Alf Reidar Jacobsen (born 21 February 1950) is a Norwegian journalist, non-fiction writer, novelist, crime fiction writer and biographer.
He has worked as a journalist for the newspapers Finnmark Dagblad, Klassekampen, Verdens Gang, for the magazine Økonomisk Rapport, and for the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation.
[1] His book Iskyss from 1991, on Soviet espionage in Norway, earned him the SKUP Award,[2] and was the basis for a film in 2008.
[1] He published a biography of the whaler Svend Foyn in 2008.
[1] His book Kongens nei was the basis for the 2016 film The King's Choice.