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FICTION
One Eye Closed Cecilie Enger
A powerful new novel by Cecilie Enger. A single painting sets a chain of events in motion when Erika Randem receives an unexpected phone call. An elderly man wants to buy The Horse in the Bog, a painting by Erika's late husband, the artist Peter Sunde. The work has been gathering dust in her basement storage for more than twenty years. When it is brought back into the light, it uncovers a family history stretching across generations. Moving between wartime Oslo in the 1940s, the village of Dale in the 1960s, and the decades leading up to the present day, the novel interweaves the lives of six people whose fates are bound together in unexpected ways. Number of pages: 256 Year of publication: 2026
Peter was fascinated by the bog's ability to preserve whatever it enfolds, and that fascination continues to haunt those who were closest to him. He was found dead in the very landscape he spent his life painting. Could The Horse in the Bog hold the key to the mysteries surrounding Peter's life? One Eye Closed is a novel about inheritance and guilt, about the invisible threads that bind families together, about art's power both to conceal and to reveal, and about what can happen when we begin searching for what has long been hidden.
CECILIE ENGER (b. 1963) has studied history, Norwegian and journalism. Her first novel, Necessity, was published in 1994 and was warmly received by critics. Her big break came with Mother’s Gifts in 2013, which sold internationally and earned her the Booksellers’ Prize that year. She is perhaps best known for biographical and historically-inspired novels as well as strong portraits of female characters. Awards and nominations (selected): Cecilie Enger has been awarded the 1994 Nota Bene Cultural Prize and her novel The Henriksen Brothers earned her a Brage Prize nomination in 2000. In 2007, she won the Neshorn Prize, awarded by Klassekampen for the Book of the Year. The following year she was awarded the Amalie Skram Prize for best female fiction writer, and in 2013 she won the Norwegian Bookseller’s Prize 2013 and was shortlisted for the 2013 Critics’ Prize.
The River That Runs Around Life Remi Skytterstad
An ambitious and compelling debut novel. In the Tana Valley, the river flows around the lives of those who grow up along its banks, carrying memories and stories that can never fully be told. In the 1930s, twin brothers Mattis and Aslak struggle to stay together in the cramped dormitories of a boarding school. One learns to adapt. The other refuses. With every new word they are forced to speak in a language that is not their own, the distance between them grows.
Number of pages: 368 Year of publication: 2026
“An ambitious, complex and powerful story about the power of being true to yourself.” NRK
Three hundred years earlier, the young Kvive struggles to earn his place as a man in his siida, while missionaries and government authorities tighten their grip on everything he knows. When the Northern Lights open up the world before him and the joik becomes a language he can no longer turn away from, he witnesses both miracles and devastation. In the present day, a journalist follows Sabbe, an internationally acclaimed poet who has agreed to give his first-ever interview. As the Norwegian Sámi writer returns to the Tana Valley, he uncovers layer upon layer of stories: of fathers who disappeared, mothers who drowned, and everything else the river gives and takes away. The River That Runs Around Life is a novel about those who have inherited more than they have been told, and about people who, across time, refuse to disappear. REMI SKYTTERSTAD (b. 1992) was born and raised in Tana, Northern Norway. He is a researcher and lecturer in education at UiT The Arctic University of Norway. The River That Runs Around the World is his debut novel.
Obsession Herbjørg Wassmo Two people late in their careers meet under dramatic circumstances and remain caught up in each other’s lives. Susanne, a publishing editor, and Ola, a psychologist, both work, in their own ways, to help others navigate life. Yet each is struggling alone with their own existence until they meet. They talk, clash, move closer and pull away again in dialogues charged with insight and resistance, while living separate lives at opposite ends of the tram line. In this way, the outer and inner worlds become intertwined in a novel where powerful emotions are always grounded in the everyday lives these two people inhabit. In Obsession, Herbjørg Wassmo writes with intimacy and fearlessness about the conditions of attachment, about desire, grief and the forces that bind us, even when we try to break free. This is a story about daring to love, and about what it can cost.
HERBJØRG WASSMO (b. 1942) has earned her position and popularity in Norway and abroad through her abilities as a powerful storyteller with a particular tenderness for the exposed and the vulnerable. She made her debut in 1976 with a collection of poetry. Her breakthrough came with the first novel about Tora, The House with the Blind Glass Windows (Huset med den blinde glassveranda, 1981), followed by two volumes forming the famous Tora Trilogy.
Number of pages: 368 Year of publication: 2026
Never Ashes, Always Fire Ane Hem
A sweeping, existential page-turner. Both Abigail and her dog, Dawkins, are going to die. After a long life devoted to science and a shorter, happy life as a beloved companion, they are both nearing their natural end in Abigail's cosy home in the Oslo neighbourhood of Sagene. Nineteen-year-old Oda's approaching death is a far greater tragedy. A university student in Oslo, she is terminally ill. Her father tries to make the most of the time they have left together, while her mother begins to fall apart.
