Bjørn_Beltø

Bjørn Beltø

Bjørn Beltø

Add article description

Bjørn Beltø is a fictional crime novel character created by Tom Egeland,[1] the great-grandson of the writer Jon Flatabø.[2] In an interview with the newspaper Aftenposten, Egeland explained that the protagonist Bjørn Beltø in the novel Sirkelens ende (published in English under the title Relic) and other works is named after two pseudonyms used by Flatabø: Bjørn Botnen and Sven Beltø.[2][3]

Beltø

Bjørn Beltø is an archaeologist and an albino.[4] In the novels he is trained not only in archaeology, but also in religious and theological mysteries.

Appears in

  • Sirkelens ende (Relic, 2001)
  • Paktens voktere (Guardians of the Covenant, 2007)
  • Lucifers evangelium (Gospel of Lucifer, 2009)[2]
  • Nostradamus' testamente (The Testament of Nostradamus, 2012)[2]
  • Den 13. disippel (The Thirteenth Disciple, 2014)
  • Djevelmasken (The Devil Mask, 2016)[5][6]
  • Lasaruseffekten (2017)
  • Codex (2018)

References

  1. [1]
    Øverbø, Iselin. 2014. Tom Egeland kan innta Hollywood. TV 2 (June 24).
  2. [2]
    Tom Egeland: Biografi.
  3. [3]
    Dalsrud Urdshals, Lisbet. 2010. Rivertonprisen til Egeland. Akers Avis Groruddalen (March 19).
  4. [4]
    Brunsdale, Mitzi M. 2016. Encyclopedia of Nordic Crime Fiction: Works and Authors of Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden since 1967. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Co., p. 293.
  5. [5]
    Ekelund, Torbjørn. 2016. Anmeldelse: Første tegn på trøtthet i Tom Egelands univers. Dagbladet (May 26).
  6. [6]
    Olsen, Pål Gerhard (June 4, 2016). "Tom Egeland sender Bjørn Beltø ut på nye og bare delvis engasjerende eventyr". Aftenposten.
Share this article:

This article uses material from the Wikipedia article Bjørn_Beltø, and is written by contributors. Text is available under a CC BY-SA 4.0 International License; additional terms may apply. Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.