Jan Mehlum

Jan Mehlum (born 1 January 1945) is a Norwegian crime fiction writer and sociologist. He was awarded the Riverton Prize in 1998 for the crime novel Kalde hender.

Personal life and early career Mehlum was born in Tønsberg on 1 January 1945.

Literary career Mehlum made his crime fiction debut in 1996 with Gylne tider, and was awarded the Riverton Prize for 1998 for his second crime novel, Kalde hender.

His next book was Det annet kinn from 1999, and his crime novels in the early 2000s include En rettferdig dom (2000), En nødvendig død (2002), Den siste dansen (2004), Din eneste venn (2005), For Guds skyld (2007), Det ingen vet (2008), Madrugada (2009), and Bake kake søte (2010). Most of his crime novels are set in Tønsberg, with the protagonist Svend Foyn, a lawyer, solving the crime cases.

Mehlum's books from the 2010s include the crime novels Straffen (2011) and En god sak (2012), the thriller Lengsel etter penger from 2013, and the crime novels Ren samvittighet (2014), Et hardt slag (2015), To komma åtte sekunder (2016), and Hvit engel, svart natt (2018). In Fornemmelse av skyld from 2019, Foyn consults Varg Veum, when part of the novel is set in Bergen.