Arne Svingen (born 10 July 1967) is a Norwegians writer of children's books. He also writes adult fiction and books for young adults. He has published over a hundred titles and his works have been translated into more than a dozen languages.
Svingen hails from Grorud and was a journalist before becoming a full-time children's writer in 1997.[
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His most noted books are:
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Svart elfenben, winner of the Brageprisen in 2005
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Sangen om en brukket nese, winner of the Kulturdepartementets litteraturpris in 2012, Prix Libbylit Romans Ados in 2015, and the Batchelder Honor Book Award in 2017
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Man dør litt hver dag, winner of the Ăstfoldungdommens kritikerpris in 2017
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podcast Svingens barnebokverden, winner of the NBU-prisen in 2018
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En himmel full av skyer, winner of the Bokslukerprisen in 2019/20
Bibliometrics
Throughout his career, Arne Svingen has published:
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1999: 2 books
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2000: 3 books
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2001: 4 books
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2002: 4 books
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2003: 1 book
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2004: 4 books
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2005: 5 books
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2006: 3 books
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2007: 3 books
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2008: 1 book
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2009: 2 books
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2010: 4 books
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2011: 5 books
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2012: 9 books
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2013: 9 books
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2014: 5 books
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2015: 6 books
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2016: 7 books
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2017: 9 books
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2018: 6 books
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2019: 5 books and 1 anthology
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2020: 7 books
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2021: 8 books
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2022: 6 books
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2023: 7 books
The vast majority of the books are published by Gyldendal Norsk Forlag, some by Cappelen Damm (formerly Damm) as well as three in his early career by Solum.
