Bjørn Beltø is a fictional crime novel character created by Tom Egeland, the great-grandson of the writer Jon Flatabø.Tom Egeland: Biografi.
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'', Egeland explained that the protagonist Bjørn Beltø in the novel ''Sirkelens ende'' (published in English under the title ''Relic'') and other works is named after two pseudonyms used by Flatabø: Bjørn Botnen and Sven Beltø.

Beltø

Bjørn Beltø is an archaeologist and an

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. In the novels he is trained not only in archaeology, but also in religious and theological mysteries.

Appears in

* ''Sirkelens ende'' (Relic, 2001) * ''Paktens voktere'' (Guardians of the Covenant, 2007) * ''Lucifers evangelium'' (Gospel of Lucifer, 2009) * ''Nostradamus' testamente'' (The Testament of Nostradamus, 2012) * ''Den 13. disippel'' (The Thirteenth Disciple, 2014) * ''Djevelmasken'' (The Devil Mask, 2016) * ''Lasaruseffekten'' (2017) * ''Codex'' (2018)

References

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