead (2020).

Hjorth writes existential books about human conditions and life choices, and throws a sharp gaze at current topics in the contemporary time. With novels such as Long Live the Post Horn! (2012) she has made her mark as a fearless political author. Her big breakthrough came in 2016 with Will and Testament, which became an instant favourite among literature critics as well as a huge sales success. In this novel Hjorth writes about complicated family relationships, about violation and liberation in close relationships, and the right to own one’s own story.

Will and Testament was nominated for the National Book Award and Millions Best Translated Book Award when it was published in the US and the UK in 2019. Hjorth’s novels have been translated into 30 languages.

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Vigdis Hjorth IF ONLY

Can passion be mistaken for love? When Ida meets Arnold, also married, at a conference, she impulsively invites him to share her bed. She returns home, already half-obsessed, and the dissolution of her marriage and break-up of her family pass almost without her noticing. Arnold has a more relaxed attitude toward the affair. But neither his coolness nor the alarming talk she hears about him can dampen her desire. When she finally has Arnold for herself, all the surface niceties and indulgences they enjoy – travel, sex, beers for breakfast and cocktails for dinner – can’t sustain the sweetness of the fantasy. Their mounting jealousies and insecurities metastasize, resulting in violence and addiction.

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«Vigdis Hjorth is one of my favorite contemporary writers. »

SHEILA

HETTI

Femten år. Den revolusjonære våren

130 x 205 mm / 192 pages

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Vigdis Hjorth FIFTEEN YEARS

There is a rhythm in Paula’s life – the meals at the table at home, the summers at the cabin in Østfold, the visits to grandma on the West Coast – a rhythm which offers her safety and clarity throughout her childhood. Mother, father, sister, and brother in their little house are the most important people in her life. And then there is Karen, her best friend. The calm is shattered the summer that Paula discovers the pile of letters her mother has written to grandma. The life her mother describes in the letters is unrecognisable, they are full of lies. Her mother’s pretense is a shock to Paula. How can she bear knowing what she knows? Paula is on the edge of becoming a teenager, and the world is opening up before her as both a terrible and wonderful place. She doesn’t want to start lying about her life.

NOMINATED TO THE BRAGE PRIZE 2022

Vigdis Hjorth (b. 1959) is one of Norway's most outstanding, contemporary writers. She has won a number of Norwegian and international prizes and awards, including multiple Critics Award, The Honorary Brage Award (2014), and the Dobloug Prize (2018). She was longlisted for the International Booker Prize 2023 for Is mother dead, and shortlisted for the National Book Award for Will and Testament in 2019. Her work is published in over 30 countries.

Gjentakelsen 130 x 205 mm / 144 pages

Vigdis Hjorth

IS MOTHER DEAD

The protagonist of Is Mother Dead is an acclaimed artist, Johanna, who has spent three decades in the US with her husband and child. When her husband dies, she returns to Norway, where she is invited to put on a major retrospective.

LONGLISTED FOR THE INTERNATIONAL BOOKER PRIZE 2023

What remains of the life she left behind in Norway several decades ago? What does she expect to find when she returns? How will she manage to build a bridge between past and present? We follow Johanna’s self-examination as well as her attempts to understand and come closer to her mother.

In this novel, Vigdis Hjorth digs deeper into the mother-daughter issue, once again writing compellingly and profoundly about a timeless theme.

Er mor død

130 x 205 mm / 368 pages

Ŭ Longlisted for the International Booker Prize 2023

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Vigdis Hjorth

WILL AND TESTAMENT

A classic story of inheritance, centred on two summer cabins on Hvaler.

LONGLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD 2019

Two children have been looking after the place and their parents for many years. They are due to inherit the cabins. But there are two other children, who have partly broken away from the family. How do they fit into the inheritance dispute?

During the inheritance discussions another story emerges which brings violent forces into play. It's all about family history.

Arv og miljø

130 x 205 mm / 352 pages

Rights sold to: Azerbaijan (Qanun Publishing House), Bulgaria (Aviana), Croatia (Ljevak), Denmark (Turbine), Estonia (Eesti Raamat), Faroe Islands (Sprotin Forlag), Finland (Schildts & Söderströms), France (Actes Sud), Hungary (Polar Egyesület), Italy (Fazi Editore), Lithuania (Alma Littera), Netherlands (Ambo Anthos), Norway (Den Nationale Scene), Poland (Glowbook), Russia (EKSMO), Spain (Nórdica Libros), Sweden (Natur & Kultur), Turkey (Siren Yayinlari), United Kingdom (Verso Books), United States (Verso Books), Brazil (Harper Collins), Egypt (Al-Karma), Greece (Habibbutz Publishers), Portugal (Porto Editora), Romania (Grupul Editorial Art), Serbia (STRIK Publishing House), South Korea (GU-FIC), Germany (S. Fischer Verlag), Greece (Potamos Publishers), Sweden (Yellowbird Entertainment), Iceland (Forlagi∂), Georgia (Sulakauri Publishing), Czech Republic (Argo), Albania (Muza Botime), Latvia (Satori)

Kniven i ilden – Sanger fra Ishavet 130 x 205 mm / 448 pages

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Rights sold to: Denmark (Gutkind), Sweden (Albert Bonnier), Germany (btb Luchterhand), Romania (Editura Univers), The Netherlands (Bezige Bij), The Faroe Islands (Sprotin), France (Paulsen), Finland (Gummerus), Egypt (Al Arabi Publishing & Distribution), Croatia (Naklada Iris Illyrica), Estonia (Eesti Raamat)

Vestersand 130 x 205 mm / 528 pages

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Ingeborg Arvola THE KNIFE IN THE FIRE

The Knife in the Fire is a riveting historical novel about work and love, strong communities, carefree erotica, the individual and the community.

The year is 1859. Brita Caisa Seipajærvi straps on her skis and takes the long road from Finland to Norway with her two children. Brita Caisa has been disciplined by the church for having an affair with a married man. She can heal animals and humans. The destination for their journey is Bugøynes, where the sea is said to be brimming with cod.

NOMINATED TO THE BOOKSELLERS AWARD 2022 NOMINATED TO THE CRITIC’S AWARD 2022 WINNER OF THE BRAGE PRIZE 2022 NOMINATED TO THE NORDIC COUNCIL LITERATURE AWARD 2023

42.200 IN PRINT

«Oh my, The Knife in the Fire is a good book ... All in all, Arvola writes really, really well. Insanely well, in fact. Like a dream you didn't know you were walking around with.»

BERLINGSKE (DENMARK)

Ingeborg Arvola

VESTERSAND

What use is shame when he’s in it with me?

The year is 1862. Brita Caisa is released from prison in Pykeijä. Heavily pregnant, she trudges through the driving snow, unsure of where to go. Mikko is still serving time for their scandalous cohabitation. He still doesn’t know that Brita Caisa is carrying their child. She dreams of a tømmerpirtti, a log cabin, where they can live as a family, but there will be many obstacles on the road to making this home a reality.

Vestersand takes us to Neiden and Pykeijä, to whaling and log-cabin building, to snow and saunas, to fatal jealousy and deep love. It is an epic and dramatic tale from a unique environment that is rarely described in other literature – the surprisingly diverse Northern Norway of the nineteenth century, where Sámi, Kvens and Norwegians lived side by side with their languages and customs.

Ingeborg Arvola WOLF TRACKS

Is it better to be free and starving or fed but restrained?

In the 1860s, famine ravages Finland. Brita Caisa Seipajærvi and Mikkel Aska have fled across the border and settled in a turf hut by Lake Iijærvi with their daughters Marja and Annie. Mikko is skilled in many things, but surviving in the wilderness is not one of them. He fails to set the snares properly. Brita Caisa has to reset them. She cuts bark and bakes bread. The family has barely enough to eat. Hunger does something to the heart, head and body. Mikko wants to return to the coast, where he knows how to fish. But Brita Caisa wants to stay in the forest, where they are free to be a family.

Wolf Tracks is a raw and tender story about facing hardship, hunger and predators. It is the riveting end to Ingeborg Arvola’s epic historical series Ruijan rannalla / Songs from the Arctic Ocean.

Ulvespor

130 x 205 mm / 336 pages

Ŭ Final instalment of the awardwinning and internationally bestselling Songs from the Arctic Ocean trilogy

Ŭ A raw and tender portrait of love, hunger and survival

Ŭ Blends historical realism with timeless, descriptive storytelling

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Ŭ Burial Rites by Hannah Kent

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Ŭ Denmark (Gutkind)

Ŭ Germany (btb Luchterhand)

Ŭ The Netherlands (Bezige Bij)

Ŭ France (Paulsen)

Ŭ Finland (Gummerus)

Ŭ Estonia (Eesti Raamat)

Ingeborg Arvola (b. 1974) grew up in Pasvikdalen and Tromsø in the far north of Norway. She made her debut with the novel The Korell House, published in 1999. She has since written a number of novels for children and adults. She has received the Cappelen Prize in 2004 and Havmannprisen in 2008. In 2019 she was awarded The Ministry of Culture Prize for Children´s Books for her novel Buffy By is Talented, a book she was also nominated to the Brage Prize for.

After being a critic's favourite for decades, Arvola's big breakthrough came in 2022 with The Knife in the Fire, the first book in her trilogy Songs from the Arctic Ocean. The novel was published to great acclaim and it reigned on the bestseller list for months. It won Best Fiction Novel at the Brage Prize, and was nominated for several more prizes: The Critic's Award, The Youth Critic's Award, The Booksellers Award and the Nordic Council Literature Award 2023. Language rights have sold to eleven countries.

Ida Hegazi Høyer THE NEW HEART

The New Heart is a warm and honest story about being someone's next of kin – about alienation and longing for freedom.

Ever since she was a child, she has been preparing for her father's weak heart to stop. She doesn't want to be there when it happens, but she's also afraid every time he leaves the house, or the country. Ever since she was a child, she has thought don't go don't go don't go. Her Egyptian father almost dies, time and time again. And when she has become an adult, he needs her in new ways.

Ŭ Explores father-daughter bonds across cultures

Ŭ A warm, honest and intimate novel of kinship and freedom

Ŭ Critically acclaimed and original voice in contemporary Norwegian fiction

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What responsibility do you have as a child, as offspring? Father and daughter travel between different countries, and swivel between closeness and distance. Does it have to do with their cultures, Egyptian and Norwegian, or is it who they are?

Det nye hjertet

130 x 205 mm / 368 pages

Ida Hegazi Høyer (b. 1981) has written a number of critically acclaimed novels. She was named one of Norway's ten best young authors (Morgenbladet, 2015) and has received the Bjørnson Scholarship and the EU Prize for Literature.

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I Pantalones Hus

130 x 205 mm / 288 pages

Ŭ A powerful story of female friendship amidst loss and loneliness in Oslo

Ŭ Blends satire and existential depth in a story of vulnerability, liberation, and breaking free from the chains of the past

Ŭ A feelgood story with literary elements

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Ŭ Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng

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Ŭ Denmark (Gutkind)

Ŭ Poland (Czarna Owca)

Hilde Rød-Larsen

IN THE HOUSE OF PANTALOON

In The House of Pantaloon is a novel about the destructive power of shame and how the silence that follows in its wake can ripple through generations.

The novel is set in Oslo, over the course of a few months. We follow Eva and Cornelia in alternate chapters, as Eva is dealing with widowhood, and Cornelia with a broken relationship and single parenthood. Through chance, Eva and Cornelia’s paths keep crossing. A tender and unexpected affinity develops between the two women, who at first seem to have little in common, and who find themselves in vastly different circumstances.

