Helga Flatland

Helga Flatland (born 16 September 1984) is a Norwegian novelist and children's writer. Making her literary debut in 2010, she eventually became a full-time writer, and has won prizes such as Tarjei Vesaas' debutantpris, Mads Wiel Nygaard's Endowment and the Norwegian Booksellers' Prize.

Early and personal life Flatland was born in Notodden and grew up in Flatdal.

In 2015 she released her first children's book, Eline får besøk, which was illustrated by . The sequel, Eline overnatter, was released in 2016. In 2015 Flatland was awarded the Amalie Skram Prize, and also Mads Wiel Nygaard's Endowment. En moderne familie is about a family where the parents decide to divorce in their early 70s, and how this affects their grown-up children. An audiobook version is voiced by , Anne Ryg and Anna Bache-Wiig. The novel earned Flatland the Norwegian Booksellers' Prize for 2017. In 2020 she released the novel Et liv forbi, which treats themes related to severe illness within a family. An audiobook version is voiced by Liv Bernhoft Osa and Ane Dahl Torp.