Fridtjof Knutsen (15 December 1894 – 4 August 1961) was a Norwegian journalist and crime novelist.
He was born in Harstad, and was married to Lalli Knutsen.[1] Their daughter Mette Knutsen married Philip Newth and had the son Eirik Newth.[2][3]
Knutsen was a journalist in Dagsposten from 1914, Morgenposten from, Tidens Tegn from 1917 and Aftenposten from 1934. He specifically reported from court cases.[1] Some years after his death he was also called one of "the three great criminal and police reporters in Oslo", together with Georg Svendsen and Axel Kielland.[4]
Knutsen also wrote about 30 criminal novels, many together with his wife.[1] Many were Norwegian adaptations of books originally written by Betty Cavanna, Berkeley Gray (Edwy Searles Brooks), Carolyn Keene (several people), Helen Louise Thorndyke (several people), and Clair Blank.[5] Knutsen also wrote about 30 revues under the pseudonym Filius Kanuti.[1] Non-fiction books include De tause vitner: av rettskjemiker Ch. Bruffs memoarer (1949, with Georg Svendsen).
^ abcd"Fridtjof Knutsen". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 26 February 2011.
^Risa, Gunvor. "Mette Newth". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 7 March 2010.
^"Eirik Newth". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 10 March 2010.
^"Mr. George er død". VG (in Norwegian). 20 October 1966. p. 7.
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