We are excited to welcome Christopher Pahle to Northern Stories! Christopher Pahle is an author, screenwriter and film critic working across a variety of fields and genres, combining a heartfelt curiosity with propulsive plotting and a satirical bent in his writings.
His children’s book series Kass & Tycho mixes adventure, mystery, science, comedy, personal intrigue and engaging characters on an epic, interstellar canvas, while always putting the young protagonists center stage.
Pahle once saw all four of Jupiter’s inner moons through a telescope, and thinks you should try it too.
He is also a prolific, award-winning screenwriter for both television and stage. He works in a variety of fields, mixing genres and styles, comedy and drama, satire and heart, to tell innovative stories with a mass appeal. The 24-part Scandi noir/comedy series Jul i Blodfjell (Christmas at Blood Mountain) was a huge hit both in 2017 and with its sequel in 2019, with annual reruns becoming an off-beat holiday tradition for many in Norway. Pahle is also the writer and co-creator of the post-apocalyptic comedy series Dumbsday, which premieres in November 2023.
He har has been nominated for a Norwegian Emmy four times, winning one.
Pahle also works as a film and tv critic, while publishing books and being a part of the directing team on one of Norway’s biggest television phenomena over the last years, the critically acclaimed, hugely popular boot camp-based reality series Kompani Lauritzen.
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.