| Espen Haavardsholm | |
| Birth Date: | 10 February 1945 |
| Birth Place: | Oslo, Norway |
| Occupation: | novelist, poet, essayist and biographer |
| Relatives: | Martin Linge (grandfather) |
Espen Haavardsholm (born 10 February 1945, in Oslo) is a Norwegian novelist, poet, biographer and essayist.[1] He made his literary debut in 1966 with the collection of short stories, Tidevann. He was one of the central writers in the modernist literary magazine Profil.[2] He has written biographies on Martin Linge (his grandfather), Aksel Sandemose and Johan Borgen.