Riverton Prize
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The Riverton Prize is a literature award given annually to the best Norwegian crime story (novel, short story, play, original screenplay).
Winners
| Year | Author | Title |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Tom Egeland Tom Egeland Tom Egeland is a Norwegian author. His great-grandfather was Jon Flatabø from Kvam in Hardanger, one of the pioneer authors of popular literature in Norway. Egeland's novels are published in 21 languages. His most famous novel is Relic, which deals with several of the same topics as The Da Vinci... |
Lucifers evangelium |
| 2008 | Vidar Sundstøl | Drømmenes land |
| 2007 | Jørgen Gunnerud | Høstjakt |
| 2006 | Tom Kristensen | Dødsriket |
| 2005 | Frode Grytten Frode Grytten Frode Grytten is a Norwegian writer and journalist. He is the author of the Brage Prize-winning novel Bikubesong , and other collections of short stories and poetry... |
Flytande bjørn |
| 2004 | Ulf Breistrand, Jarl Emsell Larsen | Svarte penger, hvite løgner (television series) |
| 2003 | Kurt Aust Kurt Aust Kurt Aust is a pseudonym for Kurt Østergaard , an author and freelance writer.Østergaard trained as a teacher. He has been living in Horten in Norway since 1982.... |
Hjemsøkt |
| 2002 | Gunnar Staalesen Gunnar Staalesen Gunnar Staalesen is a Norwegian writer. Staalesen has a Cand philol. degree from Universitetet i Bergen and he has worked at Den Nationale Scene, the main theater in Bergen.... |
Som i et speil |
| 2001 | Jon Michelet Jon Michelet Jon Michelet is a Norwegian novelist.He was the editor-in-chief of the Norwegian far-left daily Klassekampen from 1997 to 2002... |
Den frosne kvinnen |
| 2000 | Kjell Ola Dahl Kjell Ola Dahl K. O. Dahl is an acclaimed Norwegian writer. He has written eleven novels since 1993, mostly crime novels with a psychological interest. So far, four of his novels have been published in English, translated by Don Bartlett. They feature the Oslo detectives Frank Frølich and Inspector Gunnarstranda... |
En liten gyllen ring |
| 1999 | Unni Lindell Unni Lindell Unni Maria Lindell is a Norwegian writer. She is best known for her crime novels , but has also written a collection of poems and several children's and young adult books.... |
Drømmefangeren |
| 1998 | Jan Mehlum Jan Mehlum Jan Mehlum is a Norwegian crime writer and sociologist. He made his literary debut in 1996 with Gylne tider. He was awarded the Riverton Prize in 1998 for Kalde hender.-References:... |
Kalde hender |
| 1997 | Jo Nesbø Jo Nesbø Jo Nesbø is an Edgar Award nominated Norwegian author and musician. As of September 2008 more than one and a half million copies of his novels have been sold in Norway, and his work has been translated into over forty languages.... |
Flaggermusmannen |
| 1996 | Karin Fossum Karin Fossum Karin Fossum is a Norwegian author of crime fiction, often referred to as the "Norwegian queen of crime".-Biography:Karin Mathisen was born in Sandefjord in Vestfold county, Norway. She currently lives in Oslo. Fossum debuted as a poet with Kanskje i morgen, her first collection published in... |
Se deg ikke tilbake Don't Look Back (novel) Don't Look Back is a novel by Norwegian writer Karin Fossum, the second to feature Inspector Konrad Sejer. The novel won the Glass Key Award in 1997.... (Don't Look Back) |
| 1995 | Kolbjørn Hauge | Død mann i boks |
| 1994 | Anne Holt Anne Holt -Career:She was born in Larvik, grew up in Lillestrøm and Tromsø, and moved to Oslo in 1978 where she lives today with her registered partner Anne Christine Kjær and their daughter Iohanne. Holt graduated with a law degree from the University of Bergen in 1986, and worked for The Norwegian... |
Salige er de som tørster |
| 1993 | Morten Harry Olsen Morten Harry Olsen Morten Harry Olsen is a Norwegian author. Olsen studied criminology at the University of Oslo and philosophy at the University of Tromsø. He has worked as a travel agent, taxi driver, night porter, journalist, translator, office worker, literary critic, education consultant, and teacher... |
Begjærets pris |
| 1992 | Arild Rypdal Arild Rypdal Arild Rypdal is a Norwegian author, pilot and engineer. He is famous for his MI6 stories from England. He commonly uses many characters in a story without having a clear main character.-References:... |
Orakel |
| 1991 | Audun Sjøstrand | Valsekongens fall |
| 1990 | Ingvar Ambjørnsen Ingvar Ambjørnsen Ingvar Even Ambjørnsen-Haefs is a Norwegian writer. He is best known for his "Elling" tetralogy: Utsikt til paradiset , Fugledansen , Brødre i blodet , and Elsk meg i morgen .... |
Den mekaniske kvinnen |
