{{Short description|Norwegian convicted criminal and crime novelist (1959–2021)}}

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| birth_date = 1959

| birth_place = [[Ålesund]], [[Norway]]

| death_date = {{Death date and age|2021|02|02|1959}}

| death_place = [[Torrevieja]], [[Spain]]

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| occupation = Crime novelist<br>Pimp (previously)

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'''Jarl Frank Tandberg''' (1959 – 2 February 2021), who published under the name '''J. F. Johnson Tandberg''', was a Norwegian convicted criminal and crime novelist.

He was born in [[Ålesund]],<ref name=berger/> but grew up in [[Bergen]] from age 2. At age 18 he started as a bartender, and in the 1980s and 1990s became a night club owner and brothel owner.<ref>{{cite news|title=Døde i Spania|author=Sundvor, Olav|work=Bergensavisen|date=23 February 2021|page=13|language=Norwegian}}</ref> He was convicted for the first time in 1981, on various counts in Copenhagen, and was convicted of pimping for the first time in 1988. Subsequently, he supposedly took up writing in [[Ullersmo Prison]]. In parts of the press Tandberg was dubbed "Hallik-Frank" ("Frank the Pimp"). In 1990 Tandberg shot debt collector [[Espen Lie (torpedo)|Espen Lie]] in the thigh with a 9mm pistol, of which he was acquitted, but also stole a getaway car for which he was convicted of grand theft auto. He was later convicted several times of violence.<ref name=berger>{{cite news|title=I nyhetene: Fra ord til hor|author=Berger, Mark S.|work=Dagbladet|date=18 November 2001|language=Norwegian}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.dagbladet.no/nyheter/hallik-frank-domt-for-mishandling/65996987|title=Hallik-Frank dømt for mishandling|author=Orskaug, Oliver|work=Dagbladet|date=28 September 2004|language=Norwegian}}</ref>

Tandberg released the novels ''Nattens joker'' in 1995, ''Løgnernes paradis'' in 1998, and ''Siste tog øst'' in 2002, all on [[Kolon forlag]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://arkiv.klassekampen.no/27031/article/item/null/hallikfrank-far-ikke-statsstotte|title="Hallik-Frank" får ikke statsstøtte|author=Aspevoll, Tone Foss|work=Klassekampen|date=12 February 2003|language=Norwegian}}</ref> In 2002 he left Kolon to supposedly release novels on an independent publishing house Barberblad. He also caused a ruckus in the [[Norwegian Authors' Union]] with several libellous attacks.<ref>{{cite news|title=Tandberg forlater kolon|author=|work=Aftenposten|date=1 October 2002|language=Norwegian}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.dagbladet.no/kultur/hallik-frank-gar-til-angrep/65794052|title=Hallik-Frank" går til angrep|author=Lie, Øystein|work=Dagbladet|date=14 March 2002|language=Norwegian}}</ref>

''Nattens joker'' was reviewed in Norway's largest newspapers ''[[Verdens Gang|VG]]'', ''[[Dagbladet]]'' and ''[[Aftenposten]]'';

<ref>{{cite news|title=Slimete godt fra kloakken|last=Talén|first=Tinic|date=15 September 1995|work=[[Verdens Gang|VG]]|page=48|language=no}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Jungelbok om horer og dop|last=Wandrup|first=Fredrik|date=15 September 1995|work=Dagbladet|page=5|language=no|author-link=Fredrik Wandrup}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Ikke til å tro, men troverdig|last=Ottesen|first=Svein Johs|date=20 October 1995|work=Aftenposten|page=16|language=no}}</ref> the largest regional newspapers ''[[Bergens Tidende]]'', ''[[Adresseavisen]]'' and ''[[Fædrelandsvennen]]'';<ref>{{cite news|title=Guide i helvetes forgård|last=Nilsen|first=Lars Helge|date=15 September 1995|work=Bergens Tidende|page=27|language=no}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Knalltøff debut|last=Roll|first=Stein|date=16 September 1995|work=Adresseavisen|page=32|language=no}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Krigsscener fra en underverden|last=Holt|first=Knut|date=20 September 1995|work=Fædrelandsvennen|page=9|language=no}}</ref> and other Oslo newspapers such as ''[[Klassekampen]]'', ''[[Dagsavisen|Arbeiderbladet]]'' and ''[[Morgenbladet]]''.<ref>{{cite news|title=Tandberg setter ny standard|last=Sandbakken|first=Gard Erik|date=28 September 1995|work=Klassekampen|page=15|language=no}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Tynn blod og gørr-naturalisme|last=Jensen|first=Kjell Olaf|date=29 September 1995|work=Arbeiderbladet|page=20|language=no}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Darwinisme på dop|last=Abrahamsen|first=Morten|date=29 September 1995|work=Morgenbladet|language=no|page=4 (critique section)}}</ref> In 2009 ''Nattens joker'' was included on ''[[Dagbladet]]'''s list of Norway's top 25 crime novels of all time.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.dagbladet.no/kultur/tidenes-beste-norske-krim-bygger-pa-sann-historie/65256932|title=Dagbladets krimkåring|work=Dagbladet|date=2009-07-28|access-date=2022-02-04}}</ref> Frank Tandberg died in February 2021 in [[Torrevieja]], Spain.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.kolonforlag.no/home/article/576|title=Et liv i forrykende tempo|author=Mosnes-Holmen, Jostein|work=Klassekampen|date=26 February 2021|page=33|language=Norwegian}}</ref>

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[[Category:20th-century Norwegian criminals]]

[[Category:Norwegian male criminals]]

[[Category:Criminals from Bergen]]

[[Category:Norwegian pimps]]

[[Category:Writers from Bergen]]