Lars Mytting

Lars Mytting – Gudbrandsdalen’s new great storyteller

Lars Mytting was born in Fåvang in Gudbrandsdalen in 1968. He made his literary debut with the novel Hestekrefter in 2006. Hel ved (2011) became an international bestseller and received the British Book Industry Award for Best Non-Fiction Book of the Year.

In 2014, Mytting was awarded the Norwegian Booksellers’ Prize for the novel Svøm med dem som drukner, which has been published in 17 languages and appeared on The Times bestseller list. Søsterklokkene was published in 2018 and Hekneveven in 2020, the first two books in his Gudbrandsdalen trilogy. The final and concluding volume, Skråpånatta, was published in 2023.

Altogether, Mytting’s books have sold more than one million copies and have been published in 23 languages. In 2022, he was awarded the Dobloug Prize.