Lars Petter Sveen (born 30 October 1981) is a Norwegian novelist. Sveen was born in

Fræna Fræna is a former municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It was part of the region of Romsdal. The municipality was located on the Romsdal peninsula surrounding the Frænfjorden, the eastern shore of the Julsundet strait, and inclu ...

. He made his literary debut in 2008 with the short story collection ''Køyre frå Fræna'', for which he received

Tarjei Vesaas' debutantpris Tarjei Vesaas's debutantpris is a prize awarded annually for the best first literary work in Norwegian. It is awarded by the Norwegian Authors' Union, and the organisation's 9-member Literary Caucus constitutes the jury for the prize. They ch ...

, as well as ''Aschehougs debutantstipend'' and ''Sunnmørsprisen''. He was awarded the Nynorsk Literature Prize in 2014, for the novel ''Guds barn''.

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1981 births Living people People from Fræna Norwegian male novelists 21st-century Norwegian novelists Norwegian male short story writers 21st-century Norwegian male writers {{norway-writer-stub