20th-century Norwegian male writers

Øyvind Berg (born 14 January 1959 is a Norwegian lyric poet, playwright, actor and translator.
Berg was born in Oslo. He studied to the intermediate level in philosophy, literature and egyptology at the University of Bergen and the University of Tromsø. He was a member of the Norwegian Authors' Union from 1987 to 1988 and 1993 to 1996. He was selected to serve on the Arts Council Norway's appeal committee for recognition of new Norwegian literature. In 1997, he was artistic director for Norwegian Festival of Literature. Berg's poetry has been translated into German, English and Danish.

Henning Kramer Dahl (29 April 1962 – 7 March 2017) was a Norwegian poet, essayist and translator.
Dahl was born in Oslo. He made his literary debut in 1983 with the poetry collection Barfrost, with poems rich in spiritual metaphors. His next collections, Dansestykker for legeme og stillhet (1984) and Et annet rom et annet hjerte (1987), contain love poems and poems about nature. In 1989 he published the satirical collection Hvite lam. Later collections are Solsikkemuskel (1991), Værhårmusikk (1995), Hundehymner, benhuspoesi (2000) and Månen er borte (2003). His essay collection Tiden leger alle sår was published in 1996. He has translated poetry into Norwegian language, including works of Leonard Cohen, Sylvia Plath, Fernando Pessoa and Derek Walcott.He resided at Stabekk. He died from heart failure in March 2017.

Finn Hald (8 July 1929 – 17 October 2010) was a Norwegian ceramist, sculptor, illustrator, poet and playwright. He was married to Dagny Revold. Among his books are Revestreker from 1970 and the short story collection Fuglesirkuset from 1978. He published Mellom to stoler from 1980, Sidespor from 1986 and Oppsving from 1996, all in collaboration with his wife Dagny Hald and designer Roar Høyland.

Johan Randulf Bull Hambro (24 October 1915 – 27 February 1993) was a Norwegian journalist, translator and biographer. He was the fourth son of Norwegian politician C. J. Hambro, whose biography he wrote in 1984. He lived in the United States from 1939 to 1982, where he studied and worked as a foreign-affairs journalist, press attaché and consulate-general. He was secretary general of the Norse Federation for 27 years, from 1955 to 1982. He was decorated as a Knight, First Class of the Order of St. Olav in 1975.

Rolf Kristian Eckersberg Stenersen (13 February 1899 – 15 October 1978) was a Norwegian businessman, non-fiction writer, essayist, novelist, playwright and biographer. He was also a track and field athlete and art collector.

Erling Christie (19 May 1928 — 3 September 1996) was a Norwegian author.
Christie was among the pioneers of modernism in Norway both as a poet and a critic. Christie published five poetry collections in his life, and these were collected in the posthumous collection Samlede dikt (Aschehoug 1998).
His literary works meant that Christie introduced a large number of English language authors to the Norwegian public, and his own poetry was inspired by English speaking authors such as T. S. Eliot.
In 1959 Erling Christie had an accident that led to him losing his sight and becoming unemployed. This led to him writing Tegnene slukner, which was published the year after the accident took place.

Vegard Sletten (8 May 1907 – 17 December 1984) was a Norwegian newspaper editor. He worked in Stavanger Aftenblad from 1929 to 1945, except for the World War II years during parts of which he was imprisoned, and then in Verdens Gang from 1945. He edited the latter newspaper from 1967 to 1977, and chaired both the Norwegian Union of Journalists and the Norwegian Press Association. Like his father Klaus Sletten he was also a Nynorsk supporter.

Kåre Fasting (1907–1983) was a Norwegian journalist, newspaper editor, novelist, biographer and non-fiction writer. He was a journalist for the newspaper Bergens Tidende from 1935, and edited Nidaros from 1945 to 1950. His literary début was the novel Havet gav from 1935.

Ferdinand Oscar Finne (12 October 1910 – 31 December 1999) was a Norwegian author, painter, graphic artist, theater decorator and costume designer.

Arne Durban (16 June 1912 – 18 March 1993) was a Norwegian sculptor and art critic. He was born in Kristiania, and was a brother of Halvor Durban-Hansen. His works are represented in more than thirty cities in Norway. Among his works are sculptures of Oscar Mathisen and Anders Sandvig, and busts of Rudolph Thygesen and Henrik Groth. He wrote art critics for the newspapers Morgenbladet, Morgenposten and Handels- og Sjøfartstidende, columns for the magazines Magasinet For Alle and Farmand, and biographies of Christian Sinding, Gustav Vigeland and Kaare Espolin Johnson.