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Alf Reidar Jacobsen
Born (1950-02-21) 21 February 1950 (age 74)
Hammerfest, Norway
Other namesAlf R. Jacobsen
Occupation(s)Journalist
Non-fiction writer
Novelist
Biographer
AwardsRiverton Prize (1988)
SKUP Award (1991)

Alf Reidar Jacobsen (born 21 February 1950) is a Norwegian journalist, non-fiction writer, novelist, crime fiction writer and biographer.

Jacobsen was born in Hammerfest. He has worked as a journalist for the newspapers Finnmark Dagblad, Klassekampen, Verdens Gang, for the magazine Økonomisk Rapport, and for the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation.

He was awarded the Riverton Prize in 1988 for the novel Kharg. His book Iskyss from 1991, on Soviet espionage in Norway, earned him the SKUP Award, and was the basis for a film in 2008. He published a biography of the whaler Svend Foyn in 2008.

His book Kongens nei was the basis for the 2016 film The King's Choice. The film won eight Amanda Awards.

Bibliography

  • Stalin's Gold – crime novel, Bladkompaniet (1982)
  • The Adventure of Anders Jahre – non-fiction, Oktober (1982)
  • The Bergersen Dynasty – non-fiction, Atheneum (1984)
  • The Stock Market Sharks – non-fiction co-authored with Geir Imset, Pax (1985)
  • The Moles: Norwegian Intelligence from World War I to Arne Treholt – non-fiction, Pax (1985)
  • The Battle for Cosmos – non-fiction, Pax (1986)
  • Osiris – crime novel, Pax (1986)
  • Kværner, War: Diary of a Share Raid – non-fiction, Cappelen (1987)
  • The Nonviolence Case – drama (1987)
  • Kharg – crime novel, Tiden (1988)
  • The Black Chamber: The Innermost Secret – non-fiction co-authored with Egil Mørk, Cappelen (1989)
  • Ice Kiss – non-fiction, Aschehoug (1991)
  • Running Risk – non-fiction co-authored with Jan Erik Langangen, Aschehoug (1992)
  • They Knew Everything: A Documentation of the Ninth Floor – non-fiction co-authored with Ronald Bye and Finn Sjue, Tiden (1993)
  • Without Scruples – non-fiction, Økonomisk rapport (1993)

References

  1. ^ "Alf Reidar Jacobsen". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 3 October 2010.
  2. Syvertsen, Trine. "Stiftelsen for en Kritisk og Undersøkende Presse". In Godal, Anne Marit (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 19 February 2017.
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