Erlend Loe

Writer

Born: May 24, 1969 (56 years old)

Place of birth: Trondheim, Sør-Trøndelag, Norway

Biography

Erlend Loe is a Norwegian novelist and screenwriter. He has gained popularity in Scandinavia with his humourous and sometimes naïve novels, although his stories have become darker in tone, moving towards a more satirical criticism of modern Norwegian society.

Filmography (18)

• Uti vår hage (2003, ★ 8.6)
• En helt vanlig dag på jobben (2010, ★ 6.7)
• Cracking the Shakespeare Code (2016, ★ 7.5)
• I kveld med Ylvis (2011, ★ 7)
• North (2009, ★ 6.4)
• Number 24 (2024, ★ 7.1)
• The Perfect Patient (2019, ★ 6.4)
• Home Ground (2018, ★ 7.3)
• Kurt Turns Evil (2009, ★ 5.5)
• Most People Live in China (2002, ★ 5.9)
• Satisfaction 1720 (2016, ★ 5.8)
• Stockholm Bloodbath (2024, ★ 6.1)
• Gone with the Woman (2007, ★ 6.3)
• Detector (2000, ★ 5.2)
• Another Happy Christmas (2020, ★ 5.2)
• The Middle Man (2021, ★ 6.1)
• Everybody Hates Johan (2022, ★ 5.9)
• Kamikaze (2021, ★ 5.4)