About Fridtjof Knutsen
Lived 1894 – 1961 (aged 66–67). Fridtjof Knutsen was a Norwegian journalist and writer.
Fridtjof Knutsen (15 December 1894 – 4 August 1961) was a Norwegian journalist and crime novelist.
He was born in Harstad, and was married to Lalli Knutsen. Their daughter Mette Knutsen married Philip Newth and had the son Eirik Newth, and daughter Hege Newth.
Knutsen was a journalist in Dagsposten from 1914, Morgenposten from, Tidens Tegn from 1917 and Aftenposten from 1934. He specifically reported from court cases.
Knutsen also wrote about 30 criminal novels, many together with his wife. Knutsen also wrote about 30 revues under the pseudonym Filius Kanuti. Non-fiction books include De tause vitner: av rettskjemiker Ch. Bruffs memoarer (1949, with Georg Svendsen).
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Norwegian writer (1894-1961)
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Fridtjof Knutsen was born in 1894 in Harstad Municipality.
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Fridtjof Knutsen died in 1961.
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Fridtjof Knutsen was a journalist and writer.
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