Pelle og Proffen

Pelle og Proffen is the name of the Norwegian writer Ingvar Ambjørnsen's youth series about Pelle and Proffen, two fictional detective teenage boys from Oslo, getting involved in all kinds of crimes or mysteries involving such things as drugs, pollution and Nazism, usually in the Oslo area but also elsewhere in Norway. They are very similar to Franklin Dixon's Hardy Boys. The stories are told by Pelle who lives in an apartment in Torshov, Oslo with his parents. Proffen lives with his parents in the apartment below so the boys can reach each other through Pelle's floor and Proffen's roof.

Together they try to solve the mysteries they get into. Proffen is the smarter one. One of his interests is reading good detective books. His brother is a journalist from the Norwegian newspaper Dagbladet, who tries to help the boys as well as he can by supplying them with unofficial information he got from Dagbladet.

The books "Døden på Oslo S", "Giftige Løgner" and "De Blå Ulvene" were turned into successful movies. "Døden på Oslo S" became particularly well known for the way it dealt with Oslo underground life.

Books in the series about Pelle og Proffen:

* "Kjempene faller" "(Giants are falling 1987)"
* "Døden på Oslo S" "(Death at Oslo Central Station 1988) (Turned into movie)"
* "Giftige løgner" "(Toxic lies, 1989) (Turneinto movie"
* "Sannhet til salgs" "(Truth for sale 1990)"
* "De blå ulvene" "(The blue wolves 1991) (Turned into movie)"
* "Flammer i snø" "(Fire in the snow 1992)"
* "Etter orkanen" "(After the hurricane 1993)"
* "Hevneren fra himmelen" "(The Revenger from the sky 1994)"
* "Storbyens stemme" "(Voice of the big city 1994)"
* "Mordet på Aker Brygge" "(The murder at Aker Brygge 1995)"
* "Hevnen fra himmelen" " (The Revenge from the sky 1999) "