| 1989 | Idar Lind Idar Lind Idar Lind is a Norwegian novelist, crime writer and playwright. He was born on the island of Otterøya in Nord-Trøndelag county, Norway. He made his literary debut in 1983 with Stengte dører. He was awarded the Riverton Prize in 1989 for the crime novel 13 takters blues.-References:... |
13 takters blues |
| 1988 | Alf R. Jacobsen | Kharg |
| 1987 | Lars Saabye Christensen Lars Saabye Christensen Lars Saabye Christensen, born 21 September 1953 in Oslo, is a Norwegian author.Saabye Christensen was raised in the Skillebekk neighbourhood of Oslo, but lived for many years in Sortland in northern Norway; both places play a major role in his work... |
Sneglene |
| 1986 | Edith Ranum Edith Ranum Edith Ranum was a Norwegian crime writer, novelist and playwright. She made her literary début in 1949 with the novel Efter siste akt. She has written several crime novels and audio plays. She was awarded the Riverton Prize in 1986.... |
Ringer i mørkt vann (audio theatre) |
| 1985 | Michael Grundt Spang Michael Grundt Spang Michael Grundt Spang was a Norwegian journalist and crime writer. He worked as a journalist for the newspaper Dagbladet from 1955, and for Verdens Gang from 1970. His novel Operasjon V for vanvidd from 1968 was basis for a film from 1970. He was awarded the Riverton Prize in 1985 for his crime... |
Spionen som lengtet hjem (The Spy Who Longed for Home) |
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| 1983 | Kim Småge Kim Småge Kim Småge is a Norwegian novelist, crime writer, writer of short stories, and children's writer. The name is a pseudonym for Anne Karin Thorhus.... |
Nattdykk |
| 1982 | Torolf Elster Torolf Elster Torolf Elster was a Norwegian newspaper and radio journalist, magazine editor, novelist, crime writer and writer of short stories. He was Director-General of the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation from 1972 to 1981.... |
Thomas Pihls annen lov |
| 1981 | Jon Michelet Jon Michelet Jon Michelet is a Norwegian novelist.He was the editor-in-chief of the Norwegian far-left daily Klassekampen from 1997 to 2002... |
Hvit som snø |
| 1980 | Fredrik Skagen Fredrik Skagen Fredrik Skagen is a Norwegian writer.He was born in Trondheim. He is best known for his crime fiction, but is also the author of some children's books and several radio plays. His first book was published in 1968... |
Kortslutning |
| 1979 | Helge Riisøen | Operasjon |
| 1978 | Jon Bing Jon Bing Jon Bing is a Norwegian writer and law professor at the Norwegian Research Center for Computers and Law , and the Faculty of Law at the University of Oslo. Bing is considered to be a pioneer in international legal information... , Tor Åge Bringsværd Tor Åge Bringsværd Tor Åge Bringsværd is an author, playwright, editor and translator. He is perhaps best known for his speculative fiction. Together with long-time partner Jon Bing, he is also considered as the first Norwegian author to write science fiction literature. Bringsværd regards himself as an anarchist,... |
Blindpassasjer (television series) |
| 1977 | / | / |
| 1976 | Pio Larsen | Den hvite kineser |
| 1975 | Gunnar Staalesen Gunnar Staalesen Gunnar Staalesen is a Norwegian writer. Staalesen has a Cand philol. degree from Universitetet i Bergen and he has worked at Den Nationale Scene, the main theater in Bergen.... |
Rygg i rand, to i spann |
| 1974 | Anker Rogstad Anker Rogstad Anker Rogstad was a Norwegian convicted safecracker who spent eight years in prison for his crimes, and later a celebrated crime writer. He started writing during imprisonment, and made his literary debut in 1956 with the crime novel Etterlyst... |
Lansen |
| 1973 | David Torjussen (Tor Edvin Dahl Tor Edvin Dahl Tor Edvin Dahl is a Norwegian novelist, crime writer, playwright, children's writer, non-fiction writer, translator, literary critic and journalist. He made his literary debut in 1968 with the short story collection En sommer tung av regn... ) |
Etterforskning pågår |
| 1972 | Sigrun Krokvik Sigrun Krokvik Sigrun Krokvik is the pen name of crime writer Sigrun Karin Christiansen . She made her literary debut in 1972 with the thriller Bortreist på ubestemt tid. She published the novel Kikkeren in 1973. She was awarded the Riverton Prize in 1972, and was the first recipient of this prize.-References:... |
Bortreist på ubestemt tid Bortreist på ubestemt tid Bortreist på ubestemt tid is a crime novel published in 1972 by the Norwegian writer Sigrun Krokvik. For this novel Krokvik was awarded the very first Riverton Prize in 1972, a prize which has since been awarded annually for the best literary crime product in Norwegian language. The novel was... |