Victor Borg (8 April 1916 – 27 June 1996) was a Norwegian physician, novelist, playwright and script writer. Borg was born in

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and was a physician at the institution

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from 1959 to 1983. He wrote several books on alcoholism and drug abuse, including ''Trøster og tyrann'' (1962), ''Narkomani'' (1970), and ''Skadeskutt: ungdom og narkotika'' (1977). He wrote several plays, scripts for the films ''

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'' (1951), ''

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'' (1966), and ''

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'' (1969), and several novels and short stories.

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1916 births 1996 deaths Norwegian addiction physicians Norwegian dramatists and playwrights Norwegian non-fiction writers 20th-century Norwegian novelists {{Norway-writer-stub