Arne Svingen (born 10 July 1967) is a Norwegian writer of children's books. He also writes adult fiction and books for young adults and adults. He has published over a hundred titles and his works have been translated into more than 25 languages.
Svingen hails from Grorud and was a journalist before becoming a full-time children's writer in 1997.
Svingen is the International Secretary in PEN International (elected for 2024-2029).
His most noted books are: Svart elfenben, winner of the Brageprisen in 2005 Sangen om en brukket nese, winner of the Kulturdepartementets litteraturpris in 2012, Prix Libbylit Romans Ados in 2015, and the Batchelder Honor Book Award in 2017 Man dør litt hver dag, winner of the Østfoldungdommens kritikerpris in 2017 podcast Svingens barnebokverden, winner of the NBU-prisen in 2018 En himmel full av skyer, winner of the Bokslukerprisen in 2019/20
Bibliometrics Throughout his career, Arne Svingen has published: 1999: 2 books 2000: 3 books 2001: 4 books 2002: 4 books 2003: 1 book 2004: 4 books 2005: 5 books 2006: 3 books 2007: 3 books 2008: 1 book 2009: 2 books 2010: 4 books 2011: 5 books 2012: 9 books 2013: 9 books 2014: 5 books 2015: 6 books 2016: 7 books 2017: 9 books 2018: 6 books 2019: 5 books and 1 anthology 2020: 7 books 2021: 8 books 2022: 6 books 2023: 7 books
The vast majority of the books are published by Gyldendal Norsk Forlag, some by Cappelen Damm (formerly Damm) as well as three in his early career by Solum.
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