Ingvar Ambjørnsen

Ingvar Even Ambjørnsen-Haefs was a Norwegian writer. He was best known for his "Elling" tetralogy: Utsikt til paradiset, Fugledansen, Brødre i blodet, and Elsk meg i morgen. Brødre i blodet was turned into a successful movie, entitled Elling, which received an Oscar nomination in the Best Foreign Film category in 2001. The English translation of the novel is called Beyond the Great Indoors. Ingvar Ambjørnsen passed away in July 2025 at the age of 69.