Number of pages: 666 Year of publication: 2026
Everything changes when Dawkins receives an experimental injection secretly developed at the Weiss Institute in Oslo. The dog makes a full recovery. Suddenly, death is no longer inevitable, and the handful of people who know about the cure are drawn into an unpredictable, deadly, and increasingly ruthless struggle for power. Abigail is among the few who grasp the cure's far-reaching consequences, while Oda's mother is willing to do whatever it takes to save her daughter. The struggle to survive has always been part of being human, but it has never looked like this before. Never Ashes, Always Fire is a novel in which a technological breakthrough collides with human nature, forcing impossible choices: Who should decide over life and death? ANE HEM (b. 1979) trained as an illustrator in Barcelona and studied literature at the University of Oslo. She previously published the non-fiction book A Question of Guilt – A Courtroom Sketch Artist’s Story (Aschehoug, 2020), described in one of several enthusiastic reviews as “a journey of discovery through the justice system”. Her debut novel, Never Ashes, Always Fire, will be published by Gyldendal in 2026.
The Children's House Heidi Mittun-Kjos "Look at the girl. Her glossy jacket gleams beneath the ghostly white glow of the streetlights watching over the tiny shopping square. She drifts from one lamp to the next, fifteen years old, four days into being fifteen. The jacket is burgundy, oversized, a bomber, making her look like an apple with twiglike legs. She passes the closed shop, the video store that's still open, though she isn't going in. She already has almost everything she wants: ten Prince Mild cigarettes in the pocket of her Neneh Cherry jacket, the body of a child-woman beneath her clothes, all of it brand new this year." One spring morning in 1989, a station wagon pulls into a suburban housing estate. Inside the car sits a man, a friend, a darkness. Many will find themselves drawn to his apartment, a place where all rules cease to exist. Four months later, a young girl steps out into the evening with revenge in her eyes. In this dark and hypnotic novel, Heidi Mittun-Kjos explores the vulnerability of adolescence and a first love so consuming it feels like coming too close to the sun.
HEIDI MITTUN-KJOS (b. 1972) was born and raised in Oslo. She is the creative director of a design agency and has attended Gyldendal’s Academy of Creative Writing. In 2021, she made her debut with the novel Areas of Special Significance. Her second novel, Girls in Trees, was published in 2023 to strong critical acclaim.
Number of pages: 240 Year of publication: 2026
The Female Friendships series: Witty, wise, and wonderfully human Heidi Linde
A series about sisterhood, resilience, and the messy beauty of growing up – together. It all began in the fall of 1993, when four young women – Petra, Therese, Solvår, and Dagny – met at a renowned drama school outside of Oslo, dreaming of art, meaning, and a place in the world. Only one of them would go on to become an actress, but their bond would last a lifetime.
The Frontline (2026) Number of pages: 272
Foreign Sales: Finland, Otava The Netherlands, Marmer
PETRA THERESE SOLVÅR DAGNY
The Frontline (spring 2026) takes place thirty years later, as the friends prepare for their annual pre-Christmas reunion. Dagny – a survivor of a difficult childhood, now a childless doctor – faces a demanding day at the hospital. When a severely injured six-year-old is rushed in, she’s forced to confront memories she thought she had mastered – as well as the lingering question of how we become the people we are. The upcoming novel, Next of Kin (spring 2027), follows Therese – a newly divorced actress and mother of three – as she navigates the chaos of midlife with both vulnerability and grace. Across four novels, Heidi Linde tells the story of these four women – their friendship, their failures, and their fierce loyalty to one another. “With Linde, the stakes are high and dark. At the same time, she has mastered the art of writing lightly about the heaviest of subjects, whether it is dysfunctional families, loss, childlessness, loneliness, fear, or abandonment.” DAGBLADET
Next of Kin (2027)
Women and Children (2028)
This Life (2029)
“Heidi Linde writes with sharpness and warmth about women who carry each other.” VG
HEIDI LINDE (b. 1973) is one of Norway’s most beloved contemporary authors, known for her sharp wit, emotional insight, and masterful storytelling. Over the years, she has written a number of highly praised novels for both adults and children, and her books have been translated into numerous languages. Her breakthrough came with What She’s Complaining About When She’s Complaining About the Housework (2020) – a witty, honest and deeply relatable portrayal of modern womanhood that cemented her position as a leading voice in contemporary Nordic fiction. Linde’s novels are engaging, funny, and full of compassion, written with a keen eye for the everyday dramas and quiet braveries of human relationships. Critics have called her “a Norwegian Nick Hornby,” “a Jonathan Franzen with a female gaze,” and “a kindred spirit to Lars Saabye Christensen.”
We Were, for a Time, in the Sun Jan Grue
What happens to a society when some lives are considered more valuable than others? In the lead-up to the 2024 U.S. presidential election, Jan Grue travels to Berkeley, California with his wife and son for a research stay. In a neighbourhood shaded by towering redwoods, they rent a small house with an overgrown backyard and settle into the quiet rhythms of everyday life under the Northern California sun.
Number of pages: 272 Year of publication: 2026
Life in Berkeley stands in stark contrast to the increasingly reactionary America that emerges when Donald Trump is elected president for a second time. Northern California is the land of optimism and innovation. It was here that the disability rights movement gained momentum in the 1960s, and where diversity, inclusion, and equality remain defining ideals. Yet it is also home to Silicon Valley, where visions of the future are shaped by dreams of human perfection, driven by advances in genetic engineering and artificial intelligence. In We Were, for a Time, in the Sun, Jan Grue continues his distinctive literary project, using the personal to illuminate the major political and philosophical questions of our time.