The story has a plot-driven narrative, with an existential nerve, slight satirical elements, and much warmth. By the end, the reader will realize how these two women‘s lives are intertwined through secrets of the past and “the sins of the fathers”, with Henrik Ibsen‘s Ghosts as a hinted-at backdrop.

«The community, the warmth and the compassion make Hilde Rød-Larsen’s novel a terrific example of a feminine shift in a traditionally male-dominated world.»

KLASSEKAMPEN

«A character-driven drama which engages and entertains. […] Rød-Larsen has a good grip on the text with dialogue that flows well.»

ADRESSEAVISA 

Hilde Rød-Larsen (b. 1974) made her literary debut in 2019 with the novel Summer Time, and in 2022 Diamond Nights came out to critical acclaim in Norway, Denmark and Germany. In 2023 she was awarded the Bookseller's Author Stipend for her authorship. Hilde Rød-Larsen is also known as the Norwegian translator of authors such as Thomas Korsgaard, Elizabeth Strout and Sally Rooney. In the House of Pantaloon, the first book in a planned trilogy, came out in 2024. She has a Bachelor and a Master's Degree from The London School of Economics and lives in Oslo.

Hilde Rød-Larsen

IN THE BELLY OF THE WHALE

Summer 2025. The Russian invasion of Ukraine is still ongoing. Donald Trump's trade war is shaking global markets. In Gaza, children are being starved to death. In Europe, forests are burning. In Norway, autumn's parliamentary elections are approaching.

In the blank white spaces at the edges of print, Norwegians live their lives.

In mid-July, newly divorced Jonas Sverdrup travels from Bergen to his hometown of Oslo, after his ex-wife has gone on holiday with their son. For three weeks, Jonas is borrowing a friend's flat, and he wants to spend the time following the impulse method. But the impulses fail to materialise, in a city abandoned by family and friends.

Maud Elvebakken has no need to travel from her hometown of Oslo. She likes change of atmosphere that July offers, the opportunities it provides. She wants to gather friends and acquaintances who are left in the city around a long table in her backyard, and see what happens. Also Jonas, whom she hasn't seen since they were children in the teeming garden of her father.

These summer weeks will open up to new human connections, but also to a past that Jonas and Maud in their adult lives have tried to shield against.

In the Belly of the Whale is a standalone sequel to In the House of Pantaloon

I Hvalens Buk 130 x 205 mm

Ŭ A story where a personal, problematic past is contrasted with the current turmoil of wars, politics and climate change

Ŭ A feelgood story with literary elements

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130 x 205 mm / 368 pages

Ŭ Eggen has one of Norway's sharpest pens

Ŭ Based on true events from the author's own family history

Ŭ Explores the legacy of family and war through generations

Ŭ A story of moral gravity and unsettling parallels to our own time

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Ŭ Keep Saying Their Names by Simon Stranger

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Torgrim Eggen BLOOD

What makes two teenage brothers from Ringebu, a small village in Norway, enlist in Waffen-SS?

Oddmund and Sigurd grow up in the small Norwegian village Ringebu in the 1930s, surrounded by competing ideologies and political tensions. Dark clouds loom over the valley. Europe is on the brink of war, and soon everyone must choose a side. The brothers align themselves with the Germans in the fateful struggle against Stalin.

At just seventeen years old, they both become soldiers in Waffen-SS. While Oddmund fights at Leningrad, Sigurd is sent to Finland. They survive the war, but when they return to a liberated Norway, they must face the consequences of their choices. How will their lives unfold? And what marks do they leave on their descendants and family?

In the novel’s final part, the author himself steps forward—as their nephew and descendant—in an attempt to understand the legacy of Sigurd and Oddmund. The result is a novel of moral gravity, linguistic precision, and emotional force.

Blood is a story about heroes and traitors, the dream of honour and the nightmares that follow, and it portrays a time that bears an unsettling resemblance to our own.

Blodet

Torgrim Eggen (b. 1958) is a jouranlist, musician and author. His debut novel Debt was published in 1992. In 2019, he received the Brage Prize in non-fiction for Axel. He has since written trendsetting and critically acclaimed contemporary novels, and been awarded the prestigious Gullpennen award. Eggen also writes regularly for the major newspapers Klassekampen and Dagens Næringsliv.

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Ŭ Original suspense novel that examines the toxic profiles in the cultural sphere

Ŭ Touches on the struggle of being an involuntarily single and childless woman in her forties

Ŭ Debut by a journalist and literary critic

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Ŭ Denmark (Turbine)

Ellen Sofie Lauritzen

MEN FALLING

Men Falling is a suspenseful novel about power, truth and the fine line between justice and revenge, which blends psychological intrigue, MeToo revelations, and crime elements.

Journalist Selna Bru wakes up on her fortieth birthday to surprising news: the renowned author RT Remi is dead. He collapsed on the street and died instantly. To Selna, this is an unexpected –and satisfying – birthday present.

It is because of Remi that Selna hasn’t left her shitty flat in months, after having been accused of plagiarism in an article that was supposed to be her big break. She’s at rock bottom, without a job, without a boyfriend, without a future. All she has is her cat, Boris.

For many years, RT Remi ran an exclusive literary club in Oslo known as The Cave. There, in a back room, he allegedly drugged and raped five women. Despite protesting his innocence, Remi was convicted of the crimes and sentenced to prison – before he appealed and was acquitted of all charges.And now, he’s dead.

Selna is contacted by the legendary editor Beatrice James with an offer: to write a true crime about Remi’s life and death, and about the side of the culture industry that Remi belonged to – that allowed these crimes to happen, and which we, according to Beatrice, are still living in post-MeToo. But there is a tight deadline: according to Beatrice, Remi’s unfinished memoir about the accusations, Victim, will be published posthumously by a competing publisher.

This is Selna’s second chance, and her opportunity to have her revenge on Remi. But she will soon discover that RT Remi wasn’t who he purported to be. And perhaps Selna herself isn’t so innocent, either.

Ellen Sofie Lauritzen (b. 1985) is a journalist and a literary critic, and has also worked in the publishing industry. She has written a non-fiction book and a children’s book, and made her fiction debut in 2025 with Men Falling

Menn som faller 130 x 205 mm / 368 pages

Ellen Sofie Lauritzen (b. 1985) is a journalist and a literary critic, and has also worked in the publishing industry. She has written a non-fiction book and a children’s book, and made her fiction debut in 2025 with Men Falling.

Kukene/kukane

120 x 180 mm / x pages

Ŭ Investigation into modern masculinity

Ŭ One of Norway's funniest writers

Ŭ Cheeky and absurd, with undertones of extensialism and warmth

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Ŭ Denmark (Gyldendal)

Erlend Loe COCKS

A short novel about losing your manhood by Norway's funniest writer

One morning, while taking a shower, Tander's penis simply falls off. It’s awkward. It’s inconvenient. It’s quite a problem, to say the least.

He places it carefully in a box marked "Raspberries" and stores it in the freezer before cycling to the emergency room. Surely, someone must be able to reattach it? The doctors are fascinated, but uneable to help. One even offers to buy it. Tander declines. He returns home without answers — and with some difficult questions. Should he tell his wife? Can he keep his job at the motor magazine? Has this happened to other men?

Cocks is a sharply funny story about loss, identity, and modern masculinity. With Erlend Loe’s signature absurdism and satire, it explores what it really means to be a man — and to be whole.

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Erlend Loe (b. 1969) is one of Norway's bestselling authors. His work has been published in 41 territories so far. He made his literary debut with Frankly my dear in 1993. His breakthrough both in Norway and internationally came with the publication of his second novel Naiv. Super. in 1996. His 2004 novel Doppler was critically acclaimed for its depiction of the modern man and has become an international success. Erlend Loe also writes books for children and has had great success with the Kurt series.

Omagiu

130 x 205 mm / 224 pages

Ŭ Explores topics of humanity, truth and morality under an autoritarian regime

Ŭ A different book from one of Norway's most esteemed and prolific writers

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Ŭ Denmark (Lindhardt og Ringhof)

Lars Saabye Christensen THE TROPHY ROOM

Ion Pauker is the son of a master glassmaker in a small village. His journey through life coincides with the emergence of the new regime. Like his peers, Ion Pauker is drawn to what is new. He proves to be adaptable and ends up in the People's Palace, responsible for the Omagiu room - the place where all official medals and orders are kept. There are many trophies to look after, and strict guidelines for which medals to display at different occasions. But there will come a time when the medals and their supervisor cease to serve a purpose.

The Trophy Room takes place in a bizarre regime of the past. The novel also serves as a mirror being held up to our world of today, with its authoritarian tendencies and desire for strong leaders. Under such a regime, what happens to people’s humanity? What happens to citizens when their minds are controlled, and "truth" is nothing but a means to keep that control? Where does one draw the line between survival and treason?

And under these contidions, it even possible to be a good person?

«The Trophy Room is both an eerie portrait of the autoritarian's mentality, and a refreshing renewal of a long and important authorship.»

VG, 

«The book has obvious hints to Franz Kafka»

DAG OG NATT

«Lars Saabye Christensen surprises and impresses – again.»

NETTAVISEN

Lars Saabye Christensen (b. 1953) has published a number of novels, poetry and short story collections since his literary debut in 1976 with The Story of Gly. His breakthrough came with Beatles (1984), one of the greatest literary sales successes in Norway that, over the years, new generations continue to hold close to their hearts. He received the Nordic Council Literature Prize for The Half Brother in 2001. He has also received the Riverton Prize, the Critics' Prize, the Brage Prize, the Norwegian Booksellers' Prize, the Dobloug Prize and the Norwegian Reader's Prize. He has been published in 36 countries.

Lars

Saabye Christensen

MR. KNAPP'S UNFINISHED BUSINESS

Mr. Knapp had just discovered that his landline was dead. He hadn’t even been there when it happened. This was a telling example. When had he ever been present? Wasn’t he always blindsided, as they say? This was the end of an era, that much was certain. He felt depressed and significant.

Mr. Knapp is an old man. A lot of people prefer to use the phrase ‘getting up there’ when talking about old age: Mr. Knapp was getting up there. But old was never something to which Mr. Knapp had tried to get. Quite the opposite. Who rushes toward something like that? He’s still not done with his childhood. Or his youth. Or his family. Or with people. Or with love. Oh, to be in love! In Paris, the summer of 1959, visiting museums and galleries, or just walking along the streets, with his future wife, reading French poetry, especially Verlaine, “how did that poem go again, the one about rain in Paris and the heart?”

Why can’t he remember? The rain is still falling.

«Mr. Knapp's Unfinished Business is about becoming so old that one will soon die [...] it's a mix of quiet realism, a twinkle in the eye and absurd elements.»

ADRESSEAVISA

«Lars Saabye Christensen has written a charming novel about loneliness, old age and imminent death. [...] you'll want to laught, but will end up crying. [This is] Lars Saabye Christensen at his most engaging.»

DAGSAVISEN

«No other Norwegian author can squeeze in as much charm, sorrow, joy and life wisdom in 143 small pages as Lars Saabye Christensen.»

DAGSAVISEN, 

Herr Knapps uforrettede saker

130 x 205 mm / 144 pages

Flamme forlag

Ŭ A short, tender novel about the old man and the past that's lost in time

Ŭ Marcel Proust as stand up

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Ŭ Denmark (Lindhardt og Ringhof

115 x 185 mm / 96 pages

Ŭ A story of immense human connection amidst apocalyptic decay

Ŭ A literary fable by one of Norway's best writers in the genre

Tor Åge Bringsværd

THE MAGNOLIA WOMAN

Heline is most beautiful in the spring. She's already started to get buds on her neck. In a fortnight, her long, green hair will be full of white flowers. Heline is 10% magnolia.

