Olav Njølstad

Olav Njølstad (born March 1, 1957) is a Norwegian historian, biographer and novelist. He is director of the Norwegian Nobel Institute.

Literary background

As a novelist he made his literary debut in 2003 with the thriller Mannen med oksehjertet, and wrote the novel Brennofferet in 2005.^[1]

His biography of resistance leader, government mistister and lawyer Jens Christian Hauge (Jens Chr. Hauge – fullt og helt from 2008) was well received by the critics.^[2]^[3]

Selected works

Kunnskap om våpen: forsvarets forskningsinstitutt 1946 – 1975 (1997)
Strålende forskning: Institutt for energiteknikk 1948 – 1998 (1999)
War and Peace in the 20th Century and Beyond (edited with Geir Lundestad, 2002)
Mannen med oksehjertet (thriller, 2003)
Brennofferet (novel, 2005)
Norske nobelprisvinnere: fra Bjørnson til Kydland (2005)
Jens Chr. Hauge – fullt og helt (biography, 2008)

References

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

Members of the Norwegian Nobel Committee

Chairs	Jørgen Løvland (1901–21) Fredrik Stang (1922–40) Gunnar Jahn (1941–66) Bernt Ingvaldsen (1967) Aase Lionæs (1968–78) John Sanness (1979–81) Egil Aarvik (1982–89) Gidske Anderson (1990) Francis Sejersted (1991–95) ??? (1996-99) Gunnar Berge (2000–02) Ole Danbolt Mjøs (2002–08) Thorbjørn Jagland (2009–15) Kaci Kullmann Five (2015–)

Members	Løvland (1901–21) Lund (1901–12) Bjørnson (1901–06) Steen (1901–04) Horst (1901–30) Carl Berner (1905–18) Hagerup (1907–20) Hanssen (1913–39) Koht (1918–42) Stang (1921–40) Konow (1922–24) Knudsen (1924) Mowinckel (1925–36) Thallaug (1931–33) Lange (1934–39) Jahn (1938–66) Braadland (1938–48) Vassbotn (1938–39) Hambro (1940–63) Tranmæl (1940–63) Lange (1945–48) Oftedal (1946–47) Ingebretsen (1946) Lionæs (1949–78) Natvig-Pedersen (1964–66) Langhelle (1964–67) Lyng (1964–65) Wikborg (1965–69) Ingvaldsen (1967–75) Refsum (1967–72) Rognlien (1967–73) Sanness (1970–81) Hovdhaugen (1973) Aarvik (1974–89) Haugeland (1974–84) Lindebrække (1976–81) Germeten (1979–84) Anderson (1982–93) Sejersted (1982–99) Nordli (1985–96) Stålsett (1985–2002) Sandegren (1990–96) Kristiansen (1991–94) Kvanmo (1991–2002) Rønbeck (1994–2011) Berge (1997–2002) Kostøl (1997) Ytterhorn (2000–) Mjøs (2003–08) Furre (2003–08) Five (2003–) Jagland (2009–) Valle (2009–14) Reiss-Andersen (2011–) Syse (2015–)

Secretaries	Christian Lous Lange (1901–09) Ragnvald Moe (1910–45) August Schou (1946–73) Tim Greve (1974–77) Jakob Sverdrup (1978–89) Geir Lundestad (1990–2015) Olav Njølstad (2015–)

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