Arne Svingen (born 10 July 1967) is a Norwegian writer of children's books. He also writes adult fiction and books for young adults. He has published over a hundred titles and his works have been translated into more than a dozen languages. Svingen hails from Grorud and was a journalist before becoming a full-time children's writer in 1997. His most noted books are: * ''Svart elfenben'', winner of the

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in 2005 * ''Sangen om en brukket nese'', winner of the Kulturdepartementets litteraturpris in 2012,

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in 2015, and the

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in 2017 * ''Man dør litt hver dag'', winner of the Østfoldungdommens kritikerpris in 2017 * podcast Svingens barnebokverden, winner of the

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in 2018 * ''En himmel full av skyer'', winner of the Bokslukerprisen in 2019/20

Bibliometrics

Throughout his career, Arne Svingen has published: *1999: 2 books *2000: 3 books *2001: 4 books *2002: 4 books *2003: 1 book *2004: 4 books *2005: 5 books *2006: 3 books *2007: 3 books *2008: 1 book *2009: 2 books *2010: 4 books *2011: 5 books *2012: 9 books *2013: 9 books *2014: 5 books *2015: 6 books *2016: 7 books *2017: 9 books *2018: 6 books *2019: 5 books and 1 anthology *2020: 7 books *2021: 8 books *2022: 6 books *2023: 7 books The vast majority of the books are published by

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, some by Cappelen Damm (formerly N. W. Damm & Søn, Damm) as well as three in his early career by Solum.

References

Norwegian children's writers Living people 1967 births Writers from Oslo {{Norway-writer-stub