| Varg Veum | |
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| Varg Veum character | |
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| First appearance | Bukken til havresekken (The Buck to the Sack of Oats) |
| Created by | Gunnar Staalesen |
| Portrayed by | Trond Espen Seim |
| In-universe information | |
| Gender | Male |
| Occupation | Private detective |
| Nationality | Norwegian |
Varg Veum is the central character in a series of crime novels, written by the Norwegian author Gunnar Staalesen, about a private detective who lives in Bergen, on the west coast of Norway. The books have been translated into several languages, including English, Spanish, German, and Swedish.
In the series there are 19 novels, two short story compilations and an additional short story, a collaboration (1993) with writer Fredrik Skagen, in which Veum meets a hero of Skagen's books, Morten Martens.[1]