Ingvar Ambjørnsen (1956) is a Norwegian writer, who is best best known for his “Elling – tetralogy. Volume three, “Blood brothers”, was turned into a successful movie, entitled “Elling”, which received an Oscar nomination in the Best Foreign Film category in 2001. The stage version of the novel has been staged with great success all over the world. Ambjørnsen is also known for the youth’s book series “Pelle and Proffen” which circles around two detective teenagers, getting involved in all kinds of mysteries or crimes involving drugs, pollution and neo-Nazism among other things. Ambjørnsen has received many prizes for his writing, among them is the prize for the 80s best book for children and young adults, “Pelle and Proffen books”, the Brage Prize 1995, the Tabu prize in 2001 and the Telenor Culture Award 2002.
Ingvar Ambjørnsen © Marie Sjøvold
