Liv Køltzow

Liv Køltzow
Køltzow in 1980
Born(1945-01-14)14 January 1945
Oslo, German-occupied Norway
Died12 October 2025(2025-10-12) (aged 80)
Bærum, Akershus, Norway
Occupations
  • Novelist
  • playwright

  • biographer
  • essayist
Notable work
  • Hvem bestemmer over Bjørg og Unni?
Spouses
(m. 1966; div. 1973)
(m. 1985; died 2017)
Awards

Liv Køltzow (14 January 1945 – 12 October 2025) was a Norwegian novelist, playwright, biographer and essayist. She received the Mads Wiel Nygaards Endowment, the Gyldendal's Endowment, the Amalie Skram Prize, the Brage Prize (twice), the Aschehoug Prize and the Norwegian Critics Prize for Literature.