{{short description|Norwegian crime fiction writer (born 1969)}} {{Use dmy dates | date=May 2023}} {{Infobox person | name = Gard Sveen | image = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1969|3|8|df=y}} | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | other_names = | education = | alma_mater = | occupation = Crime fiction writer | years_active = | employer = | organization = | agent = | known_for = | notable_works = | style = | television = | spouse = | partner = | children = | parents = | relatives = | awards = Riverton Prize (2013)<br>Glass Key award (2014) }}
'''Gard Sveen''' (born 8 March 1969) is a Norwegian crime fiction writer. He is a recipient of the Riverton Prize and the Glass Key Award.
==Biography== Born on 8 March 1969, Sveen made his literary debut in 2013, with the crime novel ''Den siste pilegrimen''. The novel introduces the police detective Tommy Bergmann.<ref name=snl>{{cite encyclopedia|title=Gard Sveen |first= Hans H. |last=Skei |authorlink=Hans H. Skei |encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon |editor-last=Godal | editor-first=Anne Marit | editor-link=Anne Marit Godal |publisher=Norsk nettleksikon |location=Oslo |url=https://snl.no/Gard_Sveen |language=Norwegian |accessdate=12 March 2017}}</ref> For ''Den siste pilegrimen'', he was awarded the Riverton Prize in 2013,<ref>{{cite encyclopedia|title=Rivertonprisen |first= Vidar |last=Iversen |encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon |editor-last=Godal | editor-first=Anne Marit | editor-link=Anne Marit Godal |publisher=Norsk nettleksikon |location=Oslo |url=https://snl.no/Rivertonprisen |language=Norwegian |accessdate=12 March 2017}}</ref> and the Glass Key award in 2014.<ref>{{cite encyclopedia|title=Glassnøkkelen |first= Vidar |last=Iversen |encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon |editor-last=Godal | editor-first=Anne Marit | editor-link=Anne Marit Godal |publisher=Norsk nettleksikon |location=Oslo |url=https://snl.no/Glassnøkkelen |language=Norwegian |accessdate=12 March 2017}}</ref> In 2015 he wrote the crime novel ''Helvete åpent'', again with Bergmann as protagonist. Further books about Tommy Bergmann are ''Blod i dans'' (2016), the espionage thriller ''Bjørnen'' (2018), and ''Drømmenes Gud'' (2019).<ref name=snl/>
In 2022 he published the non-fiction work {{lang|no|{{ill|Spioner i krig|no}}}}, about Soviet agents in Norway during and after World War II.<ref name=snl/>
In 2023 he introduced a new crime series with investigators Ulf Sommer and Agnete Ness as protagonists, starting with the novel {{lang|no|En dag skal du dø}} (2023), and the sequel {{lang|no|Messe for en morder}} (2024).<ref name=snl/>
==Bibliography== *''Den siste pilegrimen'' (2013) *''Helvete åpent'' (2015) *''Blod i dans'' (2016) *''Bjørnen'' (2018) *''Drømmenes Gud'' (2019) *''En dag skal du dø'' (2023) *''Messe for en morder'' (2024)
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