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Sverre Knudsen (born 1955) is a Norwegian writer and musician. He has written for stage, television and digital media, and worked as a music producer.

Sverre Knudsen
Norwegian author and musician Sverre Knudsen photographed on Torshov, Oslo in 2009.
Born (1955-11-22) 22 November 1955 (age 66)
Haugenstua (no) in Groruddalen in Oslo, Norway
NationalityNorwegian
Other namesFreddi Fiord
Occupation
  • author
  • musician
  • songwriter
  • music producer
  • playwright
  • translator
Years active1979–present
Known for
  • The Aller Værste!
  • Løver & Tigre (no)
  • The Beste (no)
Notable work
Awards
  • Riksmål Society's Price for Children and Youth Literature (no)[1]
  • Spellemannprisen (x2)[2][3]
  • Språklig Samlings literature prize (no)[4]

Career



Music


Between 1979 and 1988 Knudsen played in and produced the bands The Aller Værste! (TAV!), Løver & Tigre (no) (Lions and Tigers) and The Beste (no). He received a Spellemannpris in 1980 for the album Materialtretthet (Metal Fatigue) with TAV![2]

He has also worked as music producer under the pseudonym Freddi Fiord (thus baptized by Joe Strummer of The Clash[5]) on recordings by Norwegian punk rock pioneers Wannskrækk and DumDum Boys.

His first solo album, La det brenne (Let It Burn), was released in 2008. For the lyrics of his second album, Vi (We) from 2017, he won his second Spellemannpris in 2017.[3] Vi was the first album of a trilogy in cooperation with Lasse Marhaug, followed by Gud (God) in 2018 and Lit (Trust) in August 2019.


Writing


He made his debut as author with the novel Strålende nederlag (Brilliant Defeat) in 1989. His 25th book Aarons maskin from 2011 received Riksmål Society's Price for Children and Youth Literature (no),[1] was nominated for the Norwegian Critics' Association Prize for Children's Literature (no)[6] and the Brage Prize.[7] He has written TV drama: The Third Sign (NRK 2002), one episode in Hvaler (NRK ), 12 episodes for Children's Television "Fritt Fram" and more than 160 episodes for the Norwegian television soap opera Hotel Cæsar.[8]

Knudsen has translated over 50 fiction books, including books by Charles Bukowski, William S. Burroughs, Niall Griffiths, Nick Cave, Douglas Adams, David Walliams, Edgar Rice Burroughs and Rudyard Kipling.[9]


Miscellaneous


He has also worked as a piccolo, caretaker, distribution manager, consultant for publishing and film, carpenter, stevedore, teacher, driver, tram driver in Oslo Sporveier, clerk, documentation writer in Norsk Data, copywriter in JBR advertising agency, for Filadelfia advertising agency, and as multimedia and internet developer in HEP, BeatMap and never.no AS. He started the digital communications agency never.no AS in the autumn of 1999, where he worked as a creative leader until the end of 2001. He became a full-time writer and playwright again from 2002.


Recordings



The Aller Værste!


Album
Singles

The Beste



Løver and Tigre



Solo


Album
Singles

Theater



Drama



Books



Awards and nominations



See also





References


  1. Michaelsen, Stig (ed.). "Barne- og ungdomsbokprisen". Riksmålsforbundet. Riksmålsforbundet. Retrieved 4 July 2019.
  2. Bergan, Jon Vidar (11 June 2019). "Spellemannprisen". Store norske leksikon. Foreningen Store norske leksikon (Great Norwegian Encyclopedia Association). Retrieved 4 July 2019.
  3. "Dette er vinnerne av Spellemann 2017". Spellemannprisen. Spellemann AS. Retrieved 4 July 2019.
  4. "litteraturpris". Landslaget for språklig samling. Retrieved 4 July 2019.
  5. Knudsen, Sverre. Sverre Knudsen, 1979. Oslo: Aschehoug, 2015. pp. 330–332. ISBN 978-82-03-29544-7.
  6. "Nominasjoner til litteraturkritikerprisene". Kritikerlaget (Norwegian Critics’ Association). Kritikerlaget. 6 February 2012. Retrieved 4 July 2019.
  7. Egeland, Tom (1 November 2011). "Her er nominasjonene til Brageprisen". Den norske Forfatterforening (Norwegian Authors' Union). Retrieved 4 July 2019.
  8. "Hotel Cæsar (1998– ) Full Cast & Crew". IMDB. Amazon.com. Retrieved 7 April 2019.
  9. "Sverre Knudsen". Aschehoug. H. Aschehoug & Co. Retrieved 4 July 2019.
  10. "Sverre Knudsen". Manusbanken. Writers’ Guild of Norway. Retrieved 10 July 2019.
  11. "1979". Norsk Forfattersentrum (The Norwegian Writer's Center). Norsk Forfattersentrum (The Norwegian Writer's Center). Retrieved 10 July 2019.


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