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Jo Nesbø

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Jo Nesbø (born 29 March 1960) is a Norwegian writer, musician, and former economist and reporter. [1]

73 relations: Baltasar Kormákur, Bank robbery, Business administration, Channing Tatum, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Cockroaches (novel), Crime fiction, Cruciate ligament, Damsel in distress, Denis Villeneuve, Di Derre, Duncan Lawrie, Economist, Edgar Award, Espen Søbye, Executive producer, Finnish Academy of Science and Letters, Forward (association football), Gangster, Glass Key award, Harry Hole, Harvill Secker, Headhunters (film), Hogarth Shakespeare, Jake Gyllenhaal, Journalist, Karusellmusikk, Kripos, Leonardo DiCaprio, Macbeth, Macbeth (Jo Nesbø novel), Mads Wiel Nygaard's Endowment, Martin Scorsese, Michael Fassbender, Molde, Molde FK, Musician, Nemesis (Nesbø novel), Norwegian School of Economics, Oil reserves, Okkupert, Oslo, Peer Gynt Prize, Pen name, Phantom (Nesbø novel), Police (Nesbø novel), Political thriller, Rebecca Ferguson, Republic of the Congo, Roald Dahl, ..., Serial killer, Stemmer fra Balkan, Stockbroker, The Bat (novel), The Devil's Star, The Establishment, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2009 film), The Guardian, The Leopard (Nesbø novel), The Redbreast, The Redeemer (novel), The Snowman (2017 film), The Snowman (Nesbø novel), The Son (Nesbø novel), Thirst (Nesbø novel), Tobey Maguire, Tomas Alfredson, Tragedy, TV 2 (Norway), Wallander (Swedish TV series), Warner Bros., Writer, Yellow Bird (company). Expand index (23 more) »

Baltasar Kormákur

Baltasar Kormákur Samper (born 27 February 1966) is an Icelandic actor, theater and film director, and film producer.

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Bank robbery

Bank robbery is the crime of stealing money from a bank, while bank employees and customers are subjected to force, violence, or a threat of violence.

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Business administration

Business administration is management of a business.

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Channing Tatum

Channing Matthew Tatum (born April 26, 1980) is an American actor.

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Charlotte Gainsbourg

Charlotte Lucy Gainsbourg (born 21 July 1971) is a British-French actress and singer.

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Cockroaches (novel)

Cockroaches (Kakerlakkene, 1998) is a crime novel by Norwegian writer Jo Nesbø, the second in the Harry Hole series.

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Crime fiction

Crime fiction is the literary genre that fictionalises crimes, their detection, criminals, and their motives.

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Cruciate ligament

Cruciate ligaments (also cruciform ligaments) are pairs of ligaments arranged like a letter X. They occur in several joints of the body, such as the knee.

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Damsel in distress

The damsel-in-distress, persecuted maiden, or princess in jeopardy is a classic theme in world literature, art, film and video games.

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Denis Villeneuve

Denis Villeneuve, (born October 3, 1967) is a French Canadian film director and writer.

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Di Derre

Di Derre is a Norwegian Pop rock band, founded in 1992.

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Duncan Lawrie

Duncan Lawrie Limited, known simply as Duncan Lawrie, was a small private bank with its head office in Belgravia, London.

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Economist

An economist is a practitioner in the social science discipline of economics.

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Edgar Award

The Edgar Allan Poe Awards (popularly called the Edgars), named after Edgar Allan Poe, are presented every year by the Mystery Writers of America, based in New York City.

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Espen Søbye

Pål Espen Søbye (born 9 July 1954) is a Norwegian author and literary critic.

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Executive producer

Executive producer (EP) is one of the top positions in the making of a commercial entertainment product.

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Finnish Academy of Science and Letters

The Finnish Academy of Science and Letters (Finnish Suomalainen Tiedeakatemia; Latin Academia Scientiarum Fennica) is a Finnish learned society.

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Forward (association football)

Forwards are the players on an association football team who play nearest to the opposing team's goal, and are therefore most responsible for scoring goals.

