Anker Rogstad

{{Short description|Norwegian safecracker and writer (1925–1994)}}

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| birth_place = Oslo, Norway

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| notableworks = Etterlyst, Lansen

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Anker Rogstad (8 January 1925 – 5 October 1994) was a Norwegian convicted safecracker and writer. He spent eight years in prison for his crimes, but later achieved success by writing crime novels. He started writing during imprisonment, and made his literary debut in 1956 with the crime novel Etterlyst. He was awarded the Riverton Prize in 1974 for the novel Lansen.{{cite encyclopedia |title=Anker Rogstad |encyclopedia=Norsk biografisk leksikon|first=Christopher Hals |last=Gylseth|authorlink=Christopher Hals Gylseth|editor=Helle, Knut|publisher=Kunnskapsforlaget|location=Oslo|url=http://www.snl.no/.nbl_biografi/Anker_Rogstad/utdypning|language=Norwegian|accessdate=6 November 2009}}{{cite encyclopedia |title=Anker Rogstad |encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon|publisher=Kunnskapsforlaget|location=Oslo |url=http://www.snl.no/Anker_Rogstad_(senere_Grad)|editor=Henriksen, Petter|language=Norwegian|accessdate=6 November 2009 }}