The nominees for the most important award in Norwegian crime literature, the Riverton Prize 2024, were announced during the opening of the Crime Festival. Among them was Nikolaj Frobenius’ Extinction.
Jonathan Svane is absolutely certain about who was behind the arson that claimed the life of his little son. It was the prison bird Damm and his “violent left hand” Øyen, with a motive to harm the Svane family. However, the police lack evidence, and the murderers go free. Jonathan is tormented by grief. A journalistic assignment leads him to the Spanish coast, where Norwegians operate in the shadows, including the young investor Lekmann, the interviewee, who had been missing for a long time and claims not to know where he has been. Jonathan decides to surveil Lekmann, and suddenly Øyen appears. Jonathan is obsessed with seeking revenge; it’s a powerful driving force, and certain inevitable events unfold as Jonathan takes risks to get closer to the evil.
Frobenius’ concise psychological thriller has elegant twists, and a quivering sense of unease, charged by the protagonist’s worldview, builds up.
Congratulations to Nikolaj Frobenius!
Norway’s largest independent literary agency, Northern Stories, has been named a Gazelle Company by Dagens Næringsliv for the second consecutive year. In 2024, the agency grew its turnover from NOK 10.2 to 15.8 million – an increase of more than 50 percent, marking yet another record year.
We’re delighted to share that Agnes Ravatn has been nominated for the Booksellers’ Award 2025 for her brilliant new novel Doggerland. Her novel is also already sold to Poland, and in World English.
We’re proud to announce that Frode Helland has been nominated for this year’s Brage Prize for Nonfiction, Norway’s most prestigious literary award, for his extraordinary book Holocaust – A history told by the victims. This is a deeply moving and illuminating contribution to our understanding of one of history’s darkest chapters.
Northern Stories has hired Dilani Vamapahan as a literary agent. She was chosen from a pool of 175 applicants.
“A great honour,” says Kristofer Hivju about playing police investigator Ole Vik in the crime series Sogn Murders. The TV2 series is based on Jørgen Jæger’s bestselling books, and filming started this week in Sogn.