Bjørn Beltø is a fictional crime novel character created by
Tom Egeland
Tom Egeland (born 8 July 1959 in Oslo) 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 Norwegian and transelate ...
, the great-grandson of the writer
Jon Flatabø
Jon Flatabø (April 7, 1846 – February 10, 1930) was a Norwegian writer of popular literature at the beginning of the 20th century.
Flatabø was born in Vikør (now Kvam) in the Hardanger district, and was educated as a teacher. Later he worke ...
.
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/ref> In an interview with the newspaper ''Aftenposten
( in the masthead; ; Norwegian for "The Evening Post") is Norway's largest printed newspaper by circulation. It is based in Oslo. It sold 211,769 copies in 2015 (172,029 printed copies according to University of Bergen) and estimated 1.2 million ...
'', Egeland explained that the protagonist Bjørn Beltø in the novel ''Sirkelens ende'' (published in English under the title ''Relic'') and other works is named after two pseudonyms used by Flatabø: Bjørn Botnen and Sven Beltø.
Beltø
Bjørn Beltø is an archaeologist and an albino
Albinism is the congenital absence of melanin in an animal or plant resulting in white hair, feathers, scales and skin and pink or blue eyes. Individuals with the condition are referred to as albino.
Varied use and interpretation of the term ...
. In the novels he is trained not only in archaeology, but also in religious and theological mysteries.
Appears in
* ''Sirkelens ende'' (Relic, 2001)
* ''Paktens voktere'' (Guardians of the Covenant, 2007)
* ''Lucifers evangelium'' (Gospel of Lucifer, 2009)
References
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Fictional archaeologists
Fictional characters with albinism
Fictional amateur detectives
Fictional Norwegian people