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Books set in Norway:


Sophie's World by Jostein Gaarder
Out Stealing Horses by Per Petterson
The Redbreast by Jo Nesbø (most popular book in series set in Norway)
Hunger by Knut Hamsun
Kristin Lavransdatter by Sigrid Undset
Don't Look Back by Karin Fossum (book in series set in Norway)
A Doll's House by Henrik Ibsen
East by Edith Pattou
Hedda Gabler by Henrik Ibsen
I Curse the River of Time by Per Petterson
Pan by Knut Hamsun
Ghosts by Henrik Ibsen
Growth of the Soil by Knut Hamsun
Odd and the Frost Giants by Neil Gaiman
Sun and Moon, Ice and Snow by Jessica Day George
Broken by Karin Fossum
We Die Alone by David Armine Howarth
Mysteries by Knut Hamsun
The Seducer by Jan Kjærstad (1st book in trilogy set in Norway)
Victoria by Knut Hamsun
The Christmas Mystery by Jostein Gaarder
The Wild Duck by Henrik Ibsen
Snow Treasure by Marie McSwigan
Wolfsangel by M.D. Lachlan (1st book of series set in Norway)
Fires of Winter by Johanna Lindsey (1st book of series set in Norway)
Bibbi Bokken's Magic Library by Jostein Gaarder
Doppler by Erlend Loe
The Orange Girl by Jostein Gaarder
The Sea of Trolls by Nancy Farmer (1st book of series set in Norway)
An Enemy of the People by Henrik Ibsen
Slay-Ride by Dick Francis
Gunnar's Daughter by Sigrid Undset
The Fourth Man by K.O. Dahl
The Bewitched Viking by Sandra Hill (part of series)
Spellbound by Margit Sandemo (1st book in series set in Norway)
Wayfarers by Knut Hamsun (aka The Wanderer)
Erasmus Montanus or Rasmus Berg by Ludvig Holberg
The Castle in the Pyrenees by Jostein Gaarder
In the Wake by Per Petterson
Ambulance by Johan Harstad
Through a Glass, Darkly by Jostein Gaarder
The Half Brother by Lars Saabye Christensen
Shyness and Dignity by Dag Solstad
Beyond the Great Indoors by Ingvar Ambjørnsen
Buzz Aldrin, What Happened to You in All the Confusion? by Johan Harstad
Berlin Poplars by Anne B. Ragde
Model by Lars Saabye Christensen
The Master Builder by Henrik Ibsen
The House with the Blind Glass Windows by Herbjørg Wassmo
Brand by Henrik Ibsen
L by Erlend Loe
The Ringmaster's Daughter by Jostein Gaarder
The Ice Palace by Tarjei Vesaas
Headhunters by Jo Nesbø
What is Mine by Anne Holt (1st of series set in Norway)
The Lady from the Sea by Henrik Ibsen
On Overgrown Paths by Knut Hamsun
Volvo trucks by Erlend Loe
Dina's Book by Herbjørg Wassmo
Before You Sleep by Linn Ullmann
The Birds by Tarjei Vesaas
Alberta and Jacob by Cora Sandel
Herman by Lars Saabye Christensen
Stella Descending by Linn Ullmann
When We Dead Awaken by Henrik Ibsen
Jenny by Sigrid Undset
Fear not by Anne Holt
Lethal Investments by Kjell Ola Dahl
Norway to Hide by Maddy Hunter
Giants of the Frost by Kim Wilkins
The Body in the Fjord by Katherine Hall Page
The First Horseman by John Case
Season of the Sun by Catherine Coulter (1st book in series)
The Captain's Bride by Lisa Tawn Bergren (1st book in series set in Norway)
The Rescue Artist: A True Story by Edward Dolnick
Dark Matter by Michelle Paver
The House by the Fjord by Rosalind Laker
Little House on the Fjord by Astrid Karlsen Scott
The Last Fix by K.O. Dahl

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The Cherry Blossom Corpse by Robert Barnard
Blue Place by Nicola Griffith
The Master of Hestviken by Sigrid Undset
Fellowship of Ghosts: A Journey Through the Mountains of Norway by Paul Watkins
Doghead by Morten Ramsland
Return to the Future by Sigrid Undset

