Literary background
As a novelist he made his literary debut in 2003 with the thriller ''Mannen med oksehjertet'', and wrote the novel ''Brennofferet'' in 2005. His biography of resistance leader, government minister and lawyer Jens Christian Hauge (''Jens Chr. Hauge – fullt og helt'' from 2008) was well received by the critics.Selected works
*''Kunnskap om våpen: forsvarets forskningsinstitutt 1946 – 1975'' (1997) (With Olav Wicken) *''Strålende forskning: Institutt for energiteknikk 1948 – 1998'' (1999) *''War and Peace in the 20th Century and Beyond'' (edited with Geir Lundestad, 2002) *''Mannen med oksehjertet'' (thriller, 2003) *''Brennofferet'' (novel, 2005) *''Norske nobelprisvinnere: fra Bjørnson til Kydland'' (2005) *''Jens Chr. Hauge – fullt og helt'' (biography, 2008)References
20th-century Norwegian historians 21st-century Norwegian novelists Norwegian biographers Norwegian male biographers 1957 births Living people Norwegian crime fiction writers Norwegian male novelists 21st-century Norwegian male writers 21st-century Norwegian historians {{Norway-novelist-stub