JAN GRUE (b. 1981) is the author of a wide-ranging body of work in fiction, non-fiction, and children’s literature. He made his debut with the short story collection Everything Under Control (2010), which was received with glowing reviews.
A Life at Stake Kjartan Fløgstad
Kjartan Fløgstad’s autobiographical novel. The industrial town of Sauda has always been the starting point for Kjartan Fløgstad’s novels. In A Life at Stake, he returns to his own life and upbringing. It is the story of a boy who watches and listens, of life in the streets of the town and work at the factory. Both playful and serious, the stories that surround him are as colourful, elaborate and baroque as the sweaters his mother knits and the carpentry his father creates. Above the town hangs a manganese cloud, and above the clouds, beyond the horizon, another sky arches higher still.
This is the landscape where the barefoot boy from Dalen Portland ran, announcing that a new era had arrived.
This portrait of a childhood is at once novel and autobiography, poetry and truth, with life itself at stake.
KJARTAN FLØGSTAD (b. 1944) debuted with the poetry collection Valfart in 1968. He has written seventeen novels and a long series of essay collections, poems, plays and biographies.
Number of pages: 400 Year of publication: 2026
Postcards from Waterloo Levi Henriksen
Something is coming to an end. Some are already on their way out. In Levi Henriksen’s new collection of short stories, the world trembles with intimations of departure. The stories in Postcards from Waterloo move away from Skogli and the familiar Henriksen landscape, venturing instead into new cities, new spaces and new encounters. Each story bears the name of a well-known person, real or fictional. The result is a kind of literary concept album, in which the names create connections and give the collection a distinctive sense of unity.
Number of pages: 192 Year of publication: 2026
As always, Henriksen writes with warmth and compassion for vulnerable human beings, with an eye for men and women caught in the in-between spaces of life, and with a musicality that makes each story feel like a little song of its own. With this collection, he confirms his position as one of the foremost chroniclers of longing, loss and hope in contemporary Norwegian literature.
LEVI HENRIKSEN (b. 1964) made his literary debut in 2002 with the short story collection Fever, followed by Down, Down, Down in 2003. His breakthrough came in 2004 with the bestselling novel Snow Will Fall on Fallen Snow, which won the Norwegian Booksellers’ Prize. Before becoming a full-time writer, Henriksen worked as a journalist. He is also a musician, playing bass and writing lyrics for his own band.
Drought Summer Steinar Opstad
Drought Summer is Steinar Opstad’s first novel. It tells the story of twelve-year-old Snorre Buvin, who lives through a dramatic summer, both inwardly and outwardly. The village of Vestre Spån is suffering from drought, and his father, along with the other farmers, fears the consequences. Snorre’s mother becomes mentally ill and is eventually hospitalized. The neighboring farmer Rolleiv becomes important to Snorre, until something happens between them that should never have happened. Snorre feels different. At times, he does not know whether he is a boy, a girl, or an elf. Drought Summer is written in a vivid, poetic language with a distinctly literary orality to it. Number of pages: 247
“Steinar Opstad makes his fiction debut with a deeply moving story that stays with the reader. […] Drought Summer is not a dark novel. It is filled with light: a beautiful and tender story of close friendships, first love, and the courage to be yourself.” DAGENS NÆRINGSLIV
“Steinar Opstad’s debut novel is an intense and exceptionally strong portrayal of youthful desire.” KLASSEKAMPEN
STEINAR OPSTAD (b. 1971) is a Norwegian poet based in Oslo. He has studied German, History of Religions, and Literary Studies at the Universities of Oslo and Bergen, and has published a number of poetry collections. Drought Summer is his first novel.
Year of publication: 2026
Foreign Sales: Sweden, Ellerströms
Under the Paving-Stones, the Beach! Johan Harstad
Under the Paving-Stones, the Beach! is a novel about the discovery of a paving-stone-shaped object which, when touched, is said to create the illusion of having lived an entire life within the span of seven minutes.
Number of pages: 976 Year of publication: 2024
Foreign Sales: Denmark, Gutkind Germany, Ullstein The Netherlands, Podium Croatia, OceanMore Poland, Wydawnicza Relacja / Mamania
Centered around a group of teens in Stavanger in the late nineties, taking numerous historical and geographical detours to the Soviet Union, Berlin, Warsaw, small-town Iceland, Shanghai and, last but not least, the remote island Tristan da Cunha in the sixties; featuring suburban youth on the hunt for the next industrial exhaust fan to warm themselves by in the evenings, Cold War spies with multiple and shifting loyalties, Zapatistas who keep things local, marijuana wholesalers of questionable mental caliber, young people in love, amateur radio dads who are all widowers, old-school and new-school sailors, Icelandic ecoterrorists, suicidal single moms, self-tormenting clinical directors, psychiatric patients (and some who probably should’ve been), an adventurous local meteorologist from Stavanger, an astrophysicist with an urgent need to explain himself about nonacademic topics, and with guest appearances from figures like Andrei Tarkovsky and Erich Mielke, the novel explores the idea that time might never really have been on our side after all. This is an epic story about waiting; for life to begin, for things to pass, waiting for the right one, waiting for death, waiting in vain. It is a novel about Ingmar, Jonatan and Peter. And Ebba.
