He made his literary debut in 1939 with the short story collection Det raker ikke Andersen, about juvenile loneliness and uncertainty.
[1] Havrevold's first book for children was Sommereventyret from 1952, about the tough girl "Tine" and the sissy "Jan".
Den ensomme kriger from 1955 is about "Edvard" whose playing roles become a bit too realistic, for instance when he is a pirate leader or detective.
[4][5] The heroin character "Helle", played by Liv Strømsted is surrounded by three miserable men.
[7] Havrevold published the misanthropic novel Den ytterste dag in 1963, the novel De gjenstridige in 1965, and the modernist novel Blå rytter in 1968.