Oslo Public Library Deichman bjorvika exsterior, photo credit Lars Schwed Nygard

Oslo Public Library (Deichman)

Norway

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Deichman consists of 25 local libraries located all over Oslo. Deichman was founded in 1785 and is Norway’s oldest and largest public library. Oslo’s main library, Deichman Bjørvika, is located between Oslo Central Station and the Opera house.

PREVIOUS NOMINATIONS

2026

Ingvild Rishøi

Brightly Shining

2025

Ingrid Storholmen

Here lay Tirpitz

2024

Hanne Ørstavik

Ti Amo

2023

Thorvald Steen

The White Bathing Hut

2022

Linda Boström Knausgård

October Child

2021

Ocean Vuong

On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous

2020

Thorvald Steen

The Invisible Library

2020

Lars Petter Sveen

Children of God

2020

Matias Faldbakken

The Waiter

2019

Vigdis Hjorth

A House in Norway

2008

James Robertson

The Testament of Gideon Mack

2008

Hisham Matar

In the Country of Men

2008

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Half of a Yellow Sun

2007

Per Petterson

Out Stealing Horses

2007

Cormac McCarthy

No Country for Old Men

2007

Julian Barnes

Arthur & George

2006

Alice Walker

Now is the Time to Open Your Heart

2006

Joyce Carol Oates

The Falls

2006

Cynthia Ozick

Heir to the Glimmering World

2005

Per Petterson

In the Wake

2005

DBC Pierre

Vernon God Little

2005

Christoph Hein

Willenbrock

2004

Aleksandar Hemon

Nowhere Man

2004

Tahar Ben Jelloun

This Blinding Absence of Light

2003

Don DeLillo

The Body Artist

2003

Oystein Lonn

The Necessary Rituals of Maren Gripe

2003

Harry Mulisch

The Procedure

2002

Michel Houllebecq

Atomised

2002

Michael Ondaatje

Anil’s Ghost

2002

Atle Næss

Doubting Thomas

2001

Bergljot Hobaek Haff

Shame

2001

Vikram Seth

An Equal Music

2001

David Guterson

East of the Mountains

2000

Per Petterson

To Siberia

2000

Magnus Mills

The Restraint of Beasts

2000

Nicola Barker

Wide Open

1999

Pernille Rygg

The Butterfly Effect

1999

Jostein Gaarder

Vita Brevis

1999

Andrew Miller

Ingenious Pain

1998

Siri Hustvedt

The Enchantment of Lily Dahl

1998

Roddy Doyle

The Woman Who Walked into Doors

1998

Margaret Atwood

Alias Grace

1997

Amy Tan

The Hundred Secret Senses

1997

Salman Rushdie

The Moor’s Last Sigh

1997

Nick Hornby

High Fidelity

1997

Alice Hoffman

Practical Magic

1996

Jostein Gaarder

Sophie’s World

1996

Finn Carling

Commission

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