Arne Svingen

Arne Svingen (born 10 July 1967) is a Norwegian writer of children's books. He also writes adult fiction and books for young adults. He has published over a hundred titles and his works have been translated into more than a dozen languages.[1]

Svingen hails from Grorud and was a journalist before becoming a full-time children's writer in 1997.[1]

His most noted books are:

  • Svart elfenben, winner of the Brageprisen in 2005
  • Sangen om en brukket nese, winner of the Kulturdepartementets litteraturpris in 2012, Prix Libbylit Romans Ados in 2015, and the Batchelder Honor Book Award in 2017
  • Man dør litt hver dag, winner of the Østfoldungdommens kritikerpris in 2017
  • podcast Svingens barnebokverden, winner of the NBU-prisen in 2018
  • En himmel full av skyer, winner of the Bokslukerprisen in 2019/20

Bibliometrics

Throughout his career, Arne Svingen has published:

  • 1999: 2 books
  • 2000: 3 books
  • 2001: 4 books
  • 2002: 4 books
  • 2003: 1 book
  • 2004: 4 books
  • 2005: 5 books
  • 2006: 3 books
  • 2007: 3 books
  • 2008: 1 book
  • 2009: 2 books
  • 2010: 4 books
  • 2011: 5 books
  • 2012: 9 books
  • 2013: 9 books
  • 2014: 5 books
  • 2015: 6 books
  • 2016: 7 books
  • 2017: 9 books
  • 2018: 6 books
  • 2019: 5 books and 1 anthology
  • 2020: 7 books
  • 2021: 8 books
  • 2022: 6 books
  • 2023: 7 books

The vast majority of the books are published by Gyldendal Norsk Forlag, some by Cappelen Damm (formerly Damm) as well as three in his early career by Solum.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 "Arne Svingen". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Retrieved 11 January 2024.
  2. "Arne Svingen" (in Norwegian). Norsk Forfattersentrum. Retrieved 11 January 2024.


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