Endre Lund Eriksen

Endre Lund Eriksen (born 10 February 1977)[1] is a Norwegian author and politician.[2][3][4][5]

Endre Lund Eriksen
Born	(1977-02-10) 10 February 1977 Bodø, Norway
Occupation	Author
Nationality	Norwegian
Period	2002–present
Genre	Children's books, novels
Website
www.lunderiksen.no

Lund Eriksen was active in Socialist Youth in his teenage years, and as a member of the Norwegian Socialist Left Party (SV) in Nordland, Eriksen was a deputy in the Storting Parliament from 1997 to 2001.[6][1] In March 2015 he was elected to the SV central board with a special responsibility to follow up on the project "Yes to Northern Norway."[7]

He made his book debut as an author in 2002, with the children's book Pitbull-Terje går amok (lit. Pitbull-Terje runs amok). The book received the Kulturdepartementets priser for barne- og ungdomslitteratur,[8][9] and was made into a film, Pitbullterje (2005), with manuscript by Lund Eriksen. The film won the 2006 Amanda Award for Best Children and Youth Film.[10][11][12]

Lund Eriksen has written three more books about Pitbull-Terje: Pitbull-Terje og kampen mot barnevernet (Pitbull-Terje and the fight against the Child Welfare service) (2006),[13][14] that won the 2006 Arks barnebokpris,[15] Pitbull-Terje blir ond (Pitbull-Terje turns evil) (2007),[16] that won the 2008 UPrisen,[17] and Pitbull-Terje på sporet av den tapte far (Pitbull-Terje and the hunt for the lost father) (2010).[18]

Lund Eriksen has received several awards for his books,[19][20] that have been translated to 11 languages including Bulgarian,[21] Danish,[22] Dutch,[23] French,[24] German,[25] Sami,[26] and Swedish.[27]