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Here you will find news, interviews, reviews and other information related to Christiansen and his writings.
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Christmas present for all Hobo fans!
Finally! "Hobo's Guide to Oslo" can now be downloaded for free from Pål H. Christiansen's website. This e-book presents many of the places in Oslo where Hobo Highbrow appears in Christiansen's novel "The Scoundrel Days of Hobo Highbrow". Photographs, quotes from the novel, maps and other information make this an alternative guide to Oslo for all those who would like to go in the footprints of Hobo. The book is made by Christiansen in collaboration with Annette Schwindt and can be downloaded here. (pdf, 1.8MB)
Ha en riktig god jul!
(December 18, 2009)
"Humle & Honning" on Facebook
The novel "Humle & Honning" by Pål H. Christiansen has its own Norwegian group on Facebook now.
(December 11, 2009)
Hobo Highbrow has arrived in Australia
Fishpond.com.au, the biggest Australian bookstore online is now selling "The Scoundrel Days of Hobo Highbrow" too! See www.fishpond.com.au
(October 13, 2009)
"Drømmer om storhet" in Italien and French
Thanks to Pål H. Christiansen's fans Annalisa and Valérie we can now present an Italian and a French fan translation of "Drømmer om storhet". The translations are published bit by bit on Pål's fanblog together with other fan contributions (like the worldwide Hobospotting).
Go to Italian translation
Go to French translation
(September 16, 2009)
Pål's fanblog goes online!
With all the fan contributions coming in Pål H. christiansen has decided it's time for a fanblog. There he will collect and present your translations, photos and videos about Hobo highbrow, Fjodor and all his other books. Send your contributions to webmaster@phc.no and we'll publish them on the blog too.
You can also rate and comment the blogposts, discuss translations and be updated automatically about new articles posted there (RSS for feedreader or email!).
(August 31, 2009)
A hello from Fjodor in Greece
Fjodor and the rest of the Fjodorfilm cast have joined Knut Jorfald for rehearsals in Samos!
(July 28, 2009)
Spotted Hobo Highbrow anywhere?
Crista and Denise spotted Hobo following Paul Waaktaar-Savoy in the USA the other day!
Read Crista's report
and Denise's report!
All Hobospottings can be seen on Pål's FlickR!
(July 10, 2009)
"Head in the mountains, feet in the bathtub"
Read and discuss Hobo Highbrow's thoughts on the new a-ha album on Hobo's facebook group.
(June 17, 2009)
Hobo's guide to Oslo
A Hobo-map of Oslo will be included in the June edition of the "Headlines and Deadlines" a-ha fanclub magazine! "This is the first sketch of what is to become a more comprehensive guide to Oslo scene in the eyes of Hobo Highbrow", says Pål H. Christiansen. The author of "The Scoundrel Days of Hobo Highbrow" has planned to publish this guide later this year in an ebook for free download on the web.
Anyone interested in purchasing a copy of this magazine can contact Karen Johnson at karenj71@ukonline.co.uk to receive further details.
(May 28, 2009)
Very good and readable text!
Pål H. Christiansen's fourth book about Fjodor, "Fjodor på skolen" ("Fjodor at school") was very well received by reviewer Per Ivar Henriksbø in Gudbrabdsdølen Dagningen. "Children in primary school will surely find it incredibly funny when Christiansen describes the nonsense, tricks and chaos following the new boy's (Fjodor's) appearance," he says about the book.
Read the complete review (in English translation)
(May 14, 2009)
Buy books directly from the author
The original editions of Pål H. Christiansen's five Norwegian novels published between 1989 and 2002 are now available directly from the author through this website. Some of the books are no longer available elsewhere.
(May 11, 2009)
Fjodor goes to Hollywood?
Fjodor the naughty cod, hero of Pål H. Christiansen's series of books for children wants to be a film star! Now you can watch a short test of what might become a series of cartoons with Fjodor, if everything goes the right way.
(May 7, 2009)
Social Media Newsrooms on phc.no
Not only for journalists but for anyone interested in Pål H. Christiansen and his books, we have created three social media newsrooms on this website. From there you can easily access and share any kind of information about the author and his work.
Go to
Pål H. Christiansen's general newsroom
Fjodor's newsroom
"The Scoundrel Days of Hobo Highbrow" newsroom.