Nominated for the 2025 Nordic Council Literature Prize.
JOHAN HARSTAD (b. 1979) is a Norwegian author and playwright. He made his debut in 2001 with the short prose collection Herfra blir du bare eldre (From Here on in You Just Get Older) and has since published collections of short stories, plays, a YA novel, as well as the novels Buzz Aldrin, What Happened to You in All the Confusion? (2005), Hässelby (2007) and Max, Mischa & The Tet Offensive (2015). The latter, which has received overwhelming acclaim in Norway, Denmark, Germany, Italy and the Netherlands, was awarded the Dutch Europese Literatuurprijs in 2018. The production of the play Osv. (Etc.) at the National Theatre, where Harstad was the inhouse playwright in 2009, was awarded the Ibsen Prize. He has also been awarded the Hunger Prize for his «younger, eminent» literary work, and the prestigious Svenska Akademiens Dobloug Award for his authorship. His books have been published in over 30 countries. Harstad lives in Oslo.
Author Photos: John Erik Riley
"A LITERARY MASTERPIECE.
A homage to the world’s raging realities and amazing opportunities. "
VG
"Under the Paving-Stones, the Beach!
is a massive achievement from a man with
an extraordinary knack for storytelling and
an affinity both for horror movies, spy thrillers and cowboy classics. The best of the best in this enormous novel is the coming-of-age
story set to Forus and Stavanger in the 90s, a heartfelt and at the same time carefree story of friendship, love and the youthful restlessness of waiting for something wonderful to happen." NRK
"This is the biggest novel of the year.
A triple album of a novel, it elegantly weaves together different genres:
sci-fi, spy thriller, nonfiction and coming-of-age. It all results in a
tremendous read, a harrowing and highly relevant novel of our time." ADRESSEAVISEN
Romance Finn Iunker
Romance is Finn Iunker’s first novel. Romance tells the story of Anton, who meets Lina, but also of his fragile relationship with his son, who constantly reminds Anton of the time he met his son’s mother, the woman he loved more than anything in the world. Can Anton truly love Lina when he is unable to erase the memory of his son’s mother? Romance also follows a more intellectual thread. Anton is a Brecht scholar and is forced to confront the question of Palestine when The International Brecht Society, of which he is a member, decides to hold a Brecht conference in Tel Aviv. Parts of Romance are set in Holmlia in the spring of 2022, while key scenes also unfold in Copenhagen and Bergen, as well as in the Faroe Islands and Åland. Romance is a beautifully told story that seeks to articulate a political consciousness in contrast to the conditions of love, which are always concrete.
FINN IUNKER (b. 1969) made his international breakthrough as a playwright with The Answering Machine in 1994. The following year, he published the short prose collection Ventiler, and has since written numerous plays, as well as Fortellinger, a book that received considerable critical acclaim upon its publication in 2006. Iunker’s plays have been performed in most Western European countries, as well as in Canada and Peru. In 2006, he was awarded the Ibsen Prize for his body of dramatic work. He holds a PhD from the University of Oslo, where he completed a dissertation on Bertolt Brecht in 2014. In 2020, he completed a practice-based PhD at Oslo National Academy of the Arts.
Number of pages: 144 Year of publication: 2026
Deathwork Kjersti Anfinnsen A powerful and unflinching novel about the final chapter of life. In a private care home outside Paris, Birgitte Solheim lies on her deathbed. Blind, fully depenent, and nearing the end, she drifts between memories and moments of lucidity, visited by caretakers, ghosts, and fragments of her past. The days are long, the loneliness unbearable, and death feels like the only remaining relief. Deathwork is a stark and lyrical meditation on aging, mortality, and the slow unraveling of self. It is the third and final novel in Kjersti Anfinnsen’s acclaimed trilogy about retired heart surgeon Birgitte Solheim, following The Last Signs of Love and Moments for Eternity —both widely praised and sold to 13 countries. Number of pages: 108 Year of publcation: 2025
With quiet intensity and emotional precision, Anfinnsen gives voice to a woman facing the inevitable, from a place deep in the dark.
KJERSTI ANFINNSEN (b. 1975) lives in Oslo. She has taken a Creative Writing course at the Tromsø Academy of Contemporary Art and works as a dentist. Deathwork is the third and final book in the trilogy about Birgitte. Awarded the Havmann prize 2020.
