Torkil Damhaug

Torkil Damhaug (born 8 November 1958) is a Norwegian physician and crime fiction writer. He has been awarded the Riverton Prize three times, in 2011, 2016, and 2022.

Biography
Damhaug was born in Lillehammer on 8 November 1958. He made his literary debut in 1996 with Flykt, måne, followed by Syk rose (1999), Overlord (2006), and Se meg, Medusa in 2007.

His literary breakthrough was Døden ved vann from 2008. He was awarded the Riverton Prize for Ildmannen in 2011. Later books are the crime novel Sikre tegn på din død from 2013 and the thriller En femte årstid from 2016. En femte årstid is described as a psychological thriller, and was awarded the Riverton Prize for 2016.

In 2017 he published the psychological thriller Glasshjerte. His next book was Se en annen vei from 2019, a psychological thriller set in Budapest. His novel Hund uten grav (2022) earned him his third Riverton Prize. He is the first person who has received the prize three times.