Jørn H. Sværen

Jørn Henrik Sværen (born 12 November 1974) is a Norwegian author, publisher, translator and musician.[1] He ran the small press H Press from 2004–2009,[2][3] and currently runs England Forlag (England Press). He has been a member of the band Ulver since 2000.

Jørn Henrik Sværen
Born (1974-11-12) 12 November 1974
Drammen, Norway
OccupationWriter, translator, editor, publisher, musician
GenrePoetry, short prose, essays
Website
englandforlag.no

In 2011, Kolon Forlag published Dronning av England,[4][5] a collection of Sværen's texts originally published in journals and catalogues, as well as handmade chapbooks from England Forlag. Queen of England, Sværen's translation of the book into English, was published by Black Square Editions in January 2017.[6]

Sværen was also the editor of Den engelske kanal (The English Channel), an annual poetry journal dedicated to Scandinavian poetry and international poetry in translation, published by Kolon Forlag from 2013–2019.[7]

Bibliography
  • En kirke (A Church) (Oslo: England Forlag, 2007)
  • Et barn eller en bok (A Child or a Book) (Oslo: England Forlag, 2008)
  • London (Oslo: England Forlag, 2009)
  • Tre bøker (Three books) (Oslo: England Forlag, 2010)
  • Dronning av England (Queen of England) (Oslo: Kolon Forlag, 2011, ISBN 978-82-05-41193-7)
  • Det ferdige verkets skjønnhet (The Beauty of the Finished Work) (Stockholm: Chateaux, 2013)
  • Vi er tiggere (We Are Beggars) (Oslo: England Forlag, 2014)
  • Håndtak (Handle) (Oslo: England Forlag, 2015)
  • Bordkort (Place Cards) (Oslo: England Forlag, 2016)
  • Et barn bærer (A Child Carries) (Oslo: England Forlag, 2016)
  • Dronningburet (The Queen Cage) (Oslo: England Forlag, 2018)
  • Klokkene (The Clocks) (Oslo: England Forlag, 2019)
  • Britisk museum (British Museum) (Oslo: Kolon Forlag, 2020, ISBN 978-82-05-53894-8)

In translation
  • As figuras (The Figures) (trans. Øyunn Rishøi Hedemann and Emilio Araúxo, Santiago de Compostela: Amastra-n-Gallar, 2011)
  • Trois livres (Three books) (trans. Jørn H. Sværen, Corbières: à la Pension Victoria, 2011)
  • Dronning af England (Queen of England) (trans. Andreas Vermehren Holm, Copenhagen: Forlaget Virkelig, 2013)
  • Ord og handling (Words and Deeds) (trans. Andreas Vermehren Holm, Copenhagen: Forlaget Virkelig, 2013)
  • La Beauté de l’œuvre finie (The Beauty of the Finished Work) (trans. Jørn. H. Sværen, supplement, L'usage 5, Corbières, 2013)
  • Vi er tiggere (We Are Beggars) (trans. Andreas Vermehren Holm, Copenhagen: Forlaget Virkelig, 2015)
  • Det færdige værks skønhed (The Beauty of the Finished Work) (trans. Andreas Vermehren Holm, Copenhagen: Forlaget Virkelig, 2016)
  • Bordkort (Place Cards) (trans. Andreas Vermehren Holm, Copenhagen: Forlaget Virkelig, 2016)
  • Håndtag (Handle) (trans. Andreas Vermehren Holm, Copenhagen: Forlaget Virkelig, 2016)
  • Queen of England (trans. Jørn H. Sværen, New York: Black Square Editions, 2017, ISBN 978-0-989-81033-3)
  • Dronningeburet (The Queen Cage) (trans. Andreas Vermehren Holm, Copenhagen: Forlaget Virkelig, 2018)
  • Hvidt og sort (White and black) (trans. Andreas Vermehren Holm, Copenhagen: Forlaget Virkelig, 2018)
  • Fyra väggar (Four Walls) (trans. Jørn H. Sværen, Stockholm: Chateaux, 2019, ISBN 978-91-984293-3-6)

Translations
  • Emmanuel Hocquard: En prøve på ensomhet (Oslo: H Press, 2006)
  • Claude Royet-Journoud: Omveltningen; Begrepet hindring; Objektene inneholder det uendelige; De udelelige naturer (Oslo: H Press, 2009)
  • Emmanuel Hocquard: Lysforhold (Oslo: Forlaget Oktober, 2012)
  • Keith Waldrop: Vitruvius' lodd (Oslo: Kolon Forlag, 2013, ISBN 978-82-05-45820-8)
  • Claude Royet-Journoud: De enkle legemers endelighet (Oslo: Kolon Forlag, 2018, ISBN 978-82-05-51680-9)
  • Andreas Vermehren Holm: Alle tegn i samme natt (Moss: H//O//F, 2018, ISBN 978-82-93-31791-3)
  • Mei-mei Berssenbrugge: Hallo, rosene (Oslo: Kolon Forlag, 2019, ISBN 978-82-05-49223-3)

Journals
  • Mazdak Shafieian and Jørn H. Sværen (eds.): Teologi (Oslo: Sola scriptura, 2012)
  • Jørn H. Sværen (ed.): Den engelske kanal (Oslo: Kolon Forlag, 2013, ISBN 978-82-05-45275-6)
  • Jørn H. Sværen (ed.): Den engelske kanal (Oslo: Kolon Forlag, 2014, ISBN 978-82-05-46803-0)
  • Jørn H. Sværen (ed.): Den engelske kanal (Oslo: Kolon Forlag, 2015, ISBN 978-82-05-48402-3)
  • Jørn H. Sværen (ed.): Den engelske kanal (Oslo: Kolon Forlag, 2016, ISBN 978-82-05-49459-6)
  • Jørn H. Sværen (ed.): Den engelske kanal (Oslo: Kolon Forlag, 2017; ISBN 978-82-05-50515-5)
  • Jørn H. Sværen (ed.): Den engelske kanal (Oslo: Kolon Forlag, 2018; ISBN 978-82-05-51522-2)
  • Jørn H. Sværen (ed.): Den engelske kanal (Oslo: Kolon Forlag, 2019; ISBN 978-82-05-52613-6)

Discography
Main article: Ulver discography
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References
  1. "Jørn H. Sværen". www.kolonforlag.no. Kolon Forlag. Retrieved 2017-03-10.
  2. Hagerup, Simen; Axén, Annelie (2010-01-08), ""Språksprengerne"", Morgenbladet, retrieved 2017-03-10
  3. "H Press". www.morgenbladet.no. Morgenbladet. 2010-01-08. Retrieved 2017-03-10.
  4. "Dronning av England". www.kolonforlag.no. Kolon Forlag. Retrieved 2017-03-10.
  5. "Månedens debutant i februar: Jørn H. Sværen". www.kritikerlaget.no/. Kritikerlaget. 2011-02-28. Retrieved 2017-03-10.
  6. "Queen of England by Jørn H. Sværen". www.blacksquareeditions.org. Black Square Editions. Retrieved 2017-03-10.
  7. "Den engelske kanal 2019". www.kolonforlag.no. Kolon Forlag. Retrieved 2019-06-26.
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