Kjell Fjørtoft (5 March 1930 – 14 May 2010) was a Norwegian

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, non-fiction writer, photographer and film maker, born in

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. Fjørtoft wrote books about themes such as

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, espionage and hunters. Among his books are ''Spionfamilien'' from 1986, about the convicted spy Selmer Nilsen and his family. He produced 25 television programmes for the

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, and also produced more than thirty film documentaries about Northern Norway. He was awarded

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County's Cultural Prize for 1983. Fjørtoft died on 14 May 2010.

Selected works

Books

* ''Troms med bankene utenfor'' (1966) * ''Dramaet på Arnøy'' (1981) * ''Vi fikk vår frihet'' (1984) * ''Spionfamilien'' (1986) * ''Mot stupet. Norge inn i krigen'' (1989) * ''Ulvetiden. Krig og samarbeid'' (1990) * ''På feil side. Den andre krigen'' (1991) * ''Oppgjøret som aldri tok slutt'' (1997)

Films

* ''Hummerfisket på Nordøyane'' (1959) * ''Lille Moskva'' (1983)

References

1930 births Norwegian non-fiction writers Norwegian journalists NRK people Writers from Tromsø 2010 deaths {{Norway-writer-stub