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Gangster

A gangster is a criminal who is a member of a gang.

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Glass Key award

The Glass Key award (Glasnyckeln, Glasnøglen, Glassnøkkelen, Lasiavain-palkinto, Glerlykillinn) is a literature award given annually to a crime novel by an author from the Nordic countries.

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Harry Hole

Harry Hole is the main character in a series of crime novels written by Norwegian author Jo Nesbø.

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Harvill Secker

Harvill Secker is a British publishing company formed in 2005 from the merger of Secker & Warburg and the Harvill Press.

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Headhunters (film)

Headhunters (Hodejegerne) is a 2011 Norwegian action thriller film, based on the 2008 novel of the same name by Jo Nesbø.

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Hogarth Shakespeare

The Hogarth Shakespeare project is an effort by Hogarth Press to re-tell and re-imagine some of the famous works by William Shakespeare for a more modern audience.

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Jake Gyllenhaal

Jacob Benjamin Gyllenhaal (born December 19, 1980) is an American actor.

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Journalist

A journalist is a person who collects, writes, or distributes news or other current information to the public.

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Karusellmusikk

Karusellmusikk is a 2001 collection of short stories, written by Norwegian Jo Nesbø.

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Kripos

The National Criminal Investigation Service (Den nasjonale enhet for bekjempelse av organisert og annen alvorlig kriminalitet, previously Kriminalpolitisentralen), commonly known as Kripos, is a special agency of the Norwegian Police Service.

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Leonardo DiCaprio

Leonardo Wilhelm DiCaprio (born November 11, 1974) is an American actor and film producer.

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Macbeth

Macbeth (full title The Tragedy of Macbeth) is a tragedy by William Shakespeare; it is thought to have been first performed in 1606.

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Macbeth (Jo Nesbø novel)

Macbeth is a re-telling by Jo Nesbø of the original play, Macbeth, by William Shakespeare for a more modern audience.

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Mads Wiel Nygaard's Endowment

Mads Wiel Nygaard's Endowment is an annually awarded literary prize from the publishing house Aschehoug.

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Martin Scorsese

Martin Charles Scorsese (born November 17, 1942) is an American director, producer, screenwriter, actor and film historian, whose career spans more than 50 years.

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Michael Fassbender

Michael Fassbender (born 2 April 1977) is a German-born Irish actor.

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Molde

Molde is a town and municipality in Romsdal in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway.

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Molde FK

Molde Fotballklubb is a Norwegian association football club from Molde that currently plays in the Eliteserien, the Norwegian top division.

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Musician

A musician is a person who plays a musical instrument or is musically talented.

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Nemesis (Nesbø novel)

Nemesis (Sorgenfri, a placename in Norway) is a 2002 crime novel by Norwegian writer Jo Nesbø, the fourth in the Harry Hole series.

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Norwegian School of Economics

The Norwegian School of Economics (Norges Handelshøyskole; literally "Norwegian School of Business Studies") or NHH, until 2011 known in English as the Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration, is a business school situated in Bergen, Norway.

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Oil reserves

Oil reserves denote the amount of crude oil that can be technically recovered at a cost that is financially feasible at the present price of oil.

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Okkupert

Okkupert (English title: Occupied) is a Norwegian political thriller TV series that premiered on TV2 on 5 October 2015.

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Oslo

Oslo (rarely) is the capital and most populous city of Norway.

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Peer Gynt Prize

The Peer Gynt Prize or the Peer Gynt Award (Årets Peer Gynt or Per Gynt-prisen) is a private Norwegian prize presented annually by the private commercial company Peer Gynt AS during the Peer Gynt Festival, also organised by the same company.

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Pen name

A pen name (nom de plume, or literary double) is a pseudonym (or, in some cases, a variant form of a real name) adopted by an author and printed on the title page or by-line of their works in place of their "real" name.

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Phantom (Nesbø novel)

Phantom is a crime novel by Norwegian novelist Jo Nesbø, published jn 2012.

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Police (Nesbø novel)

Police (Politi, 2013) is a crime novel by Norwegian novelist Jo Nesbø.