Beyond Sleep by Willem Frederik Hermans

Days in the History of Silence by Merethe Lindstroem

Oleanna by Julie K. Rose

The Sunlit Night by Rebecca Dinerstein

Neil Gaiman Norse Mythology by

Faithless by Kjell Ola Dahl

Across the China Sea: A Novel by Gaute Heivoll

More books set in Norway:


Absalom's Hair by Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson
Adventures with Waffles by Maria Parr
Against Art by Tomas Espedal
Against Heavy Odds: A Tale of Norse Heroism by Hjalmar Hjorth Boyesen
Against Nature: The Notebooks by Tomas Espedal
Aliss at the Fire by Jon Fosse
Amputation: Texts for an Extraordinary Spectacle by Jens Bjørneboe
Anger by Roy Jacobsen
Anna by Jostein Gaarder
Armand V. by Dag Solstad
Ashes in My Mouth, Sand in My Shoes by Per Petterson
August by Knut Hamsun
Autumn by Karl Ove Knausgård
The Axe by Sigrid Undset (1st book in The Master of Hestviken series)
The Battle of the Rafts and Other Stories of Boyhood in Norway
Beatles by Lars Saabye Christensen
Betrayed by Amalie Skram
Beyond the Truth by Anne Holt
The Bird Lovers by Jens Bjørneboe
The Bird Tribunal by Agnes Ravatn
The Black Cliffs by Gunnar Gunnarsson
The Black Signs by Lars Mørch Finborud
A Blessed Child by Linn Ullmann
Blind Goddess by Anne Holt (1st book in Hanne Wilhelmsen series)
Blink by Lars Saabye Christensen
Blood on Snow by Jo Nesbø (1st book in Blood on Snow series)
The Blue Room by Hanne Ørstavik
Bly by Lars Saabye Christensen
The Boat in the Evening by Tarjei Vesaas
The Body in the Fjord by Katherine Hall Page (8th book in Faith Fairchild series)
Borders by Roy Jacobsen
Boyhood in Norway by Hjalmar Hjorth Boyesen
The Bridal March and Other Stories by Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson
The Bridges by Tarjei Vesaas
Burned by Thomas Enger (1st book in Henning Juul series)
The Butterfly Effect by Pernille Rygg

More books set in Norway:


Calling out for You by Karin Fossum
Captain Mansana & Mothers Hands by Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson
The Caveman by Jorn Lier Horst
Child Wonder by Roy Jacobsen
The Children of Odin: The Book of Northern Myths by Padraic Colum
The Cold Song by Linn Ullmann
Constance Ring by Amalie Skram
D'Aulaires' Book of Norse Myths by Ingri d'Aulaire
Dangerous Honeymoon by Axel Kielland
A Death in the Family by Karl Ove Knausgård (1st book in My Struggle series)
Diary For a Dead Husband by Finn Carling
Dina's Son by Herbjørg Wassmo
Dirty Things by Stig Sæterbakken
The Discoverer by Jan Kjærstad
Doctor Proctor's Fart Powder by Jo Nesbø (1st book in Doctor Proctor series)
Don't Leave Me by Stig Sæterbakken
Don't Take Teddy by Babbis Friis-Baastad
The Dream Coach by Anne Parrish
Dreamers by Knut Hamsun

Astrid the Unstoppable by Maria Parr

The Lure of the North by William Dawson Hooker

The Mercies

North of Dawn by Nuruddin Farah

Not your typical Norway story, about Somalis living in Oslo.

The Long Water by Stef Penney.

Becoming Leidah by Michelle Grierson.

The Witches of Vardø by Anya Bergman.

The Hike by Lucy Clarke.

The Woman in Cabin 10 by Ruth Ware (maybe a bit of a stretch)

Dálvi: Six Years in the Arctic Tundra by Laura Galloway (non-fiction).

Welcome to the Goddamn Ice Cube: Chasing Fear and Finding Home in the Great White North by Blair Braverman(non-fiction)

In Cod We Trust: Living the Norwegian Dream by Eric Dregni (non-fiction)

The Hiking Book From Hell by Are Kalvø (non-fiction)

Anna wrote: " North of Dawn by Nuruddin Farah

Not your typical Norway story, about Somalis living in Oslo."

Very interesting!

Just realized that a book I read this year by a Norwegian author hasn't made this page yet. I can definitely recommend:

The Bell in the Lake by Lars Mytting

Brightly Shining