Olav Njølstad


Olav Njølstad is a Norwegian historian, biographer and novelist. He served as director of the Norwegian Nobel Institute from 2015 to 2025.

Literary background

As a novelist he made his literary debut in 2003 with the thriller Mannen med oksehjertet, and wrote the novel Brennofferet in 2005.
His biography of resistance leader, government minister and lawyer Jens Christian Hauge was well received by the critics.

Selected works