Foreign Sales: The Birgitte Trilogy has been sold to 15 countries
"Touching and wise from the deathbed. Birgitte can be eccentric and unsympathetic, but also fierce, insightful and at times unintentionally funny. The language is precise, grounded, and focused. The author doesn’t overuse metaphors; those she does employ feel carefully chosen. Through short chapters resembling diary entries, Birgitte reflects uncompromisingly, often with biting sarcasm, on life’s highs and lows. She carries grief, loss, and longing and a wealth of life wisdom. Anfinnsen never falls into the trap of caricature. Instead, she inhabits Birgitte’s experience and her gradual loss of self in a completely unsentimental way that feels deeply authentic. Birgitte comes across as profoundly human. I found myself thinking about her long after finishing the book." NRK
"With every page and every passing day, I suffer alongside the dying Birgitte, who can do nothing but wait. The question of how we best support someone during this time continues to echo long after the final word is written and the last breath is taken." VÅRT LAND
"With this third and final novel about the Norwegian heart surgeon who has lived and worked in Paris, Anfinnsen has completed a trilogy about aging and death. The result is three slender novels, each containing a surprisingly powerful narrative. Seemingly light and seductive, yet sharp, sorrowful, moving, and darkly humorous. It is a bold undertaking to depict a person’s final days. But Kjersti Anfinnsen balances this impressively." DAGSAVISEN
The Sister Bells Trilogy Lars Mytting Spanning 1500 pages, 80 years and 3 generations, the Sister Bells Trilogy is an epic tale that combines Norwegian folklore and mythology with the drama of the modern novel – a story rich with hardship, faith, war, passion and technical evolution. Already considered a modern classic, and with more than 400 000 copies sold, it’s the bestselling trilogy in Norway over the past 70 years.
The Bell in the Lake
The Sister Bells Trilogy Vol. 1 As long as anyone could remember, the Sister Bells had rung over the narrow valley, with a sound so rich and powerful that three masses were all it took to render the bell-ringer deaf. The bells were forged in remembrance of the twins Halfrid and Gunhild Hekne, who were conjoined from the hips down. There was always an air of something greater about the twins, as if they belonged to a different, more powerful world altogether, and one of the tapestries they wove was said to foretell the future. In 1879, a young pastor, just graduated, moves into the rectory where nineteenyear-old Astrid is in service. From Germany a young stranger arrives with grand visions for the parish. The old stave church that has housed the bells for centuries faces an uncertain future, and soon the village is subjected to sudden changes and unyielding wills. LARS MYTTING (b. 1968) made his debut with the novel Horsepower (Hestekrefter) in 2006. Norwegian Wood (Hel ved, 2011) became an international bestseller and won the British Book Industry Award for Best Non-Fiction Book in 2016. In 2014, he received the Norwegian Booksellers’ Prize for the novel The Sixteen Trees of the Somme (Svøm med dem som drukner), which has been published in 17 languages and appeared on The Times’ bestseller list. In 2018, The Bell in the Lake (Søsterklokkene), the first book in the Sister Bells trilogy, was published. It was followed by The Reindeer Hunters (Hekneveven) in 2020, and in 2023 by The Night of the Scourge (Skråpånatta), the final installment of the series. Mytting’s books have sold over one million copies worldwide and have been published in 23 languages. In 2022, he was awarded the Dobloug Prize.
The Reindeer Hunters
The Night of the Scourge
The year is 1903, and twenty-two years have passed since parish pastor Kai Schweigaard returned to Butangen in Gudbrandsdalen with Astrid Hekne’s newborn son Jehans on his lap. Facing a well-kept grave outside the new church, he is tormented by his old betrayal, which led to several deaths and the separation of the two powerful church bells. The bells were cast in memory of two conjoined sisters in Astrid’s family, two mythical weavers. Schweigaard becomes obsessed with finding the ancient Hekne tapestry, made by the sisters and lost for centuries, hoping it will show how he can atone for his misdeeds and reunite the bells.
The Night of the Scourge is an epic novel about a village community and a country at large headed into war, about the passing of generations, about betrayal, and about an aging pastor caught in the prophecy of his own death. A new generation at Hekne has inherited the obsessions of their ancestors and senses that the warnings of the Hekne tapestry will soon be fulfilled, among them the warning of the night of the scourge; a doomsday night that, according to old village beliefs, will be the last day of the world as they know it.
The Sister Bells Trilogy Vol. 2
Jehans has grown up and lives in modest conditions on a homestead farm, ostracized by his own family. He instead seeks the mountains, where he enjoys freedom, fishing, and reindeer hunting. One August morning, Jehans kills a massive reindeer bull, and in the same moment encounters a mysterious hunter. The Reindeer Hunters is a grand story of a country headed for a new era, of land clearing and futile toiling, of taming waterfalls and lighting the first electrical spark in the deep, dark, rural nights, and about the great European war where brother faces brother.
The Sister Bells Trilogy is translated into 18 languages, with more to come.
The Sister Bells Trilogy Vol. 3
"Sensuous and at the same time systematic about local legend, jealousy and grief." STAVANGER AFTENBLAD
"As a whole, it is an amazing story, so deep and intense that it surpasses most recent Norwegian novels. And the intensity drives both the reader and the characters from one extreme to another." HAMAR ARBEIDERBLAD
Jomsviking 7
Beneath the Danish King’s Flag Bjørn Andreas Bull-Hansen The epic Viking saga continues. Set in the year 1021, the seventh installment of the bestselling Jomsviking series delivers sweeping historical drama from the final golden age of the Viking era. As Europe shifts toward centralized power and new alliances, the legendary brotherhood of the Jomsvikings faces extinction. Torstein Jarl travels to Wales for the funeral feast of Sigurd Buesson, while in England, Cnut the Great now rules with the support of the Saxon nobility. Yet Torstein still dreams of reclaiming Vingulmork and driving Olaf the Stout out of Norway. In Sweden, Prince Anund prepares to seize power and seeks an alliance with Torstein’s clan.
