Geir Tangen | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Born | 15 January 1970 Øystese, Norway |
| Occupation(s) | Schoolteacher Crime fiction writer |
| Website | https://bokbloggeir.com/ |
Geir Tangen (born 15 January 1970) is a Norwegian crime fiction writer and blogger.
Geir Tangen | |
|---|---|
| | |
| Born | 15 January 1970 Øystese, Norway |
| Occupation(s) | Schoolteacher Crime fiction writer |
| Website | https://bokbloggeir.com/ |
Geir Tangen (born 15 January 1970) is a Norwegian crime fiction writer and blogger.
Born in Øystese on 15 January 1970, and a schoolteacher by education and profession, [1] Tangen made his literary debut in 2016 with the crime fiction novel Maestro. [2] The novel is set in Haugesund and introduces the characters "Lotte Skeisvoll" (police officer) and "Viljar Ravn Gudmundsson" (journalist), who collaborate in solving a case with a mass murderer. The follow-ups Hjerteknuser (2017) and Død manns tango (2018) are hardboiled novels set in Haugesund with the same protagonists. The novel Vargtimen from 2021 introduces the protagonists "Gabriel Fjell" and "Aida Ibrahim". Internationally, his novels had been sold to fourteen countries as of 2022. [1]
Tangen also runs a literary blog focusing on crime fiction. [1]
Detective fiction is a subgenre of crime fiction and mystery fiction in which an investigator or a detective—whether professional, amateur or retired—investigates a crime, often murder. The detective genre began around the same time as speculative fiction and other genre fiction in the mid-nineteenth century and has remained extremely popular, particularly in novels. Some of the most famous heroes of detective fiction include C. Auguste Dupin, Sherlock Holmes, and Hercule Poirot. Juvenile stories featuring The Hardy Boys, Nancy Drew, and The Boxcar Children have also remained in print for several decades.
James Graham Ballard was an English novelist, short story writer, satirist, and essayist known for provocative works of fiction which explored the relations between human psychology, technology, sex, and mass media. He first became associated with the New Wave of science fiction for post-apocalyptic novels such as The Drowned World (1962), but later courted controversy for works such as the experimental short story collection The Atrocity Exhibition (1970), which included the 1968 story "Why I Want to Fuck Ronald Reagan", and the novel Crash (1973), a story about a renegade group of car crash fetishists.
Norwegian literature is literature composed in Norway or by Norwegian people. The history of Norwegian literature starts with the pagan Eddaic poems and skaldic verse of the 9th and 10th centuries with poets such as Bragi Boddason and Eyvindr Skáldaspillir. The arrival of Christianity around the year 1000 brought Norway into contact with European medieval learning, hagiography and history writing. Merged with native oral tradition and Icelandic influence, this was to flower into an active period of literature production in the late 12th and early 13th centuries. Major works of that period include Historia Norwegie, Thidreks saga and Konungs skuggsjá.
Haugesund is a municipality on the North Sea in Rogaland county, Norway. While the population is greater in the neighboring Karmøy municipality, the main commercial and economic centre of the Haugaland region in northern Rogaland and southern Vestland is in Haugesund. The majority of the population of Haugesund lives in the Haugesund urban area in the municipality's southwest. The majority of the municipality outside this area is rural or undeveloped.
Jon Courtenay Grimwood is a Maltese born British science fiction and fantasy author. He also writes literary fiction as Jonathan Grimwood, and crime fiction and thrillers as Jack Grimwood.
Joseph Hansen was an American crime writer and poet, best known for a series of novels featuring private eye Dave Brandstetter.
Fotballklubben Haugesund, usually referred to as FK Haugesund or FKH, is a professional Norwegian football club from the city of Haugesund, Rogaland, Norway. The club currently plays in the Norwegian Eliteserien, the first tier in the Norwegian football league system, after having been promoted in the 2008-2009 season.
Tangen is a village in Stange Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. The village is located near the shores of the large lake Mjøsa, about 12 kilometres (7.5 mi) south of the village of Stangebyen. The small village of Espa lies about 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) to the south of Tangen.
Haugesund Airport is an international airport serving the Haugaland region in Norway. It is located just outside the town of Haugesund on the Helganes peninsula on the island of Karmøy in the municipality of Karmøy, Rogaland county, Norway. The airport features a 2,120-meter (6,960 ft) runway aligned 13/31. Scandinavian Airlines (SAS) and Norwegian Air Shuttle provide services to Oslo. Haugesund Airport also offers discounts on international routes and has some service from low-cost carriers. The airport handled 694,005 passengers in 2014.
The Norway men's national handball team represents Norway at international handball competitions, and is governed by the Norges Håndballforbund (NHF). As of 2022, Norway has been in 2 finals.
Gunnar Staalesen is a Norwegian writer. He is a major figure in the Nordic noir crime fiction genre through his 19 novels featuring Varg Veum, a private detective in Bergen on the rainy west coast of Norway. The Varg Veum series has been praised as one of the best in modern crime fiction, and Staalesen has sold more than 5 million books in 26 countries. Staalesen is also a screenwriter and a playwright who has worked extensively with Den Nationale Scene, the largest theatre in Bergen.
Events in the year 1970 in Norway.
Britt Synnøve Johansen is a Norwegian female singer.
Idar Lind is a Norwegian novelist, crime fiction writer, songwriter and playwright.
My Struggle is a series of six autobiographical novels written by Karl Ove Knausgård and published between 2009 and 2011. The books cover his private life and thoughts, and unleashed a media frenzy upon its release, with journalists attempting to track down the mentioned members of his family. The series has sold half a million copies in Norway alone and has been published in 35 languages.
Kolbjørn Hauge was a Norwegian schoolteacher and non-fiction writer.
Pål Gerhard Olsen is a Norwegian novelist, children's writer, crime fiction writer, playwright and literary critic.
Espen Skistad is a retired Norwegian football goalkeeper.
Mona Høvring, is a Norwegian writer, born in Haugesund. She was awarded the Norwegian Critics Prize for Literature for 2018.
Alf Saltveit was a Norwegian poet, novelist, non-fiction writer and translator.
| International | |
|---|---|
| National | |
| Other | |
   | This article about a Norwegian writer, poet or journalist is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
