Eirik Ildahl (born 19 June 1957) is a Norwegian comics writer, scriptwriter, playwright and novelist. He was born in

Hamar Hamar is a List of cities in Norway, town in Hamar Municipality in Innlandet Counties of Norway, county, Norway. Hamar is the administrative centre of Hamar Municipality. It is located in the Districts of Norway, traditional region of Hedmarken. ...

. Among his comics series is ''Sirkus'' from 1980 onwards (with co-writer Terje Nordberg and illustrator

Arild Midthun Arild Midthun (born 6 May 1964) is a Norwegian illustrator, cartoonist and comics artist. He was born in Bergen. Among his early production is the comics strip ''Patrick & Co'' in the newspaper ''Bergens Tidende'' 1977, a spy series written by T ...

), and the trilogy ''Solruns saga'' with illustrator

Bjørn Ousland Bjørn Ousland (born 14 May 1959) is a Norwegian illustrator, children's writer and comics writer. His breakthrough was the album An album is a collection of audio recordings issued on compact disc (CD), vinyl, audio tape, or another ...

. He was awarded the

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in 1990, for the album ''Solruns saga 2: Nattlys'', along with Bjørn Ousland. He was scriptwriter for the television series ''

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'', and for the films '' Blackout'' from 1986, and ''Hodet over vannet'' (Head Above Water) from 1993, starring Cameron Diaz.

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