Arne Svingen

Arne Svingen (born 10 July 1967) is a Norwegian writer of children's books. He also writes adult fiction and books for young adults. He has published over a hundred titles and his works have been translated into more than a dozen languages.^[1]

Svingen hails from Grorud and was a journalist before becoming a full-time children's writer in 1997.^[1]

His most noted books are:

• Svart elfenben, winner of the Brageprisen in 2005
• Sangen om en brukket nese, winner of the Kulturdepartementets litteraturpris in 2012, Prix Libbylit Romans Ados in 2015, and the Batchelder Honor Book Award in 2017
• Man dør litt hver dag, winner of the Østfoldungdommens kritikerpris in 2017
• podcast Svingens barnebokverden, winner of the NBU-prisen in 2018
• En himmel full av skyer, winner of the Bokslukerprisen in 2019/20

Bibliometrics

Throughout his career, Arne Svingen has published:

• 1999: 2 books
• 2000: 3 books
• 2001: 4 books
• 2002: 4 books
• 2003: 1 book
• 2004: 4 books
• 2005: 5 books
• 2006: 3 books
• 2007: 3 books
• 2008: 1 book
• 2009: 2 books
• 2010: 4 books
• 2011: 5 books
• 2012: 9 books
• 2013: 9 books
• 2014: 5 books
• 2015: 6 books
• 2016: 7 books
• 2017: 9 books
• 2018: 6 books
• 2019: 5 books and 1 anthology
• 2020: 7 books
• 2021: 8 books
• 2022: 6 books
• 2023: 7 books

The vast majority of the books are published by Gyldendal Norsk Forlag, some by Cappelen Damm (formerly Damm) as well as three in his early career by Solum.^[2]

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