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Jan Kjærstad

Norwegian author

  • Fame48.5
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Born 1953 · age 73Norway
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    21 languages
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  • Age
    73
    Born 1953
  • Known for
    The Perfect Murder
    1992
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Updated 2026-06-24

Jan Kjærstad is a Norwegian author. Kjærstad is a theology graduate from MF Norwegian School of Theology and the University of Oslo. He has written a string of novels, short stories and essays and was editor of the literary magazine Vinduet. He has received a number of prizes, the most important being the Nordic Council Literature Prize, which he received for the perspectivist trilogy about the TV personality Jonas Wergeland.

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48.5
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Source confidence70.0
Completeness80.0
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