Tor Bomann-Larsen
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Tor Bomann-Larsen is a Norwegian
illustrator, children's writer, non-fiction writer and novelist. He started his career as a satirical illustrator for various newspapers, including Friheten, Ny tid, Dagbladet, Nationen and Arbederbladet. He has written biographies of explorers Fridtjof Nansen
and Roald Amundsen
and writer Sigurd Christiansen
. He was awarded the Cappelen Prize
for 1993, and the Brage Prize
for non-fiction in 2004.
Norwegian language
Norwegian is a North Germanic language spoken primarily in Norway, where it is the official language. Together with Swedish and Danish, Norwegian forms a continuum of more or less mutually intelligible local and regional variants .These Scandinavian languages together with the Faroese language...
illustrator, children's writer, non-fiction writer and novelist. He started his career as a satirical illustrator for various newspapers, including Friheten, Ny tid, Dagbladet, Nationen and Arbederbladet. He has written biographies of explorers Fridtjof Nansen
Fridtjof Nansen
Fridtjof Wedel-Jarlsberg Nansen was a Norwegian explorer, scientist, diplomat, humanitarian and Nobel Peace Prize laureate. In his youth a champion skier and ice skater, he led the team that made the first crossing of the Greenland interior in 1888, and won international fame after reaching a...
and Roald Amundsen
Roald Amundsen
Roald Engelbregt Gravning Amundsen was a Norwegian explorer of polar regions. He led the first Antarctic expedition to reach the South Pole between 1910 and 1912 and he was the first person to reach both the North and South Poles. He is also known as the first to traverse the Northwest Passage....
and writer Sigurd Christiansen
Sigurd Christiansen
Sigurd Christiansen was a Norwegian novelist and playwright. He made his literary debut with the novel Seierherrene in 1915....
. He was awarded the Cappelen Prize
Cappelen Prize
The Cappelen Prize is a Norwegian literary award that is awarded each year by the Cappelen Damm publishing company. It was established in 1979, on the occasion of the 150th anniversary of the publishing house of Cappelen.-Laureates:...
for 1993, and the Brage Prize
Brage Prize
The Brage Prize is a Norwegian literature prize that is awarded annually by the Norwegian Book Prize foundation...
for non-fiction in 2004.