Finn Havrevold

Norwegian author

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Finn Havrevold was a Norwegian author known for his contributions to children's and young adult literature. He wrote tough-minded novels for boys, such as Han Var Min Ven (translated as Undertow), and also successfully wrote for girls. Havrevold's work is part of Norway's identifiable children's literature tradition, which began to flourish in the 1830s with the forging of a new literary language and the collection of folk stories. While not as globally famous as some other Scandinavian authors, Havrevold is recognized among prominent modern Norwegian writers.1

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children’s literature
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…collections have won state prizes; Finn Havrevold, whose toughminded boys’ teenage novel Han Var Min Ven became available in English translation as Undertow in 1968, and who also wrote successfully for girls; Leif Hamre, specializing in air force adventures; the prolific, widely translated Aimée Sommerfelt, whose works range from “puberty…
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…collections have won state prizes; Finn Havrevold, whose toughminded boys’ teenage novel Han Var Min Ven became available in English translation as Undertow in 1968, and who also wrote successfully for girls; Leif Hamre, specializing in air force adventures; the prolific, widely translated Aimée Sommerfelt, whose works range from “puberty…
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