Tor Ulven was a Norwegian poet. He is considered one of the major poets of the Norwegian post-war era, and won several major literary prizes in Norwegian literature.
Tormod Haugen was a Norwegian writer of children's books and translator. For his "lasting contribution to children's literature" he received the international Hans Christian Andersen Medal in 1990.
Liv Køltzow is a Norwegian novelist, playwright, biographer and essayist.
Cecilie Løveid is a Norwegian novelist, poet, playwright, and writer of children's books.
Anne Karin Thorhus, known under the pseudonym Kim Småge, is a Norwegian novelist, crime fiction writer, writer of short stories, and children's writer.
Torolf Elster was a Norwegian newspaper and radio journalist, magazine editor, novelist, crime fiction writer and writer of short stories. He was Director-General of the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation (NRK) from 1972 to 1981.
Olav Angell was a Norwegian poet, novelist, science fiction writer, crime fiction writer, translator, anthology editor and jazz musician.
Karin Bang was a Norwegian poet, novelist, children's writer and crime fiction writer.
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. He was awarded the Riverton Prize in 1974 for the novel Lansen.
Torill Thorstad Hauger was a Norwegian novelist, children's writer, non-fiction writer and illustrator. She was the author of a number of prize-winning novels with historical themes for children and teenagers.
Alexander Brinchmann was a Norwegian pediatrician. He was also a songwriter, novelist, playwright and crime fiction writer. He chaired the Norwegian Pediatric Society from 1933 to 1934 and the Norwegian Authors' Union from 1941 to 1945.
Tor Fretheim was a Norwegian journalist and author of children's literature.
Alf Larsen was a Norwegian poet, essayist and magazine editor.
Kjersti Scheen is a Norwegian journalist, illustrator, novelist, crime fiction writer and children's writer. She made her literary debut in 1976 with the children's book Fie og mørket. Her novel Teppefall from 1994 introduced a series of crime novels with ex actress "Margaret Moss" as the main character. Scheen was awarded the Gyldendal's Endowment in 1994.
Sigrun Krokvik is the pen name of crime fiction 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.
Carl Joachim Hambro was a Norwegian novelist, journalist, essayist, translator and Romance philologist. The son of the Conservative politician C. J. Hambro, he embarked on a philological career, graduating in 1939. During the Second World War he lectured at Oslo Commerce School and the Norwegian College in Uppsala. After the war, he taught Norwegian at Sorbonne, and also started working as Paris correspondent for the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation and a few Norwegian daily newspapers.
Idar Lind is a Norwegian novelist, crime fiction writer, songwriter and playwright.
Edith Ranum was a Norwegian crime fiction writer, novelist and playwright.
Kolbjørn Hauge was a Norwegian schoolteacher, crime fiction and non-fiction writer. He was awarded the Riverton Prize for 1995 for the crime novel Død mann i boks.
Nils Lie was a Norwegian writer, literary consultant and translator. As a writer, he is known for the crime novel Bergenstoget plyndret inat from 1923. He was a long-time literary consultant for Gyldendal Norsk Forlag, and received prizes for his translation works.
