WRITER

Kjell Ola Dahl

1958 - Today

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Kjell Ola Dahl (born 4 February 1958) is a Norwegian writer, who is sometimes known professionally as K. O. Dahl. His writing career began with the publishing of Dødens Investeringer (Lethal Investments) in 1993 and he has subsequently authored more than a dozen novels, many short stories, several non-fiction books, and co-written two screenplays with the writer/director Hisham Zaman. He is best known for his eleven Nordic noir crime novels which feature his Oslo detectives Frølich and Gunnarstranda. Six of these have been published in English, translated by Don Bartlett. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Kjell Ola Dahl is the 6,054th most popular writer (up from 6,071st in 2019), the 479th most popular biography from Norway (down from 475th in 2019) and the 74th most popular Norwegian Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Kjell Ola Dahl ranks 6,054 out of 7,302. Before him are Danièle Sallenave, Mike Godwin, Darren Shan, Frances Wright, Dmitry Gordon, and Julian Symons. After him are Saroo Brierley, Wolfgang Hohlbein, Jonathan Safran Foer, Cyril Collard, Oscar Levertin, and Fazıl Hüsnü Dağlarca.

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Among people born in 1958, Kjell Ola Dahl ranks 431. Before him are Aleksandr Baluev, Vadym Yevtushenko, Frank Schaffer, Masakuni Yamamoto, Carlos Manuel, and Tim Kaine. After him are Aleksei Guskov, Norovyn Altankhuyag, Alan Jackson, Roxann Dawson, Angela Hewitt, and Kim Andersen.

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In Norway

Among people born in Norway, Kjell Ola Dahl ranks 479 out of 1,039. Before him are Annie (1977), Greta Nissen (1906), Ingvar Ambjørnsen (1956), Harald Strøm (1897), Rolf Holmberg (1914), and Bjørn Paulson (1923). After him are Frithjof Sælen (1892), Harald Natvig (1872), Natassia Malthe (1974), Kjetil Rekdal (1968), Carl Gustav Fleischer (1883), and Alf Hansen (1948).

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Among WRITERS In Norway

Among writers born in Norway, Kjell Ola Dahl ranks 74. Before him are Vigdis Hjorth (1959), André Bjerke (1918), Steve Sem-Sandberg (1958), Åsne Seierstad (1970), Kåre Holt (1916), and Ingvar Ambjørnsen (1956). After him are Tron Øgrim (1947), Marit Paulsen (1939), Kim Leine (1961), Tor Ulven (1953), Merethe Lindstrøm (1963), and Tom Egeland (1959).

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