Gert Hermod Nygårdshaug is a Norwegian author

Author

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. He has written poems, children's books and novels, and is in particular known for the series of crime novels featuring the gastronomer

Gastronomy

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 amateur detective

Detective

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 Fredric Drum

Fredric Drum

Fredric Drum is a fictional character who appears in works by the Norwegian author Gert Nygårdshaug, the protagonist of ten crime fiction novels published over the course of 21 years...

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Nygårdshaug's writing enjoys a diverse background from his extensive knowledge and travelling, in particular in South America. Ancient cultures, archaeology

Archaeology

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, fly fishing

Fly fishing

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, gastronomy and wine

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 are some of the recurring themes in his novels based on his own personal interests and hobbies.

In 2004 the South African film company Lithium Entertainment bought the film rights to four of Nygårdshaug’s books: Mengele Zoo, Himmelblomsttreets muligheter (Heaven’s Flower Tree), Prost Gotvins geometri (Priest Gotvin’s Geometry) and Afrodites basseng (The Pool of Aphrodite).

The eco crime novel Mengele Zoo

Mengele Zoo

Mengele Zoo is a novel from 1989 by the Norwegian author Gert Nygårdshaug.The story is about "Mino Aquiles Portoguese" who is born in a village in Latin America's rain forests. His father teaches him to hunt butterflies. One day a disaster ruin his village, and "Mino" has to go out into the world...

(1989) was in 2007 voted "the People's Favourite" during the literature festival of Lillehammer

Lillehammer

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Nygårdshaug resides in Lier

Lier, Norway

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, and has been a minor ticket candidate for the political party Red

Red (Norway)

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List of works

• Impulser (1966) poems
• Paxion (1971) poems
• Et bilde et verktøy (1974) poems
• Gatevinden (1980) novel
• Solfiolinen (1981) short stories
• Bastionen (1982) novel
• Alkymisten (1983) short stories
• Dverghesten (1984) novel
• Honningkrukken (1985) crime novel
• Nullpluss (1986) novel
• Jegerdukken (1987) crime novel
• Gipsyblink (1988) poems
• Mengele Zoo
  Mengele Zoo
  Mengele Zoo is a novel from 1989 by the Norwegian author Gert Nygårdshaug.The story is about "Mino Aquiles Portoguese" who is born in a village in Latin America's rain forests. His father teaches him to hunt butterflies. One day a disaster ruin his village, and "Mino" has to go out into the world...
  
  (1989) novel
• Dødens codex (1990) crime novel
• Søthjerte (1991) Novel
• Det niende prinsipp (1992) crime novel
• Cassandras finger (1993) crime novel
• Gipsymann (1994) poems
• Trollet og de syv prinsessene (1995) children's stories
• Himmelblomsttreets muligheter (1995) novel
• Kiste nummer fem (1996) crime novel
• Gutten og trollsverdet (1996) children's stories
• Huldergubben i Svartberget (1997) children's stories
• Prost Gotvins geometri (1998) novel
• Pengegryta i Trollberget – og andre eventyr (1999) children's stories
• Den balsamerte ulven (2000) crime novel
• Liljer fra Jerusalem (2001) crime novel
• Farivis Ruvis - Gutten fra himmelrommet - Dinosaurene (2001) children's stories
• Afrodites basseng (2003) novel
• Alle orkaners mor (2004) crime novel
• Rødsonen (2006) crime novel
• Fortellernes marked (2008) novel
• Klokkemakeren (2009) novel
• Samlede eventyr (2009) children's stories
• Chimera (2011) novel

External links

• Gert Nygårdshaug unofficial site
• Gert Nygårdshaug articles in Dagbladet
  Dagbladet
  Dagbladet is Norway's second largest tabloid newspaper, and the third largest newspaper overall with a circulation of 105,255 copies in 2009, 18,128 papers less than in 2008. The editor in chief is Lars Helle....
  
  
• Gert Nygårdshaug articles in Aftenposten
  Aftenposten
  Aftenposten is Norway's largest newspaper. It retook this position in 2010, taking it from the tabloid Verdens Gang which had been the largest newspaper for several decades. It is based in Oslo. The morning edition, which is distributed across all of Norway, had a circulation of 250,179 in 2007...
  
  
• "Vi som ikke tente lys for USA" essay in Dagbladet following the September 11 attacks