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Political thriller

A political thriller is a thriller that is set against the backdrop of a political power struggle.

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Rebecca Ferguson

Rebecca Louisa Ferguson Sundström (born 19 October 1983), known professionally as Rebecca Ferguson, is a Swedish actress.

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Republic of the Congo

The Republic of the Congo (République du Congo), also known as the Congo-Brazzaville, the Congo Republic or simply the Congo, is a country in Central Africa.

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Roald Dahl

Roald Dahl (13 September 1916 – 23 November 1990) was a British novelist, short story writer, poet, screenwriter, and fighter pilot.

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Serial killer

A serial killer is typically a person who murders three or more people,A serial killer is most commonly defined as a person who kills three or more people for psychological gratification; reliable sources over the years agree.

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Stemmer fra Balkan

Stemmer fra Balkan ("Figures in the Balkans") is a documentary book written by Jo Nesbø and Espen Søbye.

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Stockbroker

A stockbroker is a regulated professional individual, usually associated with a brokerage firm or broker-dealer, who buys and sells stocks and other securities for both retail and institutional clients through a stock exchange or over the counter in return for a fee or commission.

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The Bat (novel)

The Bat (Flaggermusmannen, "Bat Man") is a 1997 crime novel by Norwegian writer Jo Nesbø, the first in the Harry Hole series.

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The Devil's Star

The Devil's Star (Marekors, literally "The Nightmare Cross", 2003) is a crime novel by Norwegian writer Jo Nesbø, the fifth in the Harry Hole series.

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The Establishment

The Establishment generally denotes a dominant group or elite that holds power or authority in a nation or organisation.

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The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2009 film)

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (Män som hatar kvinnor, literally "Men who hate women") is a 2009 Swedish drama thriller film based on the novel of the same name by Swedish author/journalist Stieg Larsson.

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The Guardian

The Guardian is a British daily newspaper.

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The Leopard (Nesbø novel)

The Leopard is a crime novel by Norwegian novelist, Jo Nesbø.

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The Redbreast

The Redbreast (Rødstrupe, 2000) is a crime novel by Norwegian writer Jo Nesbø, the third in the Harry Hole series (although the first in the series to be available in English).

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The Redeemer (novel)

The Redeemer is a novel by popular Norwegian crime-writer Jo Nesbø, part of his Harry Hole series.

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The Snowman (2017 film)

The Snowman is a 2017 British crime thriller film, directed by Tomas Alfredson and written by Hossein Amini, Peter Straughan and Søren Sveistrup, and based on the novel of the same name by Jo Nesbø.

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The Snowman (Nesbø novel)

The Snowman (Snømannen, 2007) is a novel by Norwegian crime-writer Jo Nesbø.

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The Son (Nesbø novel)

The Son (Sønnen, 2014) is a crime novel by Norwegian novelist Jo Nesbø.

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Thirst (Nesbø novel)

The Thirst (Tørst, 2017) is a crime novel by Norwegian novelist Jo Nesbø, the eleventh in the Harry Hole series.

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Tobey Maguire

Tobias Vincent Maguire (born June 27, 1975) is an American actor and film producer.

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Tomas Alfredson

Hans Christian Tomas Alfredson (born 1 April 1965) is a Swedish film director who is best known internationally for directing the 2008 vampire film Let the Right One In and 2011 espionage film Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy.

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Tragedy

Tragedy (from the τραγῳδία, tragōidia) is a form of drama based on human suffering that invokes an accompanying catharsis or pleasure in audiences.

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TV 2 (Norway)

TV 2 is the largest commercial television broadcaster in Norway.

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Wallander (Swedish TV series)

Wallander is a Swedish television series adapted from Henning Mankell's Kurt Wallander novels, starring Krister Henriksson in the title role.

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Warner Bros.

Warner Bros.

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Writer

A writer is a person who uses written words in various styles and techniques to communicate their ideas.

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Yellow Bird (company)

Yellow Bird is a Swedish film and television production company.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jo_Nesbø

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