(April 30, 2009)
Bloody good!
"..he makes an enjoyably unreliable narrator," writes Clea Simon in The Boston Phoenix about Hobo Highbrow in her review of Pål H. Christiansen's novel The Scoundrel Days of Hobo Highbrow.
(April 23, 2009)
First reading video of a Hobo fan!
Here comes the first reading video of a Hobo fan! Thomas reads the beer-scene from the German edition "Die Ordnung der Worte" (English edition: "The Scoundrel Days of Hobo Highbrow"). Not with Monrovian beer but without froth! ;-)
If you have a reading video (in any language) too, please contact me so we can put it on my YouTube channel too!
(April 13, 2009)
Pål H. Christiansen on the shelves of Schoenhof's Foreign Books
The oldest foreign books' dealer in the US, Schoenhof's of Cambridge, Massachusets, sells publications in 750 languages, among them Pål H. Christiansen's "The Scoundrel Days of Hobo Highbrow" and "Drømmer om storhet". Read more...
(March 23, 2009)
More Fjodor-readings - now in German
After publishing three reading videos in English on his blog, Fjodor now presents the first of three reading videos from his first book "Fjodor går bananas" in German language.
Watch the first reading video in German.
Since the beginning of this week the Fjodor series has been completed by a fourth book: "Fjodor på skolen". Author Pål H. Christiansen is now hoping for foreign publishers to discover the children's books about the naughty cod Fjodor and his friend, the little boy Palle.
(March 19, 2009)
"Fjodor på skolen" in the Norwegian bookstores
Pål H. Christiansen's 4th children's book "Fjodor på skolen" about the naughty cod Fjodor and his friend Palle is on the bookshelves of Norwegian bookstores. The book tells the story of the new boy in Palle's school class, a boy who turns out to be Fjodor! Christiansen first got the idea when he was asked to tour with his book "Fjodor går bananas" in quite a number of primary schools in 2007. This tour he called "Fjodor på skolen", and he developed the idea during school visits in 2007 and 2008.
(March 16, 2009)
Fjodor readings!
Shortly before the 4th book about the naughty cod Fjodor and his friend Palle is coming to Norwegian bookstores two fans of Fjodor have recorded some reading videos. These videos will be published one by one on Fjodor's blog over the coming days.
Go to Fjodor's blog to see the videos
(March 10, 2009)
Another US-review of "The Scoundrel Days of Hobo Highbrow"
The American poet and publisher Doug Holder of Somerville, Massachusets reviews Pål H. Christiansen's novel "The Scoundrel Days of Hobo Highbrow" in the "Boston area small press and poetry scene". Although not familiar wih the Norwegian pop group a-ha, he seemed to like what he has read!
(March 5, 2009)
RSS for phc.no! 
From today on you will be able to subscribe to the updates on phc.no and get them delivered to your feedreader or by Email!
Read more about the RSS of phc.no
(February 26, 2009)
Pål and Paul in Take On Me style
British artist Helen Dearnley aka Blackbird had asked Pål H. Christiansen in the beginning of this year if he'd agree to have a portrait of him and Paul Waaktaar-Savoy. Read more about the Take On Me stlye drawing
(February 25, 2009)
Hobo in italiano
An Italian test translation of chapter 2 of my novel "Drømmer om storhet" ("The Scoundrel Days of Hobo Highbrow") has just been published on the Italian a-ha forum!
Read it on aha-italia.com.
(February 6, 2009)
New Fjodorbook!
The 4th book about Fjodor and Palle is finished!
Fjodor på skolen
will be in Norwegian bookstores from March on!
(February 4,2009)
Bookstores with
"The Scoundrel Days of Hobo Highbrow" in stock
"The Scoundrel Days of Hobo Highbrow" by Pål H. Christiansen is now on the shelves of bookstores in the Boston/US area and of course in Oslo/Norway. Read more...
(January 23, 2009)
Svein Erichsen: a new Hobo-friend!
This week Pål H. Christiansen visited Svein Erichsen, the producer of "Fakkeltog" by Bridges, Magne Furuholmen's and Pål Waaktaar's group (later named Poem) before Morten Harket joined the two of them and formed a-ha.
(January 15, 2009)
