Colbjørn Helander

Colbjørn Henry Helander (September 7, 1911 – January 13, 1962)^[1] was a Norwegian screenwriter and translator.^[2]

Helander was originally a publisher, but in 1949 he was employed as a literary consultant at Norsk Film. Two years later, he became its managing director.^[3][4] Helander debuted as a screenwriter in 1952 with the film Nødlanding. In addition to his screenplays, he worked as a translator. In 1960 he translated Jack Kerouac's novella The Subterraneans into Norwegian,^[2] publishing it as De underjordiske.^[5]