Tor Fretheim (13 May 1946 – 9 December 2018) was a Norwegian journalist and author of children's literature.

Biography

Fretheim was born at

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and grew up in

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. After graduating in 1965, he began studying at the

University of Oslo The University of Oslo ( no, Universitetet i Oslo; la, Universitas Osloensis) is a public research university located in Oslo, Norway. It is the highest ranked and oldest university in Norway. It is consistently ranked among the top universit ...

. He studied journalism at the Journalisthøyskolen in

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from 1971 to 1973 and worked in the ''

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'' from 1974 to 1986. He made his literary debut in 1982 with ''Markus kjenner ikke Supermann''. He received the Norwegian Critics Prize for Best Children's Book in 1986 for ''Englene stanser ved Eventyrbrua''. In 1996, he received the "Fretheim Aschehougprisen" and in 1997 the "Kulturdepartementets litteraturpris". Several of Fretheim's books have been translated into other languages (Swedish, Danish and German), and he himself translated a number of books into Norwegian, mainly from Swedish.

References

Norwegian children's writers Norwegian Critics Prize for Literature winners 1946 births 2018 deaths University of Oslo alumni People from Sandefjord People from Asker {{Norway-writer-stub