Øyvind Myhre

Øyvind Kvernvold Myhre (born 2 January 1945) is a Norwegian author of science fiction and fantasy literature. He has written more than twenty novels and short stories. from 1975-1977 he was author and editor of the Norwegian science fiction magazine NOVA. He also published a fanzine called GANDALF.

Øyvind Myhre earned his siv.ing. degree from the Norwegian Institute of Technology. He has worked for IBM as a system consultant.

Born in Fluberg, Myhre is a member of the municipal council of Gran Municipality for the period of 2007-2011, representing a local list.

Frequent themes in his novels are meditations about freedom and how it is threatened by state power and excessive bureaucracy, reflecting Myhre's libertarian outlook. Myhre's fascination with H.P. Lovecraft and the Cthulhu mythos is also apparent in several of his novels and short stories, ranging from more oblique references to the explicit Lovecraftian themes and references in Mørke over Dunwich (1991).