About Torkil Damhaug
Born 1958. Torkil Damhaug is a Norwegian writer, physician and psychiatrist.
Torkil Damhaug (born 8 November 1958) is a Norwegian physician and crime fiction writer. He has been awarded the Riverton Prize three times, in 2011, 2016, and 2022, and is the first person to receive the prize three times.
Personal life and education Born in Lillehammer on 8 November 1958, Damhaug is a physician by education, and has specialized in psychiatry. He was awarded the Riverton Prize for Ildmannen in 2011. Later books are the crime novel Sikre tegn på din død from 2013 and the thriller En femte årstid from 2016. and was awarded the Riverton Prize for 2016.
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