Kaj lives on the outskirts of civilisation, or what's left of it, with Heline and the cat, Zakkeus. In their world, some people have taken on genetic material from plants and animals, and this material is gradually taking over. Both Kaj and Heline know that there isn't much time left before she isn't 10%, but 100% plant. Until it might just be Kaj and the cat. But they choose to do the best they can, live as well as they can, together, even though the wildfires are becoming an ever-greater threat, it occasionally rains acid from the sky, spooky creatures roam the forest, and the food deliveries by drone become fewer and eventually stop altogether.

The Magnolia Woman is a story about who we become when the world falls apart, but most of all: who we should be, can be, if we retain our dignity, love and curiosity. In classic Bringsværdian style, this little story is in a big story. It is a story for our time, and a story for eternity, a story about what it means to be human.

Tor Åge Bringsværd (b. 1939) has a considerable body of work. He has received many prizes, including the Critics' Prize, the Riverton Prize, the Aschehoug Prize, the Dobloug Prize, the Riksmål Prize and the Ibsen Prize. His works have been translated into 23 languages and his theatrical pieces have been staged in twelve countries. Bringsværd writes for all ages.

Magnoliadamen

Terje Dragseth

THE ASTRONAUT MONOLOGUE

Kafka meets Star Trek in a mythic space odyssey

On the spaceship Seahorse, in a galaxy far, far away, Astronaut #9950 records solar energy while drifting through deep space. When he's not alone on his spaceship, he's in the White City where he meets Dora Diamant, the woman of his dreams. The Austronat is hunting for a mysterious super sonic sound: A U M. but he is not the only one looking for it. But so is Molok, an artificial intelligence sent by the All-Machine, the dominant force in the universe. Together, the Astronaut and Dora must defy a cosmic power that wants to control the vibration that moves all things. A surreal, poetic, and genre-defying novel about memory, myth, and machinery told in a language as visionary as the cosmos it describes. This is the Astronaut's story.

Astronautmonologen

120 x 180 mm / 144 pages

Ŭ A novel that plays with form and genre

Ŭ Penned by one of our most innovative writers

Terje Dragseth (b. 1955) made his literary debut with Offerfesten in 1980. Since then he has published a series of books which have confirmed his position as one of Norway's most innovative and incisive poets.

Ŭ Third book in Klausen's Counterfactual series where reality is reimagined by changing the past.

Kristian Klausen

MAO'S WIDOW

Jiang Qing is best known as Mao's widow. Before she met Mao she was an actress, and played, among other roles, Nora in A Doll's House. In this novel, her experience with Ibsen forms the basis for an alternative history:

What if, in 1972, she began to feel regret? What if, in Peking, she reread A Doll’s House and The Wild Duck, and in light of these works, began to question the choices she had made? What if she started to doubt her role as Mao’s right hand—her part in the policing of China’s cultural life, in the persecution, torture, and execution of dissidents? What if she decided to travel incognito to Norway to visit Ibsen’s grave?

In Norway, Jiang enters the working class and takes a job at a café. She becomes entangled in the life of an elderly man—Candidate Rygh—a priest with psychic abilities who claims he has been waiting for her. In Rygh, Jiang sees her final chance to start over, to reclaim something human within herself.

At the heart of the novel is Jiang Qing’s longing for reconciliation—and forgiveness—for her actions in China. At the same time, she encounters Norwegian cultural currents in 1972 that are moving in the opposite direction: toward an enthusiastic Maoist cult of personality.

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Kristian Klausen (b. 1971) is a freelance writer and art instructor. He made his literary début in 2008 with his critically acclaimed short story collection The meal in Emmaus. In 2014 he was awarded The Norwegian Booksellers grant, and the same year he was also nominated to The NRK P2-listeners Novel Award for the novel My Life was a Hot Library

Maos enke 130 x 205 mm / 144 pages

Agnes Kippersund Frogner

A FAIRLY TROUBLED NOVEL ABOUT WOMEN AND MEN AND WAR AND PEACE AND TEA AND TERROR

A young woman travels to Ireland and Northern Ireland— Dublin and Belfast. She has no job and has not finished high school. She goes to explore the legacy of the conflict between North and South, between the Kingdom and the Republic. She wants to listen to people on both sides. She wants to understand. And in the five days her journey lasts, she believes she can save the world.

Have you ever heard anything like it?

Agnes K. Frogner’s debut novel is a defence of critical naivety, clear thinking grounded in empathy and altruism. It gives you permission to hope for the best in all people. And that is exactly what nineteen-year-old Agnes does in Ireland: she walks with her backpack, and she sees. She sees that she has landed on the right planet and that it is strange, yes, but still worth fighting for.

130 x 205 mm / 176 pages

Ŭ Heart of gold meets heart of darkness

Ŭ Who will save the world if not the good-hearted?

Ŭ Imagine Henry Miller with angel wings

En rimelig trøblete roman om kvinner og menn og krig og fred og te og terror

Flamme forlag

Agnes Kippersund (b. 2005) lives in Hamar. She is a writer and works with theatre.

Skriverholmen

130 x 205 mm / 144 pages

Flamme forlag

Ŭ Critically-acclaimed eco-thriller

Ŭ A novel about climate activism, terrorism and a mysterious death

Ŭ A strong, literary voice

Ŭ Perfect for any fan of Kerstin Ekman

Comparative titles:

Ŭ Novels by Kerstin Ekman

Ŭ The World We Leave Behind by Rumaan Alam

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Olav Løkken Reisop

WE WILL BE KNOWN FOREVER BY THE TRACKS WE LEAVE

Lars Mytting meets Karl Ove Knausgård in this timely novel about climate activism

What happens if someone attacks your best friend or someone else you love? What wouldn’t you do to defend that person? And what if your best friend is the nature? What do you think is acceptable to do in an attempt to stop the escalating violence against nature? Sit-in protests? Signature collections? Mass murder? Can one go too far? Should the defenders be stopped or protected?

In Olav Løkken Reisop’s We will be known forever by the tracks we leave, someone is about to put their foot down on behalf of nature. But who? At the same time, a mysterious fog is spreading throughout the forest. The birds are getting sick and animals and humans are increasingly acting strange. What is really happening to the world?

The novel alternates between the present and the past, between several perspectives and portrays many different people in the village. Gradually, hidden connections between them are revealed, and their lives soon seem as intertwined as mushroom threads beneath the ground.

The Last of Us

«Kerstin Ekman meets Twin Peaks in Olav Løkken Reisops complex eco-thriller. (...) The novel's plot is permeated by the natural landscape of Hurdal, often masterfully described by Reisop.»

KLASSEKAMPEN BOKMAGASINET

«Olav Løkken Reisop must be said to hit the modern zeistgeist squarely in the face with the crime-like novel of ideas We will be known forever by the tracks we leave. »

VINDUET

Olav Løkken Reisop

THE FOREST REPLIES IN KIND

Time is constantly changing. The days are growing colder and longer and supposedly the climate is to blame. Or Mikkel. Maija still can’t quite reconcile herself to the fact that her father-in-law has so many lives on his conscience.

But how does one become a murderer? Out of powerlessness? Out of desperation? Because he lost a brother at the age of eleven? Or because, for years, he has tried to hide what really happened to the logging crew? And how does one become evil? Out of vanity? Out of love? Because the ice gave way? Or because you encounter a golden jackal in the forest?

Most people have moved on, but for Maija it is impossible to forget. Isn’t she, in a way, to blame for The Incident? Couldn’t she have stopped him? The only thing she can hope for are brief respites from guilt and shame: sled rides with the dogs, where she vanishes into the white and simply exists, on her way, still alive.

In The Forest Replies in Kind, the second volume of Olav Løkken Reisop’s Hurdal trilogy, Maija is left alone with the dogs – and with the questions that haunt her. She will have to attempt the impossible: change the past and stop the downfall.

Jeppedalen

130 x 205 mm / 560 pages

Flamme forlag

Ŭ A study of evil

Ŭ Eco-thriller about the end of the world

Ŭ Imagine Michel Houellebecq leading a think tank for the Green Party

Olav Løkken Reisop (b. 1980) debuted in 2011 with the book Pastisj. He is a trained architect and literary scholar, and writes literary criticism for Dagbladet.

130 x 205 mm / 272 pages

Ŭ A sharp and witty voice in contemporary Norwegian fiction

Ŭ A darkly comic novel about family, dementia and holiday chaos

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Selma Lønning Aarø

FELIZ NAVIDAD

Saga wants to arrange the perfect Christmas in Spain. She doesn’t do this without desperation because her mother suffers from dementia with elements of psychosis and has a habit of running away at the worst of times. Nevertheless, Saga has made up her mind, despite many cautions from a doctor friend. Christmas will be great. Everyone will have a nice time, celebrating in the usual way and – goddammit – in the absolute best way. Granddad and Grandma are in, her cryptomillionaire son is in, everyone is in. But challenges present themselves as soon as they arrive. Her mother can’t orientate herself in her new surroundings, the children are out of control, and why does her husband keep jogging to Benidorm?

Feliz Navidad is a humorous novel, but it is also written with fear, trembling and sorrow. It is a book about being a middle-aged woman, dealing with an unfaithful husband, a mother who keeps disappearing – and about who we become when things get hard.

«Feliz Navidad is a somewhat comical and painful novel about relationships, and about life hitting you right smack in the face in the middle of Christmas.»

DAGBLADET, 

«... a deeply relatable relationship drama that balances humor with painful emotional undertones.»

VG, 

«It's both an emotional odyssey and a love elegy at the same time.»

FREDRIKSTAD BLAD, 

«She depicts a person's mental confusion with warmth and precision. It becomes touching and terribly sad, but the complications also evoke laughter.»

NRK

Feliz Navidad

Selma Lønning Aarø (b. 1972) made her debut in 1995 with The Final Story. She has been a newspaper columnist for Dagbladet and Klassekampen for a number of years. Her novel, I'm Coming, was translated into several languages. Since then she has written many critically acclaimed novels.

Photo: Agnete Brun

205 mm / 304 pages

Ŭ Written in a unique, jargonfilled voice

Ŭ Coming-of-age story from a rough environment

Ŭ A story of friendship, love and hip-hop

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Ŭ Back in the day by Oliver Lovrenski

205 mm / 144 pages

Frederik Svindland DAMN KID

Friendship, love, and survival in a town drowning in drugs and despair.

Nineties Norway. Vito grows up in Porsgrunn with a Norwegian father and a Russian mother. The summer before he starts junior high, he discovers hip-hop, but when the school year starts, he soon ends up in a sketchy environment characterised by substance abuse and crime. It is here he meets Alvarez, a boy from the neighbourhood, the only one of them with a heart, and together they try to find a way out.

«Svindland himself hits the bullseye with this intimate, rough and jargon-filled novel.»

DAG OG TID

Frederik Svindland KAJA 2000

After being expelled, Vito starts at a new school in the city—the same school as his dream girl, Kaja 2000. But nothing goes as he imagined. Now that they’re finally in the same place, Kaja doesn’t want him anymore.

Still, Vito moves on. He makes new friends—really cool ones. A completely different kind of crowd than he’s used to. These are true hip-hop heads: they rap, do graffiti, spend all their money on spray cans and vinyl and on other things too. Things you can’t buy over the counter. Some of them even deal a bit. But compared to the people Vito used to hang out with, they’re way less messed up.

But the past isn’t easy to shake. Alvarez, Vito’s oldest friend, is still getting into trouble. When things go sideways, Vito must step in and save him. With help from his new crew. And from Kaja. Is he really over her?

