{{Short description|Norwegian writer and translator (1917–2006)}} {{Infobox person | name = Ragnar Kvam | image = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = {{Birth date|1917|11|18|df=y}} | birth_place = Tønsberg, Norway | death_date = {{Death date and age|2006|2|15|1917|11|18|df=y}} | death_place = | death_cause = | resting_place = | resting_place_coordinates = <!-- {{Coord|LAT|LONG|display=inline}} --> | monuments = | nationality = | other_names = | education = | alma_mater = | occupation = Journalist, novelist, translator and literary critic | years_active = | employer = | organization = | agent = | known_for = | notable_works = | style = | television = | spouse = | partner = | children = Ragnar Kvam, Jr. | parents = | relatives = | awards = }} '''Ragnar Kvam''' (18 November 1917 &ndash; 15 February 2006) was a Norwegian journalist, novelist, translator and literary critic. He was born in Tønsberg and grew up in Drammen. After the Second World War he was journalist in the newspaper ''Fremtiden'', and the Norwegian News Agency. He made his literary debut in 1950 with the novel ''Alle vil hjem''. Among his other novels are ''De herjede menn'' from 1953, ''Den store stillheten'' from 1964, and ''Krystallnatten'' from 1970. He translated many books into Norwegian language, including works by George Orwell, Virginia Woolf, Graham Greene, Oscar Wilde, C. P. Snow and Erich Maria Remarque.<ref name=nbl>{{cite encyclopedia|title=Ragnar Kvam |encyclopedia=Norsk biografisk leksikon|first=Gudleiv |last=Forr |authorlink=Gudleiv Forr |editor=Helle, Knut|publisher=Kunnskapsforlaget |location=Oslo |url=http://nbl.snl.no/Ragnar_Kvam/utdypning |language=Norwegian |accessdate=19 January 2015}}</ref><ref name=snl>{{cite encyclopedia|title=Ragnar Kvam |first= |last= |authorlink= |encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon |editor-last=Godal | editor-first=Anne Marit | editor-link=Anne Marit Godal |publisher=Norsk nettleksikon |location=Oslo |url=http://snl.no/Ragnar_Kvam |language=Norwegian |accessdate=19 January 2015}}</ref>

He is the father of Ragnar Kvam, Jr.<ref>{{cite encyclopedia|title=Ragnar Kvam jr. |first= |last= |authorlink= |encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon |editor-last=Godal | editor-first=Anne Marit | editor-link=Anne Marit Godal |publisher=Norsk nettleksikon |location=Oslo |url=http://snl.no/Ragnar_Kvam_jr. |language=Norwegian |accessdate=21 January 2015}}</ref>

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