Ragnar Kvam Jr. (born 23 September 1942) is a Norwegian journalist, globetrotter, biographer and non-fiction writer.

Biography

Kvam was born in Kvinesdal and is a son of

Ragnar Kvam Ragnar Kvam (18 November 1917 – 15 February 2006) was a Norwegian journalist, novelist, translator and literary critic. He was born in Tønsberg and grew up in Drammen. After the Second World War he was journalist in the newspaper ''Fremtid ...

. He is married to Sidsel Wold. From 1974 to 1987 he was a journalist for the newspaper '' Dagbladet''. He then initiated a period of sailing around the world, which eventually resulted in three books, ''Oppbrudd'' from 1990, ''Havet har meg nå'' from 1992, and ''En sjøreise til Sibir'' from 1996. He has written biographies of

Hjalmar Johansen Fredrik Hjalmar Johansen (15 May 1867 – 3 January 1913) was a Norwegian polar explorer. He participated on the first and third ''Fram'' expeditions. He shipped out with the Fridtjof Nansen expedition in 1893–1896, and accompanied Nansen to ...

and other polar explorers, and his three-volume biography of Thor Heyerdahl earned him the Riksmålsforbundet's literary prize. He has also written a biography on painter and

counterfeit To counterfeit means to imitate something authentic, with the intent to steal, destroy, or replace the original, for use in illegal transactions, or otherwise to deceive individuals into believing that the fake is of equal or greater value tha ...

Knud Bull Knud Geelmuyden Bull (10 September 1811 – 23 December 1889) was a Norwegian painter and counterfeiter. He studied as a painter, was convicted for printing false bank notes, and was deported from the United Kingdom to Australia during 1846 ...

, who was deported from Great Britain to Australia in 1846.

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1942 births Living people People from Kvinesdal Norwegian journalists Norwegian non-fiction writers Norwegian biographers Norwegian travel writers Norwegian male biographers {{norway-writer-stub