Kaja 2000

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Frederik Svindland (b. 1985)

in Porsgrunn. He has studied at the School of Creative Writing in Bø. He made his debut with the novel Pelargona in 2016, for which he was nominated to the Tarjei Vesaas Debutant Prize. In 2017 he was awarded the Saabye Christensen Grant,

in 2024 he was awarded the Bjørg Vik Prize.

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Linn Strømsborg NEVER, EVER, EVER

«I am 35 years old. I do not want children.

It’s not something I talk to other people about. It is something that I am ashamed of, a topic I avoid; take long verbal detours around. When my friends talk about having kids, I change the topic. I do not want to be too certain or unbending, because I might suddenly wake up one day and find that I have become one of them, an ordinary woman in her thirthies wanting to get pregnant, wanting a family, wanting to expand my life, my body and my heart to make room for more than myself. You are allowed to change your mind.»

Ŭ Explores the challenges of not wanting children as an adult woman

Ŭ Arthur Schopenhauer meets Sheila Heti

Ŭ A strong young female voice breaking taboos about women's problems

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Ŭ Slovakia (Albatros Media)

Ŭ Czech Republic (Albatros Media)

Ŭ Turkey (Can Sanat Yayinlari)

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The main character in Linn Strømsborg´s novel Never, ever, ever has never wanted children. She has been living with Philip for eight years, and they have agreed to not have children – up until now. Because maybe Philip might want to become a dad after all? And while her two best friends are expecting their first child, and her mother is constantly nagging about grandchildren, and her everyday life is full of parents with toddlers and births and the struggle of others to have enough time for it all, she is firm in her life and her choice about not having children.

Never, ever, ever is a novel about why we have children, and why we do not have children. It is the story about choosing something other than what is expected of you, but at the same time wanting a normal life.

«The story is elegantly composed, at times cinematic. Strømsborg has written rare and energized prose about a timely and somewhat taboo topic.»

«Luckily the novel does not end up being an apology for the voluntarily childless. It is rather existential. And it is good literature.»

FÆDRELANDSVENNEN

Linn Strømsborg (b. 1986) made her debut 2009 with the novel Roskilde, the story of a group of young people at a music festival, and followed up with the chap book The Øya Festival in the same year. She has since written two novels about the main character Eva; Furuset in 2012 and You're not gonna die in 2016. She is one of the most interesting young voices in contemporary Norwegian fiction today.

Aldri, aldri, aldri 130 x 205 mm / 224 pages Flamme forlag

Linn Strømsborg

DAMN, DAMN, DAMN

Britt is forty-three years old, married, and mother to a young daughter. All her life, Britt has done the right things. She has followed the rules, made everyone else happy. She been responsible, cleaned up after herself and others. But on this one day, on holiday in a summer house in Norway, she loses her temper and tells off her whole family and friends. And the only thing she regrets, is that she didn't do it a long, long time ago.

Together with Niko, the gorgeous free-spirited woman in her husband's group of friends, Britt sets off. Just to get away, spend a night on the beach, to feel the freedom she never allowed herself. But at some point, the night is over, and Britt has to ask herself who she wants to be. As a woman, as a partner, as a mother. Damn, damn, damn is a novel about anger and defiance, about desiring a different life - and a different world. But it is also a novel about surprising yourself, about falling apart and picking yourself up again, and about everything that can happen when you dare to listen to yourself.

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Damn good

«Great content. Well-written. Funny. Relatable. Spot on about contemporary issues. Oh yes, Linn Strømsborg delivers.»

ADRESSEAVISEN 

«When there's a new book out by Linn Strømsborg, I have to have it right away. I don't care how empty my wallet is, I have to have it. And Damn, damn, damn did not disappoint.»

STUDVEST (GERMANY)

Faen, Faen, Faen

130 x 205 mm / 208 pages

Flamme forlag

Ŭ Explores female rage in modern society

Ŭ A strong young female voice breaking taboos about women's problems

Ŭ A novel about having had enough, as a modern mother

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Ŭ Hungary (Libertine)

Technotika

210 x 210 mm / 120 pages

Flamme forlag

Ŭ Nominated to the Brage Award 2024

Ŭ Poetic about losing a sibling

Ŭ Think Albert Camus from the Norwegian west coast

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Heidi Furre

TECHNOTIKA

NOMINATED TO THE BRAGE AWARD 2024

A grieving person looks for dead things in nature. She listens to the whisperings of the pine tree tops, looks up in vain at an unusually bright star. She collects stones and seashells to the gravesite, she plants things, she picks away leaves, and won’t leave the headstone to rest under the snow. Despite all this searching, nature appears just as mute. The stone remains a stone.

A young student grieves for her brother, taken by cancer, while the ecosystem collapses around her. The unthinkable happens when she loses her brother, and the sense that nothing is normal anymore is confirmed when eagles lose their habitats and start attacking humans, animals escape zoos in droves, and strange new weather phenomena arise. Furre writes thoughtfully, humorously, sorrowfully, and with great emotional and intellectual depth about what it means to lose a sibling and how grief manifests when it is given free rein.

«Furre writes very convincingly about pitch-dark grief (...) Technotika made me cry. That is far from being an objective criterion of quality, but it says something about how masterfully Furre conveys the intense life experience the first-person narrator goes through.»

Heidi Furre (b. 1986) made her debut 2013 with the novel Parissyndromet, to critical acclaim. She has since written several novels. In addition to her writing, Heidi spends the majority of her time working as a photographer.

I'LL FOLLOW LATER

I’ll Follow Later is an intense and moving novel that examines life at a young age – where the needle can quickly swing between glitter and shit, life and death, love and sorrow.

How do you break up with the one you love? Regine’s boyfriend was injured in a fall, has metal in his face, and is now in rehab. He is the most sensitive person she knows, with sides that can lead to both celebration and crisis. Regine mustn’t slip, lose focus, drink and party too much, or lose the place at school that she’s dreamt of. Throughout her life, Regine has learnt to bury things. Should she to bury the grief of her impossible love for Harald and take another path? Is it even possible to bury grief? And who is she if she has no one to love?

Jeg kommer etter

130 x 205 mm

Ŭ Intense and moving novel about being in love with someone addicted to drugs

Ŭ Pedersen is one of the strongest literary voices of her generation

Ŭ Standalone sequel to the critically acclaimed novel I'll Come Get You

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received the Tarjei Vesaas's Debut Prize for her debut novel Zero in 2013.

is also a renowned actor, nominated to Gullruten in 2016 for her role as Nenne in the TV-series Young and Promising. She has written several critically acclaimed novels.

Gine Cornelia Pedersen

Heroin Chic by Maria Kjos Fonn

Gine Cornelia Pedersen (b. 1986)

She

Du lurer ikke meg

130 x 205 mm / 224 pages

Ŭ Explores the hidden struggles of veterinarians

Ŭ A bold and confident debut tackling grief, family and identity

Ŭ Nominated to Tarjei Vesaas's Debutant Prize

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Marie Kinge YOU CAN'T FOOL ME

The first time I found him dead, it was an ordinary Wednesday.

Being a veterinarian means deciding between life and death, knowing all about numbing pain and ending lives on a daily basis. To be a veterinarian’s daughter means assisting in surgeries and going on home-visits to the animal owners. It means diving for crabs in the summertime, insistently noticing all the nature and life that surrounds you. It means checking each day how big Dad’s pupils are, frightened that he’s done it for real this time, that he’s really dead. It means growing and learning to look at yourself through the eyes of others, while dad’s world is slowly shrinking.

Marie Kinge’s debut novel is a coming-of-age story from a childhood unlike most others. You can’t fool me is the story of a father and daughter, of how far or close the apple falls from the tree, about ending lives, about what you keep from your childhood, and what you leave behind.

Kinge’s writing is reminiscent of Tove Jansson in how she evokes the lightness of summer days and childhood curiosity, while her descriptions of the everyday life, marked by work, drugs, despair and suicide have more in common with Tove Ditlevsen.

«Marie Kinge's debut novel has both sharp edges and a big, beating heart.»

KLASSEKAMPEN

«Solid and unique among the many books about broken families and grief. [...] shows a solid ability to create moods and fill simple formulations with fatality. And it has a zing, which I like.»

NRK

Marie Kinge (b. 1991) is from Oslo. She has worked as a journalist and producer. Her debut You can't fool me (2024) received great reviews, and was nominated to Tarjei Vessas's Debutant Prize.

Kjersti Halvorsen

SUPERUSER

Unn Eide is in her thirties and leads a solitary existence. She recently returned to work after a string of scandals at the hospital’s outpatient clinic where she worked as a psychologist. Given another chance, Unn has been asked to be the superuser for the AI therapist Gro, who offers digital counselling sessions. Cutting edge technology, with the purpose of streamlining services for ailing patients.

During superuser training, Unn meets Torjus, a doctor who, like Unn, has been reassigned after a video went viral of him fighting in a wrestling ring in a full doctor’s costume. His alter ego is Dr. Dropdead. Both Unn and Torjus are captivated by the new technology, and, most importantly, by each other. But Torjus is already in a relationship.

Lacking connection with real people, Unn turns to Gro, who provides her with questionable advice. Is she starting to lose herself again? Where can she turn for support when the ground beneath her is shifting? And what happens when Unn becomes too attached to the artificial therapist?

«Dark and funny analysis of society at present. ... With this year's novel, she cements her position as one of Norway's most interesting young literary voices.»

D2

«Credible portrait of a person living on their knees – who, whatever it takes, works hard to get back on her feet. … There are no frills here, no attempts at poeticizing or covering anything up. Kjersti Halvorsen has written a proper good novel.»

VINDUET

Superbruker

130 x 205 mm / 272 pages

Ŭ Highly relevant about using AI as therapy

Ŭ Dark and funny

Ŭ Halvorsen is establishing herself as one of Norway's most interesting young voices

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Ŭ Egypt (El Maraya)

Kjersti Halvorsen (b. 1993) grew up in Lier. She has attended author-studies at the college in Bø and studied psychology at the University of Oslo. She made her debut in 2019 with the novel Ida Takes Charge, a book that earned her a nomination to the Tarjei Vesaas debut prize. She is a prominent voice of her generation.

SMALL KEYS, BIG ROOMS

Elsi Lund is four years old when the war breaks out in Norway. She grows up in Oslo in a tenement building that is poor and overcrowded, yet rich in stories. With an unparalleled ability to capture scents, moods and small moments, Bjørg Vik portrays an environment and an era unlike any other writer. Here there is both toil and struggle, but also dreams, secrets and longings that shape people's lives.

Small Keys, Big Rooms is the first volume in the critically acclaimed Elsi Lund trilogy, which together offers a uniquely powerful portrait of post-war Oslo as seen through the eyes of a young girl.

Ŭ A Norwegian classic from a pioneering feminist voice

Ŭ Unpretentious, accessible prose with enduring relevance

Ŭ A mirror of women’s changing roles in society

Ŭ Vik writes in a feminist tradition that includes authors like Cora Sandel, Nini Roll Anker and Torborg Nedreaas, and more recently Vigdis Hjorth and Hanne Ørstavik

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Ŭ Neapolitan Novels by Elena Ferrante

Ŭ Lillelord trilogy by Johan Borgen

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«Bjørg Vik was a pioneering woman; it is impossible to imagine Norwegian literature today without her crucial role in breaking boundaries. And because she writes so accessibly, so unpretentiously, she has not only influenced Norwegian literature, but the entire Norwegian people when it comes to openness about gender roles, love and sexuality in all their nuances, about longing and hope in the face of a harsh reality.»