Number of pages: 368 Year of publication: 2025
Battles loom, loyalties are tested, and honor is at stake, but Torstein is no longer a young man. Will Norway’s noblemen rise against Olaf before it’s too late? Beneath the Danish King’s Flag offers a vivid portrait of a Europe in transition, where ancient loyalties clash with emerging power structures, a gripping historical tale with striking relevance to our own time. BJØRN ANDREAS BULL-HANSEN (b. 1972) debuted with his short story collection Seven Stories From the Western Forest in 1996. Since then, he has written a number of books across a variety of genres. He had his international breakthrough with his novel Jomsviking (2017), which is the first in a sweeping historical series from the Viking Age. Throughout his authorship, Bull-Hansen has become known for his gripping stories and powerful tales of human destiny.
Foreign Sales: Netherland, Meulenhoff Boekerij Poland, Virtualo Spain, Editorial Planeta Sweden, Lind & Co. Germany, Penguin Verlag Hungary, Central Kiadói Csoport Russia, AST Bulgaria, Uniscorp Publishing House
CRIME FICTION
The Last One You See Ørjan N. Karlsson A buried World War II bunker. A mummified woman bound to a wall. And a killer who has been waiting for ten years. When construction of Bodø/Glimt's new stadium uncovers a hidden German bunker from the Second World War, police make a discovery that shocks both the investigation and the city. The woman inside the bunker was not killed in a moment of rage. She was sacrificed. Staged. Preserved. Forgotten.
Number of pages: 368 Year of publication: 2025
Foreign Sales: Netherlands, Uitgeverij Marmer Germany, Pendragon UK, Orenda Books Bulgaria, Izida Denmark, Gads Sweden, Lind & co
Detective Inspector Jakob Weber is placed under immense pressure. At the same time, he is forced to reopen unsolved cases, confront former colleagues, and face the suspicion that someone within the police force knows more than they are willing to admit. As the investigation unfolds, connections emerge between past and present, between personal loss and institutional betrayal. The Last One You See is a dark psychological thriller about power, obsession, and control. About people who are seen one last time, and what happens when someone refuses to let go. The Last One You See is the fifth novel in the Jakob Weber crime series.
The House of Shadows Ørjan N. Karlsson The beginning of the story. A Jakob Weber crime novel. As a newly qualified police officer, Jakob Weber is tired of patrolling the streets of Bodø. When he is offered a job as local police chief in Beiarn, he sees it as a chance for a fresh start in a small, close-knit community. But the idyllic setting begins to crack before he has even unpacked. His predecessor has died in a tragic accident. Jakob is the only one who refuses to accept the official explanation. When a resident of the local nursing home disappears without a trace, Jakob’s investigation leads him into a web of rumours, old conflicts and silent alliances in the village, concealing more than anyone is willing to admit. Then the missing man turns up again, alive, only to die a few days later under mysterious circumstances. Jakob digs deeper. Too deep. When a pig’s head is thrown through his window in the middle of the night, he realizes how serious the situation is. Someone is watching him. Someone wants to stop him. Because in Beiarn, the truth is buried, and anyone who goes looking for it risks being buried alongside it. ØRJAN N. KARLSSON (b. 1970) grew up in Bodø and has published numerous thrillers, science fiction books, crime novels, and two audio originals. He has worked for the Ministry of Defence and is currently head of a department at the Directorate for Civil Protection. The Living Darkness is the fourth book in the series about police investigator Jakob Weber.
Number of pages: 250 Year of publication: 2026
Foreign Sales: The Netherlands: Uitgeverij Marmer
The Night Flyers Lotte Eigeland The Night Flyers is the first book in a planned crime series featuring Bunty and Jack. The series will take readers on a historical journey through 1930s America and a Europe on the brink, filled with intricate murder mysteries, high tension, steamy romance, and irresistible charm.
A charming and fast-paced crime novel. The Atlantic Ocean, April 1930. A glamorous Hollywood actress is found murdered at the Polaris seadrome, one of three landing platforms for transatlantic flights located far out at sea. The seadromes are a favored playground for the upper classes, where alcohol flows freely despite the Prohibition era.
Number of pages: 416 Year of publication: 2026
Foreign Sales: Denmark, Straarup & co
Young stunt pilot Bunty Thorvaldsen is tasked with flying out homicide investigator Jack Tarkowski, who has been assigned to solve the case. Bunty has a troubled past and prefers not to talk about her upbringing in the Norwegian-American community of Minnesota. She could also do without her bad habit of flirting with men. Jack, for his part, is struggling both mentally and physically after being seriously wounded in the line of duty. As he interviews witnesses and suspects, he soon realizes that he needs Bunty’s help, as she is sharpwitted and observant. There is no room for mistakes or missteps in the intense investigation, which increasingly takes on the character of a locked-room mystery. The only problem is that they both, quite simply, want each other far too much.
