Georg "Mr. George" Svendsen (19 March 1894 – 1966) was a Norwegian

Norway

Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...

 journalist and crime novelist.

He was born in Eidanger

Eidanger

Eidanger is a rural parish and former municipality of Porsgrunn, in Telemark County, Norway.-History:Eidanger was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 . It was merged with Porsgrunn on 1 January 1964....

, and started his journalistic career in Bratsberg-Demokraten

Bratsberg-Demokraten

Bratsberg-Demokraten was a Norwegian newspaper, published in Skien in Telemark county. From 1924 to 1929 it was named Telemark Kommunistblad....

before moving on to Demokraten

Arbeideren (Hamar)

Arbeideren was a Norwegian newspaper, published in Hamar, Hedmark county. It was started in 1909 as the press organ of the Labour Party in Hedemarken and its adjoining regions, and was called Demokraten until 1923...

where he was a subeditor. In 1921 he was hired in Fremtiden

Fremtiden

Fremtiden was a Norwegian newspaper, published in Drammen.Fremtiden was started in 1905. Its first editor was Torgeir Vraa, who edited the newspaper from its start until his death in 1934. Fremtiden became the main organ for tne Norwegian Labour Party in Buskerud. During the 1980s the newspaper had...

and replaced in Demokraten by Evald O. Solbakken

Evald O. Solbakken

Evald O. Solbakken was a Norwegian newspaper editor and politician for the Labour and Communist parties.He joined the Labour Party through membership in the youth association Freidig in Storhamar in 1917. His first political position was to be secretary here. He was hired as secretary in the trade...

. In 1931 he was hired in Arbeiderbladet

Dagsavisen

Dagsavisen is a daily newspaper published in Oslo, Norway. The former party organ of the Norwegian Labour Party, the ties loosened over time from 1975 to 1999, and it is now fully independent...

. Under the pen name "Mr. George" he became known for his humorous articles in the newspaper. At his death he was also called "the last of the three great criminal and police reporters in Oslo

Oslo

Oslo is a municipality, as well as the capital and most populous city in Norway. As a municipality , it was established on 1 January 1838. Founded around 1048 by King Harald III of Norway, the city was largely destroyed by fire in 1624. The city was moved under the reign of Denmark–Norway's King...

", together with Fridtjof Knutsen

Fridtjof Knutsen

Fridtjof Knutsen was a Norwegian journalist and crime novelist.He was born in Harstad, and was married to Lalli Knutsen. Their daughter Mette Knutsen married Philip Newth and had the son Eirik Newth....

 and Axel Kielland

Axel Kielland

Axel Kielland was a Norwegian journalist and playwright, born in Stavanger. He was married to actress Sonja Mjøen from 1932 to 1946. He worked for the newspaper Dagbladet from 1927. Among his plays was Hvis et folk vil leve from 1943, on the German occupation of Norway. The play was prohibited by...

. He was also known for practising journalism as a trade in itself, and not as a part of a political career. He retired in 1964, and died in 1966.

He released the criminal novels Mannen med ljåen (1942), Ridderne av øksen (1945) and Den hvite streken (1946), and translated the book S.S. Murder by Quentin Patrick

Patrick Quentin

Patrick Quentin, Q. Patrick and Jonathan Stagge were pen names under which Hugh Callingham Wheeler , Richard Wilson Webb , Martha Mott Kelly and Mary Louise White Aswell wrote detective fiction...

as Mord ombord in 1945. He released several historical books: Rørleggernes Fagforenings historie gjennem 50 år (1934), Telefonmontørenes Forening Oslo, gjennem 50 år (1939), Norsk nærings- og nydelsesmiddelarbeiderforbund: 25-års beretning (1948), De tause vitner: av rettskjemiker Ch. Bruffs memoarer (1949, with Fridtjof Knudsen) and Elektriske montørers fagforening gjennom 50 år (1949).