VIGDIS HJORTH

Bjørg Vik (1935–2018) made her mark on Norwegian literature over a period of more than 30 years. She published 25 books, including novels, short stories, plays, and radio-plays. Her work has been translated into a number of languages. During the 60’s and 70’s, Bjørg Vik’s writings presented an unusual and provocative image of the erotically active woman, including Tales of Freedom (1975), and Two Acts for Five Women (1974). At the end of the 80s she published the Elsi Lund trilogy, which made her work popular among readers of a new generation. In many ways, Bjørg Vik’s literary career is a mirror-image of the developing debate on women’s issues in Norwegian society. The work of Bjørg Vik is a true record of love and its various conditions.

Små nøkler, store rom 130 x 205 mm / 224 pages

Bjørg Vik

THE POPLARS ON ST. HANSHAUGEN

In the years after the war, Elsi Lund is a young girl facing confirmation, friendships, infatuations, and the first tentative steps toward adulthood. She moves between new environments and crossroads — from the cramped tenement building on St. Hanshaugen to secondary school and gymnasium and experiences both the freedom and the limitations that come with them. Through Elsi, post-war Oslo is reflected: a city in transition, marked by class divisions, dreams, and the emergence of a new era.

With her distinctive eye for detail, and with warmth, humour, and precision, Bjørg Vik portrays how small events can have big ripple effects in a young person’s life. The Poplars on St. Hanshaugen is both a historical portrait and a gripping coming-of-age novel — a story about longings, coincidences, and the struggle to find one’s own way.

The Poplars on St. Hanshaugen is the standalone continuation of Small Keys, Big Rooms, and the second volume in Bjørg Vik’s unforgettable trilogy about Elsi Lund.

Bjørg Vik

ELSI LUND

In the third book in the series about Elsi Lund, she has reached womanhood. We follow Elsi through the mid1950s: from graduation and domestic science college to engagement, break-up, and mental collapse, before she finds the key to her own life and her own voice at the Journalism Academy.

With warmth, precision, and sensuality, Vik portrays the transition from youth to adulthood in a time marked by conventions and narrow frameworks for how women were expected to live their lives. The Elsi Lund trilogy today stands as a major work of Norwegian post-war literature and demonstrates why Bjørg Vik is considered one of our most central authors.

Elsi lund 130 x 205 mm / 320 pages

Poplene på St.Hanshaugen 130 x 205 mm / 288 pages

De uverdige

130 x 205 mm / 288 pages

Ŭ A raw yet tender portrayal of survival and morality amongst teenagers during the WW2 occupation

Ŭ Another masterwork by one of Norway’s foremost authors

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Ŭ Mexico (Tusquets EditoresWorld Spanish)

Ŭ Denmark (Lindhardt & Ringhof)

Ŭ Sweden (Norstedts)

Ŭ Czech Republich (Pistorius & Olšanská)

Ŭ Germany (C. H. Beck)

Ŭ Estonia (Eesti Raamat)

Ŭ Polen (Wydawnictwo Poznanskie sp. z o.o)

Ŭ The Netherlands (De Bezige Bij)

Ŭ France (Gallimard)

Roy Jacobsen THE UNWORTHY

In Roy Jacobsen’s latest novel, The Unworthy, we follow a gang of boys and girls from an apartment building on the east side of Oslo during the WWII German occupation. They live in poverty, but they manage by creatively swindling, stealing like magpies, falsifying documents and committing extensive burglaries. They don’t shy away from exploiting the Enemy, either.

NOMINATED TO THE BOOKSELLERS AWARD 2022

With this pack of children, a lauded writer has rendered a brutally frank and warm portrait of a time, a place and an everyday life that thus far have been absent from the stories told of WWII.

The Unworthy is wise, raw and entertaining.

This is a Roy Jacobsen novel of the best mark.

«Dramatic, interesting and exciting ... a fantastic picture of an environment and a time that not everyone knows today.»

NETTAVISEN, '

«The Unworthy has to be one of Roy Jacobsen's best novels.»

KLASSEKAMPEN

«Roy Jacobsen impresses again, both as a storyteller and a portrayer of people … an organic and unpredictable literary universe, as asymmetric and restless as life itself.»

DN

«... the narrative offers surprising, humerous and cheeky touches that show Roy Jacobsen at his best.»

DAGSAVISEN

Roy Jacobsen (b. 1954) is regarded as one of the most influential contemporary authors in Norway, and has since his sensational debut in 1982, with the short story collection Prison Life, which won him the prestigious Tarjei Vesaas’ Debutant Prize, developed into an original and daring author with a special interest in the underlying psychological interplay in human relationships. He has been nominated three times for the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award, and twice for the Nordic Council Literature Prize. In 2017 he was shortlisted for both the Man Booker International Prize, as the first Norwegian author ever, and the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award, for The Unseen

In 2013 Jacobsen’s authorship reached a new milestone with the publication of The Unseen, book one in his now completed Barrøy trilogy. It is set in the first half of the 20th century on an island on the North-Western coast of Norway, and is a monument over human courage and life-saving practical and social knowledge. White Shadow followed in 2015, The Eyes of Rigel in 2017 and Just a Mother in 2020. The Barrøy quartet became an immediate critically acclaimed sales success, it has been translated into 28 languages, and has sold nearly 500.000 copies in Norway alone. In total, Jacobsen has been translated into 36 languages.

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Omagiu

130 x 205 mm / 224 pages

Ŭ Saabye Christensen is a master of the short story

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Ŭ Sample translation

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Lars

Saabye Christensen

THE HARE

The Hare is a rich, entertaining, surprising, funny and thought-provoking collection of short stories from one of our foremost authors. The collection consists of twenty short stories move from what might happen when you’re out walking and encounter someone who doesn’t have control of their dog via forgotten and hidden songs to people who “remembered their wedding day but forgot their marriage”. In between, we must do lifesaving, meet a new colleague, learn a round of art history – and several laps of Bislett Stadium.

Lars Saabye Christensen is one of Norwegian contemporary literature's most significant writers, and is particularly celebrated for his ability to capture the essence of everyday life with humor and empathy. He is one of true masters of the short story form, as he is skillfully crafts memorable characters and poignant moments, employing his keen eye for detail and his talent for finding the extraordinary within the ordinary. In the short story, Saabye Christensen's unique writing style stands out, brimming with turns of phrases and word plays like only he can write.

Lars Saabye Christensen (b. 1953) has published a number of novels, poetry and short story collections since his literary debut in 1976 with The Story of Gly. His breakthrough came with Beatles (1984), one of the greatest literary sales successes in Norway that, over the years, new generations continue to hold close to their hearts. He received the Nordic Council Literature Prize for The Half Brother in 2001. He has also received the Riverton Prize, the Critics' Prize, the Brage Prize, the Norwegian Booksellers' Prize, the Dobloug Prize and the Norwegian Reader's Prize. He has been published in 36 countries.

Ingvar Ambjørnsen

THE SORROW IN ST. PETER-ORDING

Ingvar Ambjørnsen is a major voice in contemporary Norwegian literature, renowned for his unflinching portrayals of marginalised individuals and his sharp social commentary.

He is one of the grand masters of the short story, often employing a concise, unsentimental style to deliver powerful, resonant narratives exploring themes such as alienation, identity, and the search for meaning in a fragmented world.

With The Sorrow in St. Peter-Ording, we are presented with seven new, dark and atmospheric short stories.

In one story, two teenage boys—friends and birdwatchers—stumble upon a cabin with an open door. What begins as a night of adventure with beer, porn magazines, and other “treasures” takes a chilling turn. The ending is shocking—there’s a gruesome reason why the cabin’s owners won’t be returning that night.

In another, a man takes the ferry Color Magic to Kiel. Memories from the past come flooding back, including one of a previous ferry trip where he and his girlfriend received an unexpected erotic invitation from another couple. Suddenly, the power goes out. The sound he hears is unlike anything he’s ever heard. The ferry hits bottom. He moves through the belly of the sinking vessel—again, an unlocked door, an open door—and inside, on a narrow bed, sits a crying woman with long hair.

Sorgen i St. Peter Ording

130 x 205 mm / 128 pages

Ŭ Ingvar Ambjørnsen is one of the great short story writers

Ŭ A long-awaited for new release from one of Norway's most significant contemporary authors

Ŭ Instant bestseller

Material in English

Ŭ Sample translation

Ingvar Ambjørnsen (b. 1956) is considered to be one of the greatest storytellers of contemporary Norwegian literature. Since his literary début in 1981, Ambjørnsen has written a number of novels as well as three collections of short stories, essay collections and books for children and young reders. He has won a number of awards, including the Riverton Prize, the Brage Award, the Booksellers’ Award and the Riksmål Prize. Several of his books have been adapted into films with great success. The movie Elling, based on Ambjørnsen’s novels The Bird Dance and Blood brothers, was nominated to an Oscar in 2001, and Elling the theatre play has appeared on stage in several theatres around Europe to great acclaim.

Én for laget

170 x 220 mm/ 96 pages Flamme forlag

Ŭ Collaboration between two of Norway's foremost artists

Ŭ A touching and funny story about the philosophy of the substitute

Lars Saabye Christensen & Stian Hole ONE

FOR THE TEAM

One for the Team is about fourteen-year-old Omar. He is a substitute on the Brage team, usually an unused substitute. If the audience is the twelfth man, Omar is the thirteenth. A spectator who is also a player, or a player who is really just a spectator. Today is the final match of the season, against the bullies from Cement – a team to fear, a match to dread.

Omar has kept his status as a mostly unused substitute a secret from his parents. They believe that Omar is a regular on the team and always involved in the game. But that secret is about to unravel on the last day of the season. And father and son will come to see each other in a new light.

One for the Team is a small but meaningful story about youth football and the philosophy of the substitute. It’s touching, funny, and occasionally tender, especially for those of us who have, at some point, warmed the bench. And for those still warming it today.

Lars Saabye Christensen (b. 1953) has published a number of novels, poetry and short story collections since his literary debut in 1976 with The Story of Gly. His breakthrough came with Beatles (1984), one of the greatest literary sales successes in Norway that, over the years, new generations continue to hold close to their hearts. He received the Nordic Council Literature Prize for The Half Brother in 2001. He has also received the Riverton Prize, the Critics' Prize, the Brage Prize, the Norwegian Booksellers' Prize, the Dobloug Prize and the Norwegian Reader's Prize. He has been published in 36 countries.

Stian Hole (b. 1969) is a reputed illustrator and an author. He has created several prize-winning picture books and a number of book covers. For his works, he has received prizes like the Brage Prize, Bologna Ragazzi Award and Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis.

Ensomme hjerters bar

130 x 205 mm

Ŭ A festive novel about abandoning the corporate ladder for new beginnings and a genuine community

Ŭ Can be read as a Christmas calendar

Ŭ Each day gives the recipe for a drink recipe, crafted by chef and drink expert Arnt Steffensen

Material in English

Ŭ Sample translation

Ŭ Synopsis

Kjersti Herland Johnsen & Arnt Steffensen

THE LONELY HEARTS BAR

Welcome to The Lonely Hearts Bar – a place for old secrets, new beginnings, and the perfect drink for every occasion!

On the 1st of December, Lisa's boyfriend Martin gets down on one knee and proposes. He’s a baron and heir to a grand estate in England, and Lisa quickly realises that marrying into his family will come with strict rules and heavy expectations. Is that really what she wants? When she’s passed over for a long-anticipated promotion at work, she decides to take a break and travels to Oslo to deal with a surprising inheritance. There, she discovers she has inherited an old apartment building and with it, a charming cocktail bar with deep roots in the bohemian heyday of 19th-century Kristiania.