LOTTE EIGELAND (b. 1977) is an archaeologist and a researcher at the University of Oslo. She grew up in Bleik, a small fishing village on the outer edge of the ocean on the island of Andøya in the Vesterålen archipelago. With family ties to the Norwegian Armed Forces and a close connection to Andøya Air Station, she developed an early interest in aviation history and the interwar period. Eigeland has worked, among other places, at the Museum of Cultural History in Oslo and has published, translated, and edited academic literature on prehistoric periods in Norway and Northern Europe. The Night Flyers is her debut novel.
Out of Control Agnes Lovise Matre
Book six in the Dark Fjord series. It is early summer in Hardanger. A young woman is found murdered in the woods overlooking the ferry quay in the idyllic village of Tørvikbygd. The crime scene is eerily clean, with no blood or other traces, and it is clear that the body has been placed there. At this time of year, Hardanger is flooded with tourists passing through, and there is an urgent need to map the crowded field of possible suspects.
Number of pages: 312 Year of publication: 2026
When the police begin to suspect that the victim is a young Ukrainian woman involved in prostitution, talk of dropping the case quickly emerges. Police chief Bengt Alvsaker and his local team find themselves more or less alone in insisting on justice for the young woman. The investigation leads into human trafficking and prostitution rings, towards wealthy financiers and unidentified accomplices. Then attention turns to a fourteen-year-old Norwegian boy from the area.
AGNES LOVISE MATRE (b. 1966) debuted in 2012 with Stroke My Hair and has since published several novels. Her first crime novel, Looks Can Be Deceiving (Gyldendal, 2017), launched the Dark Fjord series. In 2020, she received the Silver Dagger Award for her novel Ice Cold.
Foreign Sales: Denmark, Straarup & Co.
Hush, Little Doll Ingrid Berglund The fourth novel featuring estate lawyer Oda Krohg and her assistant Reidar Simonsen. Estate lawyer Oda Krohg and her unqualified assistant, Reidar Simonsen, have just wrapped up yet another demanding case and are looking forward to a quiet autumn. But Oda is filled with unease. She has a persistent feeling that someone has been inside her house, and fears she is being watched.
Number of pages: 304 Year of publication: 2026
Ghosts from the past begin to resurface: her foster homes, her years of homelessness—but above all, the childhood nightmare that has shaped her entire life, and which she has almost managed to suppress. After many years living under a secret identity, Oda realises that her past may be catching up with her. There is a man. And he wants revenge.
Foreign Sales: Switzerland (French rights), OMBUDFILMS Sàrl
INGRID BERGLUND (b. 1966) holds a Master’s degree in economics and finance. Her background spans from working as a bartender in London and an auxiliary nurse in Australia to being a financial analyst at Chase Manhattan Bank and Norsk Hydro. She has written several crime fiction books.
Death Drive
Chris Tvedt, Elisabeth Gulbrandsen Sylvia Gjermundsen has embroidered the word Thanatos, the Greek god of death, onto the back of her jacket. At sixteen, she murdered a priest. Now she has escaped from prison, taking a prison officer hostage. When the officer is found soon afterwards with his throat slit, a major murder investigation is launched by the Western Norway Police District. Detective Edvard Matre is put in charge of the manhunt. He expects Sylvia to be caught within days, but the case proves far more complex than he imagined. The trail leads Matre and his team into a tangled landscape of betrayal, violence, and abuse. Gradually, it becomes clear that Sylvia is not only running from something. She is heading towards something. Or someone. Number of pages: 368 Year of publication: 2026
Then another murder is committed. As the investigation is strained by internal conflicts, political manoeuvring, and personal breakdowns, Edvard Matre is forced to confront the most disturbing question of all: Who is the real victim in this case? Death Drive is an intense and uncompromising crime novel about murder, guilt, and responsibility. A thriller in which the suspense lies not only in whether the police will arrive in time, but in what they will discover if they do.
CHRIS TVEDT (b. 1954) is an author and a lawyer, having studied literature alongside law at the University of Bergen. Tvedt debuted in 2005 with the crime novel Reasonable Doubt. He has written several books starring the lawyer Mikael Brenne. In 2010, his novel Death's Circle earned him the Riverton Prize for the year's best Norwegian crime fiction.
Even If the Sky Falls Inger Johanne Øen Sequel to the critically acclaimed debut What’s Yours to Keep. It is Christmas Eve. Two men are found bound and shot beneath a Christmas tree at a cabin, and with that, police investigator Silja Frost’s family holiday is abruptly cancelled. The two men are wellknown cultural figures who once dominated Oslo’s nightlife, marked by lavish spending, drugs, and young women. They had status, they had power, and they used it. Silja soon realizes that the murders must be driven by revenge. But revenge for what, and carried out by whom? Working alongside colleagues from Kripos and the local police station, she embarks on a nervewracking investigation that will lead her to carefully guarded secrets and give her an unexpected opportunity to confront her own past.
Number of pages: 320 Year of publication: 2026
Foreign Sales: Germany, Droemer Knaur
INGER JOHANNE ØEN (b. 1971) comes from Åsa and now lives in Hallingby, Ringerike. She made her debut with What's Yours to Keep in 2024. It received excellent reviews both domestically and in Sweden, where it was published in 2025. The sequel, Even If the Sky Falls, was released in February 2026.