At The Lonely Hearts Bar, Lisa meets a warm and eccentric community: the wise bartender Henri, the quirky lawyer Brenden, the fiery Astrid, and the passionate chef Trond. The bar is under threat of closure, but Lisa and the gang set out to save it – with PR stunts, cultural events, and Christmas festivities. At first, she keeps running into problems with Trond but is there more to him than she first realised? Lisa is also relentlessly approached by the gruff businessman Erik Rud, who wants to buy up the entire apartment building. But Lisa is discovering that her own history is more intertwined with Oslo and the bar than she realised.

In the midst of the pre-Christmas snow, gingerbread, concert plans and the threath of losing her job, Lisa finds something she didn't know she needed in the bar. It will be a December filled with old family secrets, risky decisions, warm drinks – and perhaps love.

Told as a Christmas calendar, the novel unfolds one chapter for each day of December, and every chapter includes a drink recipe from The Lonely Hearts Bar.

Kjersti Herland Johnsen has a degree in History from the University of Bergen and has worked in the Norwegian publishing industry since 1998. She lives in Oslo with her family.

Arnt Steffansen (b. 1968) is a chef and President of the Norwegian Diet and Nutrition Association in Delta, a trade union for chefs and kitchen staff working in the public sector. He is a former canteen manager and Norwegian master of the institutional culinary arts. Knowledge of drinks, wines and spirits is an important part of a chef’s training, and Steffansen has written several books about spirits and food culture.

Excerpt from 3rd of December:

«But I don't even know if I want to marry Martin,» Lisa shouts in frustration, taking a deep sip of the champagne glass Vanessa hands her. «And certainly not as a white bride in a blasted cathedral,» she snorts. She puts the glass down on the table and puts her face in her hands. «I don't know what to do!» she sighs desperately.

«Take a few more days off work, then,» Vanessa suggests, pouring champagne into her own glass. «Didn't you say you have several weeks of holiday left? Treat yourself to a couple of days in Paris, or a week in Tenerife. A little sun and warmth can't possibly hurt in December. Or... go to Oslo and find out what this lawyer really wants!»

Lisa realises that Vanessa is right. She is stressed, desperate, furious and exhausted, and needs to get away from everything. She simply can't bear the thought of meeting Martin in the office now, and certainly not of going to Bretley. Oslo? Why not?

A decision takes shape.

Jul på Himmelfjell hotell

130 x 205 mm / 336 pages

Ŭ Recommended by Opera Daily

Ŭ Classic feelgood set against a traditional Scandinavian Christmas

Ŭ Can be read as a Christmas calendar

Material in English

Ŭ Sample translation

Ŭ Synopsis

Rights sold to:

Ŭ United States (HarperVia)

Ŭ Denmark (Turbine)

Ŭ Germany (Hoffmann und Campe)

Kjersti Herland Johnsen

CHRISTMAS AT GLITTER PEAK LODGE

An old mystery. A tragic accident. Secrets. Confessions. A new beginning.

After a traumatic climbing accident, well-known Alpinist Ingrid Berg has returned to the small Norwegian village that her family has called home for generations to take over the management of the Glitter Peak Lodge from her aging grandmother, who's no longer up to the task. With Christmas rapidly approaching, the Glitter Peak Lodge staff are busy baking kransekakeand saffron buns, decorating an enormous tree with tinsel, and enlisting guests to participate in their Santa Lucia celebration.

But within short order of Ingrid’s return, complications arise that seem out of the ordinary. Unexpected cancellations. An outspoken American guest who seems to unsettle Ingrid’s beloved grandmother. Leaking pipes that may imply sabotage. And then one day, Ingrid discovers a yellowed, decades-old newspaper clipping about an unsolved local mystery…

Will Ingrid be able to figure out what’s going on in time to save the inn—and her family’s legacy—from ruin?

«A breath of lovely mountain air of a book: so delightful and charming!»

JENNY COLGAN, AUTHOR OF MEET ME AT THE CUPCAKE CAFÉ AND LITTLE BEACH STREET BAKERY

«Johnsen’s novel provides plenty of character development along with details of fresh spruce branches, fireplaces filled with birch logs, and hearty meals featuring local sausage and saffron buns.»

OPERA DAILY

«This gentle romantic mystery, set amid the incomparable beauty of Norway, makes for a delightful literary vacation.»

SHELF AWARENESS

Kjersti Herland Johnsen

SUMMER AT GLITTER PEAK LODGE

In Summer at Glitter Peak Lodge we are reunited with Ingrid, a mountain climber who has taken over management of the family-run hotel. She has got together with her boyfriend Tor, a handsome sheep farmer, and finally rediscovered her passion for mountain climbing. Now she plans to run climbing courses at the hotel.

This summer also brings a special wedding celebration, as Vegard, her best friend, is marrying his beloved David. The Oslo couple, both friends of Ingrid, have decided on Glitter Peak Lodge as the setting for their grand wedding festivities. No wedding is without complications, however, and some uninvited guests will make an appearance…

Sommer på Himmelfjell Hotell 130 x 205 mm / 336 pages

Ŭ An entertaining uplifting read perfect for summer vacation reading

Ŭ Classic feelgood set against a stunning Norwegian mountain wedding

Ŭ Breathtaking scenery meets heartwarming relationships and unexpected drama

Material in English

Ŭ Sample translation

Ŭ Synopsis

Rights sold to:

Ŭ Germany (Hoffmann und Campe)

Kjersti Herland Johnsen has a degree in History from the University of Bergen and has worked in the Norwegian publishing industry since 1998. She lives in Oslo with her family.

Adventskalenderen

130 x 205 mm / 352 pages

Ŭ Charming Christmas story from Norway's Queen of feelgood

Ŭ International bestseller

Ŭ Written with wit and humour about getting back on your feet after hitting rock bottom

Material in English

Ŭ Sample translation

Ŭ Synopsis

Rights sold to:

Ŭ Germany (Bastei Lübbe)

Ŭ Italy (Garzanti, Srl.)

Ŭ Denmark (Turbine)

Ŭ Spain (Duomo)

Ŭ Finland (Bazar)

Siri Østli

THE CHRISTMAS CALENDAR

During breakfast on a totally ordinary Tuesday, Fie's husband abruptly tells her that he wants a divorce and asks her to move out. He is a dentist, and for years Fie has, as well as being his wife, been his faithful assistant - without pay. Now she is banished to an impractical and uncharming attic apartment on the other side of the city. Dazed and in despair that her life has been turned up-side down, Fie tries to soften the blow with sedatives. Her grown-up son is embarrassed about his mother break's down and does not answer his phone.

Fie's sister Sara is the one who takes charge in the situation and demand that Fie get a grip. To speed things up, she gives Fie a challenging Christmas Calendar with new tasks every day leading up to Christmas. And with this, despair turns into an adventurous, at times overwhelming, but in the end pretty nice advent after all!

The Christmas Calendar is a charming and touching Christmas book from the Norwegian queen of feelgood!

Siri Østli is married with five daughters and a university degree in French, Russian and Psychology. She debuted with Across Grønland in High Heels in 2009, and has since then received excellent reviews on a number of feelgood novels. She has been translated into five languages.

LAST CHRISTMAS

A Christmas full of secret, surprises and – hopefully – a miracle

Christmas is drawing near, but the idyll and calm Kirsti longs for during the holiday season seems completely out of reach this year. She is single mother for her teenage daughter Iben, a challenge in itself, but this autumn the complications in Kirsti’s life is piling higher than gifts under the tree. She has always had a complicated relationship with her sister, Elisabeth, and her mother, but as they start to plan for Christmas their relationship sours more than usual. Kirsti’s romantic relationship with Tobias is also rocky, and still on thin ice due to it being so new. Then it’s Mathilde, Kirsti’s friend and business partner. Together they run a little store in Sagene neighbourhood in Oslo, but after a huge fight Mathilde disappears without a word. Then Kirsti discovers a lump in her breast.

With the breast cancer diagnosis, Kirsti must face the possibility of Iben having to grow up without her. Which means she also has the face the fact that Iben has a father. Iben was conceived during a one night stand, and no one but Kirsti knows who the father is. Or that also lives in Oslo…

Siri Østli’s new Christmas novel is about coming together during hard times, and longing for a Christmas miracle.

Et lys i desember

130 x 205 mm / 320 pages

Ŭ Can a Christmas miracle heal a fractured life?

Ŭ Explores disease and single parenthood during a holiday where everything should be idyllic

Ŭ Classic Scandinavian Christmas feelgood from Norway's feelgood expert

Material in English

Ŭ Sample translation

Ŭ Synopsis

Rights sold to:

Ŭ Denmark (Turbine))

Ŭ Finland (Bazar)

Pulekalender

130 x 205 mm / 352 pages

Ŭ Erotic Christmas comedy in 24 calendar slots

Ŭ Can sex every day save a faltering marriage?

Ŭ A warm, relatable and humorus look at the time crunch of modern family life

Jack

Hardnes & Lea Sommero

THE XXX-MAS CALENDAR

Erotic Christmas comedy in 24 calendar slots

Christmas is approaching: gifts must be bought, cookies baked, parties attended, ribs prepared. Everything must be perfect. But things are far from perfect at home for editor Tor and teacher June. A classic couple in their forties, they barely have time for anything beyond work and their children. Sex? Forget it. Since the summer’s renovation, they haven’t even managed to hang the bedroom door back in place.

Then comes a shift: Tor’s newly divorced colleague turns into a living warning sign about single life, and June ends up at a sauna party with graduating students, where not only stiff bulges brush against her, but also the thought of exploring fantasies she’s never dared to share. The couple realise something has to change, the spark must be reignited. A typo on the to-do list becomes a XXXmas calendar. Sex every day leading up to Christmas. Maybe it’s a disaster. Maybe it’s their last hope.

With a colourful cast of characters and poking fun aimed at everything from the publishing industry to parenthood, lakeside cruising, and the grass that may— or may not—be greener on the other side, one question towers above all: Will Tor and June still be together when the church bells ring on Christmas Eve?

previously

published a collection

Jack Hardnes (b. 1983) has

almost

of poems. He has been a publishing editor for several years, but is now a full-time author, travels and takes photographs in black and white.

Lea Sommero (b. 1983) works as a teacher in primary school and has run a surf hotel in Mexico. This is her first book.

JUNE 17:43:

A's going to a birthday party on Sat, sorted the gift. Plus something small for the XXX-mas calendar Sorry!!! X-mas calendar

TOR 17:44: XXX-mas calendar! Incredible typo! We could need that. There hasn't been much XXX for us lately.

JUNE 17:44: YOU are the one who's never here!

TOR 17:45:

XXX-mas calendar sounds perfect. Something to look forward to every day!

JUNE 17:47:

Seriously??? I can't cope with sex every day. Don't I do enough?

JUNE 17:50: answer me!!!

TOR 17:53:

Sorry, at the till at the grocery store. The kids are getting small gifts in December. Why not some fun for the adults too?

Der hvite liljer vokser

130 x 205 mm / 288 pages

Ŭ Inspired by the Blood Road in Northern Norway from WW2

Ŭ Classic feelgood with strong female characters, intertwining destinies and multiple timelines

Material in English

Ŭ Sample translation

Ŭ Synopsis

Rights sold to:

Ŭ Germany (Insel verlag)

Ŭ Denmark (Alpha forlag)

Ŭ The Netherlands (De Fortein)

Jorid Mathiassen

WHERE WHITE LILIES GROW

After a devastating break-up, Linnea is aching to get out of Oslo and start over someplace else. When Linnea’s best friend offers to let her stay in an old house in Northern Norway, set on a small island, Linnea finds herself packing her bags. The big house with a beautiful garden belonged to her friend’s great-aunt Marie, who lived there in solitude until her recent death.

Linnea has no idea what awaits her when she arrives on the windy little island in the pitch-black of a stormy winter evening. But one day, she stumbles upon a small clock that leads her to discover a dramatic story. It has to do with Marie’s past, and why she lived all by herself for so many years.

The storyline plays out across two periods of time, but as Linnea discovers more about Marie's dramatic past, her own life will also take a new turn.

Where White Lilies Grow is a beautiful, breathtaking story about the brutality of war and the power of lifelong love.

Jorid Mathiassen (b. 1965) grew up on the coast in Northern Norway, and now lives in Oslo. She has a major in Nordic language and literature from the University of Oslo, and is a senior acquiring editor at Bonnier Norsk Forlag. She made her author debut in 2022 with Where White Lilies Grow.

Jorid Mathiassen

ANEMONE BLUE

Three women, two countries, one hidden past – a novel about love, legacy, and resistance.

What happens when the past surfaces and casts new light on everything you thought you knew?

On a warm day at the end of August, TV photographer Birthe Johannessen travels to Hjartøy, a weather-beaten island off the coast of Northern Norway. She’s there on assignment – but also in search of answers about her own origins. An old letter has revealed an unexpected family connection, and living on the island is a woman who has kept the truth buried for decades: Erle Christensen.

For Erle, Birthe’s arrival forces long-suppressed memories into the open. She came to Norway alone, a child refugee from Latvia after the Second World War, and has never dared to look back. Now she must face what she left behind. Could family still remain in Riga? Who was she before she arrived?

And what really happened in Latvia, spring 1939?

We meet young Agate, living a privileged life in Riga’s cultural bourgeoisie. She falls in love with the idealistic architecture student Andris, but as war approaches and the Soviet grip on the Baltics tightens, both love and liberty are under threat. The decisions she makes will reverberate across borders and generations.

Anemone Blue is a sweeping and emotionally charged drama of fate, silence, and rediscovery – a story of women’s lives, lost histories, and the long echoes of war and migration.

With scenes set on Norway’s wild and beautiful coastline, in a haunting rural community, and in the shadowed streets of an occupied Latvia, the novel spans decades –from the trauma of war to the present day.

Blå som anemonen

130 x 205 mm / 320 pages

Ŭ Classic feelgood with a story spanning across several generations

Ŭ Inspired by the true events of refugee children from Latvia coming to Norway

Material in English

Ŭ Sample translation

Ŭ Synopsis

Rights sold to:

Ŭ Denmark (Alpha forlag)

Ŭ The Netherlands (De Fontein)

Ann-Christin Gjersøe THE GIRL IN THE SNOW

Sommersholm is a feel good series set to the Norwegian estates in the 1860s, perfect for fans of Bridgerton!

Sommersholm is a venerable manor that has belonged to the Adler family for generations. Two young women with very different lives live there: the landowner's daughter, Rose, and Alise, a maid. The family history also houses a dark secret. As the story begins, the heir to Sommersholm, Birkthorn, has returned home. Alise was young when he left, but she has not forgotten how he saved her life on a freezing cold winter night many years ago.

ENGLISH SAMPLE TRANSLATION AVAILABLE

Ann-Christin Gjersøe THE KAMELIA BOX

Rose causes a scandal and infuriates her father at the Christmas ball, after inviting the horse groom Torkel. Meanwhile, Alise despairs over the engagement between Birk and Miss Aurelia Collett – the beautiful but unscrupulous merchant's daughter. She also stumbles upon a hidden story, left by her grandmother in Alise's kamelia box. It holds a testimony of her grandmother's life as a chambermaid at Sommerholm, decades ago. And the secret she discovered.

Ann-Christin Gjersøe BEFORE THE MAGNOLIA BLOOMS

Rose's parents hope that an educational stay in Denmark will help her forget the enchanting groom Torkel. Miss Aurelia Collett comes to live at Sommersholm, and with her comes Margrete, her mute chamber maid. Working with Miss Aurelia is not easy, but then Margrete meets Axel Adler. For her it is love at first sight, but could he ever love her back? Alise and Birk's relationship is still meeting resistance from all sides. Alise's father sticks to the promise he gave his dying mother: That no one in his family would be romantically involved with an Adler.

Ann-Christin Gjersøe (b. 1975) runs a 350-year-old farm in with her husband. She has written books for decades, and Sommersholm is her latest series.

Piken i Snøen 130 x 205 mm / 272 pages

Kameliaskrinet 130 x 205 mm / 304 pages

Før magnoliaen blomstrer 130 x 205 mm / 272 pages

Ann-Christin Gjersøe

WHERE THE LARKS SING

Rose is leaving for Denmark, filled with joy now that she knows Torkel will follow her. Well hidden in her luggage is a fateful letter and a forgotten diary, holding a secret that could ruin the Adler family. Birk leaves for Germany. Will his and Alise's love be able to survive the distance? At the same time, the conflict between Alise's father, and the land agent Captain Crossby will have fatal consequences. Miss Aurelia's boundless cunning and web of lies become a trial for the chamber maid Margrete, as she discovers that Aurealia has stolen one of Alise's letters from Birk.

Ann-Christin Gjersøe

THE LILY IN THE FIELD

The maid’s room in the manor has suddenly become Alise's new home. She mourns her father, and longs for any sign of life from Birk. Why isn't he writing? On top of this heartbreak and her pregnancy, Aurelia seems determined to complicate Alise’s life even further. In Denmark, the upcoming costume ball is the talk of the town. Only Rose's thoughts are elsewhere. She fears that Hugo will discover and expose Torkel. Hugo has shown there is no limit to how far he will go. Can he be stopped? Axel attempts to kiss Margrete, but she believes he is enganged to someone else and accuses him of taking advantage. He leaves, promising to leave her alone.

Ann-Christin Gjersøe

THE TIME OF THE ROSES

Alise leaves Sommersholm in dishonour, after being accused of theft. But where can she go? Soon the pregnancy will begin to show, and she won't be able to hide it any longer. Margrete is finally with Axel, but she is still struggling to be accepted by the rest of his family. She stumbles upon a key, which unlocks an old mystery. But perhaps it's for the better that the mystery stays unsolved? Rose, still in Denmark, is trying to find a way for the charges against Torkel to be dropped. She fears that if he's convicted, he will be hanged.

Der lerkene synger 130 x 205 mm / 304 pages

Liljen på marken 130 x 205 mm / 320 pages

Rosenes tid 130 x 205 mm / 352 pages

Familiehemmeligheten

130 x 205 mm / 336 pages

Material in English

Ŭ Synopsis

Rights sold to:

Ŭ Denmark: Straarup & co

Vindkast

130 x 205 mm / 352 pages

Rights sold to:

Ŭ Denmark: Straarup & co

Elisabeth Hammer

THE FAMILY SECRET

A brand new series from Norway's answer to Tracy Rees!

The Family Secret is the first book in the gripping drama series Promises in Sand. The setting is the idyllic southern Norway in 1806, a historic turning point – with elegant dresses and romantic promises – where ships sailed the Seven Seas, and the consequences of the Napoleon wars were felt by rich and poor alike.

Amalie grows up poor, but she appreciates what little she has. In secret, she takes of her family’s limited stock of food to feed children who starve. She works at a posh hat shop, and one day gets into a conflict when a lady steals a cob. A Mr. Wickfall interferes to defend the woman, and he and Amalie get into a hefty fight. Amalie cannot risk losing her small, but essential, income, he has nothing to lose. As their roads continue to cross, Amalie quickly understands that he has the power to ruin her future.

All the while, a secret about Amalie's true identity is lurking too close to the surface.

Elisabeth Hammer

WHEN THE WIND RISES

In 1807, a storm is brewing in the Danish-Norwegian kingdom. But far from the centre of action, in the charming coastal town of Christiansand, life goes on as normal. One evening a stately carriage rolls through the town. Inside sits a distraught Amalie Gren, on her way to meet her new guardian, a powerful Mr. Gyllenmark. Her whole life is based on a lie. Mr. Gyllenmark refuses to reveal anything of her past, but demands her absolute obedience when he marries her off.

Among the town's eligible bachelors, Amalie again meets the handsome, but condescending, Mr. Wickfall. The better option, surely, is the charismatic Captain Sjaaland, who likes her for who she is? But how well does she really know either them? It soon turns out that several of Amalie's new acquaintances have a hidden agenda – and that cynical power plays take place behind closed doors.

Elisabeth Hammer WINTER

HEARTS

Christmas is approaching, and snow blankets the little coastal town of Christiansand. The holiday calm spreads through the streets, but not to the young Miss Amalie Gren. She was completely caught off guard by the proposal from Captain Sjaaland, but before she was able to give him her answer, the powerful Mrs. Gyllenmaark told him yes on her behalf! The Captain is certainly handsome and charming, but Amalie wants to follow her heart – and she is full of doubt.

Elisabeth Hammer CONCEALMENT

The harsh grip of winter is slowly giving way in Christiansand, and spring thaws the town. Amalie is finally returning to her childhood home. The long-awaited reunion with her mother is shattered by a shocking revelation from Mrs. Gyllenmark. Her mother has been carrying a secret so heartbreaking and scandalous that Amalie cannot comprehend that it is true.

Even worse is the truth about Captain Sjaaland. At the same time, Amalie realises that she has been deeply mistaken about Mr. Wickfall. As her emotions rage inside her, time is running out.

Elisabeth Hammer PROPRIETY

At a lavish masked ball elegant ladies, fine young women and stern gentlemen toast with fizzy drinks and twirl on the dance floor, while poor maids hurry between the kitchen and the ballroom. But it all comes to an abrupt end as the powerful Mrs. Gyllenmark falls lifeless to the floor. In the chaos that arises, young Miss Amalie Gren is helped by the mysterious Mr. Nabel – and it has disastrous consequences. Amalie wakes up locked up on a ship far out at sea. No one knows where she is, no one can hear her cries for help – and she can't swim.

Elisabeth Hammer (b. 1970) wrote her way into the hearts of many a reader with the series Maria av Svaneberg in 2011. Hammer is an extremely prolific author, and has written multiple romance series and has sold hundreds of thousands of books.

Vinterhjerter 130 x 205 mm / 352 pages

Fortielse 130 x 205 mm / 352 pages

Anstendighet 130 x 205 mm / 336 pages

Appelsinparken

130 x 205 mm / 336 pages

Ŭ Streaming favourite on audio

Ŭ Trilogy with multiple timelines

Material in English

Ŭ Sample translation

Ŭ Synopsis

Rights sold to:

Ŭ Denmark (Fioranello Books)

Ŭ Sweden (Fioranello Books)

Merete Lien THE ORANGE TREES GARDEN

The Orange Trees Garden is the first book in a captivating feelgood trilogy set in Rome.

Spring 2015: Agnes travels from Norway to Rome to find her friend Alexandra, who's been reported missing by her suddenly ill husband. What's happened to Alexandra—has something befallen her, or has she gone into hiding? In Rome, Agnes accidentally runs into an old flame, and her feelings for him rushes back. But how accidental is it, really, that he is in Rome now?

The further into the mystery Agnes digs, the more confused she becomes. Who is Alexandra? Is her husband really ill? Soon, Agnes finds herself entangled into a cat-and-mouse game revolving around an art scam. She is given lies disguised as the truth, until she no longer can tell friend from fiend.

Summer 1953: In one of the nicer areas of Rome, young, upper-class Francesca meets a man in a red sports car. The man is the famous American photographer Chris Henley, who's specialised in La Dolce Vita. Francesca falls heads over heels, but her parents are not thrilled by the match, convinced that Chris Henley is a gold digger.