FEELGOOD
Frost Family Series Vol. 2
At the End of the Rainbow Kaja Nylund Under the Midnight Sun marks the beginning of a sweeping new historical series set in Lofoten, with two planned releases per year. Each novel follows one member of the Frost family, weaving together love, family ties, and social change at the turn of the century. The series combines dramatic landscapes, heartfelt romance, and the sweeping changes of a society on the brink of modernity. The second novel in the sweeping historical Frost Family series, set in the 1890s. Bergen, 1894. Helena Frost Beyer, the eldest of the Frost siblings, was born and raised in the fishing village of Molvær in the Lofoten Islands. Now the wife of a prominent shipowner, she lives in one of Bergen's grandest homes, surrounded by wealth and influential people, seemingly enjoying the perfect life with her husband, Martin. But behind the glittering façade lie heartbreak and quiet despair. All Helena longs for is a child, and with every passing month of disappointment, she and Martin drift further apart.
Number of pages: 350 Year of publication: 2026
Foreign Sales: Sweden, Gyldendal Astra Denmark, Gyldendal Astra Finland, Gyldendal Astra France, Editions Seuil/Verso
When Helena meets the controversial and charismatic women's rights campaigner Betty Jordan, she is drawn into a circle willing to go to extraordinary lengths to make their voices heard. But what is Betty really fighting for? And who is the enigmatic Gard? Across the bay, Brita and Aslak have just begun their life together. Newly married and expecting their first child, they are overjoyed when Aslak secures work at the Beyer shipyard. But their happiness is shattered when a devastating accident strikes the yard. As Shipowner Beyer searches for someone to hold responsible, the destinies of Helena and Brita become irrevocably entwined.
Under the Midnight Sun Frost Family Series Vol. 1
KAJA NYLUND (b. 1982) is a bestselling series author in Norway and abroad, with more than one million copies sold in Norway and over 150,000 audiobook streams in Denmark and Sweden. Known for her evocative settings, strong female characters, and emotionally rich storytelling, she writes for readers who love immersive, romantic historical fiction.
One Weekend Is All It Takes Ane Hermanstrand Is a kind-hearted dairy farmer destined to spend his life alone, or is there someone out there for everyone? Ever since Alyssa Dervishi had her heart broken a little over a year ago, she has sworn off dating. Instead of looking for love, she throws herself into her work as an ophthalmologist at St. Olavs Hospital in Trondheim. She tells herself it is the best decision she has ever made, while quiet loneliness is kept at bay with designer clothes, expensive wine, work, and exercise.
Number of pages: 272 Year of publication: 2026
Ole Martin Vollan is about to turn forty. He took over the family farm more out of duty than desire, and his confidence has reached rock bottom. Convinced that no one could ever want to share a life with a short dairy farmer struggling to keep the farm afloat by taking odd jobs, he has all but given up on love. When Alyssa's car breaks down in the rural district of Namdalen and she can find neither a rental car nor a hotel room, Ole Martin steps in to help. After all, what else can he do but offer her the spare bedroom? One Weekend Is All It Takes is a charming, heartwarming romantic novel in which the ordinary Norwegian everyman finally gets the role he deserves: the romantic hero.
ANE HERMANSTRAND (b. 1991) grew up in Ytre Namdal in Trøndelag and now lives in Eastern Norway with her husband and children. She trained as a communications advisor and works as an administrative officer. Ever since discovering romance novels as a teenager, she has longed for stories rooted in a distinctly Norwegian setting. In her debut novel, One Weekend Is All It Takes, she brings romance home, portraying love in a recognizably Norwegian way: without grand gestures or extravagant dates, and with ordinary people at the heart of the story.
The Summer Fjord Series Dorthe Erichsen The Summer Fjord Series (Sommerfjorden) is a warm and lighthearted series set in Lillevik, a fictional town nestled in a Norwegian fjord. This is Norwegian feelgood at its best!
Home for Christmas
The Summer Fjord Series Vol. 4 A charming Christmas novel and the fourth stand-alone installment in the beloved Summer Fjord series.
Number of pages: 300 Year of publication: 2026
Seventeen years ago, Britt burned every bridge behind her and moved to Spain, putting as much distance as possible between herself and her domineering mother and complicated family. She built an exciting, fast-paced life, running her own restaurant and embracing love and passion, but at the cost of her relationship with her daughter, Emma. Now, in midlife, longing for her roots and determined to be there for her pregnant daughter, Britt sells everything she owns in Spain, leaves behind her passionate Spanish partner, and returns home. As snow falls over the idyllic coastal town of Lillevik, she arrives with nothing but a suitcase filled with guilt, hope, and fragile dreams of reconciliation. But will the twinkling Christmas lights be enough to guide her out of the shadows of the past and home to the people she loves most?
DORTHE ERICHSEN (b. 1961) is a well-known Norwegian author and translator. She has previously written three historical romance series, which have been successful both nationally and internationally. The Summer Fjord Series marks her debut in the feelgood genre and her first publications with Gyldendal.
Strawberry days
The Summer Fjord Series Vol. 1
The Angel in the Tree
The Summer Fjord Series Vol. 2
Midsummer
The Summer Fjord Series Vol. 3
Foreign Sales: Sweden (digital rights), North/ Politiken Denmark (digital rights), North/ Politiken The Netherlands (digital rights), North/ Politiken