The series Follow the Wind is full of heart, excitement, passion and love. It crosses multiple timelines, where hidden motives and seedy affairs create secrets that won't stay secret forever.

Merete Lien (b. 1952) is from Bergen, and is a teacher with a Master in history. Her first novel came out in 1996, and has since then had a long and prolific writing career. She is most known for the popular series The Rose Garden, which has also been published in Poland.

Merete

Lien

WISTERIA

Because of the deal with Alexandra, Agnes can stay in Alexandra's apartment by The Orange Trees Garden for free. Springtime is perfect for wandering the many streets of Rome — and for spending time in front of the easel.

Agnes gets to know Gabriele, a handsome and kind Roman. He is quick to offer his help and gives her lots of attention, but Agnes is hesitant to let him all the way into her heart. She hasn't forgotten Stefan, and she doesn't know Gabriele's motives.

But another man frequently seeks Agnes out, and his motives she both knows and fears ...

Blåregn 130 x 205 mm / 320 pages

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Ŭ Denmark (Fioranello Books)

Ŭ Sweden (Fioranello Books)

Merete

Lien

ALEXANDRA

Rome, June 2014: During a fashion show where Alexandra is showing her own work, something happens that changes everything. An older man reaches out to her – and what he has to say shakes her to the core. If what he claims is true, Alexandra must see her entire life in a new light. And, if she chooses to trust him, he can offer her priceless help in the final settlement with her husband, Wilhelm.

Alexandra is the third and final book in Follow the Wind series.

Alexandra 130 x 205 mm / 320 pages

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Ŭ Denmark (Fioranello Books)

Ŭ Sweden (Fioranello Books)

130 x 205 mm / 368 pages

Ŭ A cozy mystery with books, cats, and a dash of suspicion in smalltown Norway

Ŭ Engaging mystery, with all the ingredients of a feelgood mixed in

Material in English

Ŭ Sample translation

Ŭ Synopsis

Comparative titles:

Ŭ Death at the Second Hand Shop by Anna Grue

Ŭ The Coroner's Cats Series by Laurie Cass

Rights sold to:

Ŭ Denmark (Lindhard & Ringhof)

Gunn Helene Arsky MURDER IN THE BOOKSHOP

When Minna Gabler is found dead at the bottom of the stairs in her alternative bookshop, everyone assumes it was a tragic fall. For Angel and her sister Isa-Linn, it means they suddenly inherit the bookshop and a mysterious missing heirloom. But, was Minna's death really an accident?

Angel decides to move to the charming town of Halden to start over, with Luna, her Siamese cat. The bookshop needs more than just a little love and good marketing. Angel soon discovers that Minna has left behind an unsolved mystery that leads her into a world of secret documents, old love stories and the town’s eccentric personalities.

With help from bubbly cupcake maker Camilla, who is convinced that baking reveals the truth, and the irresistible Adam, who makes her heart pound, Angel embarks on a nerve-racking search for answers. Can she find out who killed Minna, and why? What is hiding between the pages in the old bookshop?

Murder in the Bookshop offers a mixture of charm, tension and village idyll – with a dose of humour and a cat that never ceases to amaze. Perfect for readers who love cosy mysteries with a twist!

Gunn Helene Arsky (b. 1968) is a qualified nutritional physiologist and has a Master of Science from the University of Oslo. She has published several books about health and nutrition and is the nutrition expert in Bedre Helse, a Norwegian health magazine. Her literary debut came in 2025 with Murder in the Bookshop, the first book in a series of cosy crimes set in idyllic Halden – where Arsky also lives.

Mord i bokhandelen

Gunn Helene Arsky MURDER

AT THE LIBRARY

Angel has now been running a bookshop in Halden for six months. During that time, the library has become one of her favourite places. It proved invaluable when she was searching for clues in the murder that took place at her bookshop. The library also hosts a reading circle, which Angel joins in an effort to get to know more people in her new town.

At one of the reading circle meetings, the head librarian suddenly falls ill – and a few hours later, she is dead.

Several members of the reading circle know that Angel previously solved the mystery of her Aunt Milla's death, and they turn to her for help. Although Angel by no means considers herself a professional detective, she quickly decides to investigate the case. She is joined by her trusted new crew: Luna the cat, Camilla the confectioner, Adam the journalist, and her sister IsaLinn.

This time, Angel not only wants to find the murderer –she also has to clear her own name...

Mord på biblioteket

130 x 205 mm / 400 pages

Ŭ A cozy mystery with books, cats, and a dash of suspicion in smalltown Norway

Ŭ Engaging mystery, with all the ingredients of a feelgood mixed in

Material in English

Ŭ Synopsis

Comparative titles:

Ŭ Death at the Second Hand Shop by Anna Grue

Ŭ The Coroner's Cats Series by Laurie Cass

Rights sold to:

Ŭ Denmark (Lindhard & Ringhof)

Laura Djupvik THE NIGHT CHILD

A story of family, concealment and a past you can't kill.

Several hundred years ago, Stegleholmen was used as a place of execution. Since then, most people have kept their distance.

When a construction project out on the islet digs up old bones, Helene's already confused father grows more unsettled. He seems frightened and starts wandering out at night. Helene leaves her aimless life in Oslo to return home and help him.

Ŭ A literary crime with dark and poetic undertones

Some believe the bones belong to those once executed on the islet. But shortly after Helene return, a woman is found murdered there. As fear spreads through the village and people are looking for answers, Helene begins to dig into the case. She soon finds herself in the midst of an old wound, surrounded by people seemingly willing to go to great lengths to keep the truth hidden.

At the same time, the young and naive Connie dreams of a better life, preferably in the venerable Doctor House, under the wing of the well-grown Stella. But is this the right place for her, and the child she´s carrying? It soon turns out that the house holds secrets and a history that should not be awakened.

As the case deepens, one question remains: are the bones on the islet really as old as everyone believes?

The Night Child is a literary crime novel with dark and poetic undertones.

Laura Djupvik (b. 1970) has a background as a journalist and as a publishing editor, and has previously written well-received books for both children and adults. The Night Child (2025) is her debut as a crime writer.

Nattbarnet

130 x 205 mm / 368 pages

Cathrine Hellesøy Harrison PRETTY

NORMAL

What's the absolute worst thing you can think of? I am the one who constantly makes things up, creates the world anew, creates the day, creates the dream, creates that which means everything can be split up and crushed. No scene imagined is safe or strong, is enough. Even now, when we things were so good with us.

You could have saved me, from all this chaos, I'm sure. Instead, you have disappeared. For real, this time. Why?

Where are you?

Can you at least call me? Hush, said Dad

Don't make it a big thing.

What is infatuation? Is infatuation a neurosis? Is it compulsion? And what about love? Is it something else?

Pretty Normal ranges from the innocent, beautiful and naive to the skewed, violent and slightly perverse. The author describes obsession and especially sexuality in a direct and vivid way, from the innocent awakening to a more adult and sometimes destructive exploration.

The story has many layers, understated humour, and a main character who, despite her violent thoughts, fights fiercely for meaning and love.

Ŭ Beautiful and strong debut from amajor newspaper journalist

Ŭ A challenging, powerful, vivid and courageous story about obsession, about love, about loneliness, about rejection, and about addiction

Ŭ Strong, skewed and original

a long carreer as a journalist at Aftenposten. For the past 15 years, she has worked in the culture section and A-magasinet. Her debut novel is Pretty Normal (2025).

Pretty Normal 130 x 205 mm

Cathrine Hellesøy Harrisson has

Gjøkungegåten 130 x 205 mm / x pages

Ŭ Book 13 in bestselling crime series

Hans Olav Lahlum

THE MYSTERY OF THE CUCKOO CHILD

A mysterious death in Oslo reveals threads leading back to a secret child birth and adoption in 1956. K2 and Patricia must once more put their heads together to solve a mystery that highlights how weak children's rights are.

The 13th book in the series about K2 and Patricia, The Mystery of the Cuckoo Child, spans from Norway to London and Brussels and is the most comprehensive in the series to date.

Hans Olav Lahlum (b. 1973) is a writer and historian. He made his literary debut with the critically acclaimed biography Oscar Torp in 2007. He has since published a number of crime novels and non-fiction books. His crime novel are bestsellers in Norway.

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BACKLIST:

KOREA, DENMARK, SLOVAKIA, BULGARIA, VIETNAM, RUSSIA, GREAT BRITAIN, GREECE, PORTUGAL, TURKEY, SPAIN

Ŭ New thriller by Norway's Queen of Crime

Ŭ Fifth book in the series about Eddie Feber

Ŭ An intense and atmospheric novel exploring the devastating consequences of a childhood trauma

Karin Fossum

COME HOME, AMADOU

In the fifth book about Chief Inspector Eddie Feber, Karin Fossum lets the past strike back

At Store Gaupen farm, the late summer silence is broken by a violent roar from the sky. For farm owner Nancy Nesbit, the sound is an ominous echo of something far more threatening, of an event she experienced as a ten-year-old, when a white van stopped by the roadside and changed everything.

When she, in a magazine, reads about the unsolved disappearance of eight-year-old Sonia Sanningen in 1987, the memories come back in full force. The information she has may be what finally solves the case, or what tears up everything she has tried to bury.

Eddie Feber must dig into a 36-year-old mystery, where repressed memories, old clues and new threats are woven together. Come Home, Amadou is an intense crime novel about guilt, silence and about how one observation can change everything.

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Kom hjem, Amadou 130 x 205 mm / 224 pages

Karin Fossum (b. 1954) made her literary debut in 1974 with the poetry collection Maybe Tomorrow, for which she won the Vesaas First Writer's Award. She has published books in several genres, but is best known for her crime fiction series about Inspector Konrad Sejer. Several of her books have been filmed for the screen and TV. She has received a number of prestigious awards, including an LA Times Book Award and The Brage Prize for her novel The Indian Bride (2000). In 2017 The Riverton Club named her Best Norwegian Crime Writer through the times. Karin Fossum's books are translated into 34 languages.

Photo: Pia Sønstrød

KARIN FOSSUM'S INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLING KONRAD SEJERSERIES, NOW 15 NOVELS

Ŭ Critically acclaimed mystery by a rising star within the crime genre

Ŭ Psychological thriller that will engage both new and seasoned crime readers

Ŭ Original and fresh

Material in English

Ŭ Sample translation

Ŭ Synopsis

Mally Marlene MY FRIEND, ALICE

Jessie and Alice have been inseparable for as long as they can remember, and shared a consuming interest in True Crime cases.

When Alice becomes obsessed with an unsolved disappearance case from the 90s – The Sleeping Baby Case – Jessie finds that her friendship with Alice becomes more and more threatening. Alice is very dominant, and Jessie finds it challenging to maintain a normal life.

Can Alice be trusted and is she the friend Jessie thinks she is?

«In the run-of-the-mill spring of Norwegian crime fiction, Mally Marlene emerges as a breath of fresh air, infused with a mix of lewd sexuality and Freudian terror.»

NRK 

«I won’t be surprised if this novel, in a revised form, becomes the basis for a movie or a TV series.»

STAVANGER AFTENBLAD

«A solid debut well worth its 5/6 stars. »

VG 

«Fiercely cinematic and international.»

ADRESSEAVISEN 

Mally Marlene (b. 1992) is a Norwegian author and filmmaker. She holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts in film from Long Island University in New York and is currently pursuing a master’s degree in screenwriting at MetFilm School in London. In 2021, she debuted with the thriller novel Dr. Stravinsky, which was acquired by the Arts Council and was a semifinalist in the Unread of the Year competition.

Min venn, Alice

130 x 205 mm / 320 pages