The Saint Around The World: Norway

Leslie Charteris: St. Simon or Helgenen in Norwegian

The Saint in Norway was first known as St. Simon in the earliest editions. In the 1940s The Saint's name was changed to Helgenen.

Selected Norwegian Bibliography of Leslie Charteris

Year	Norwegian Title	Publisher	Num	English Title
1935	Hun Var En Dame	?		She Was A Lady
1938	St. Simon Gjør Sin Entre	Gyldendal Norsk Forlag		?
1938	St. Simon Uten Frykt Og Daddel	Gyldendal Norsk Forlag		?
1949	Helgenen i Miami	Forlagshuset	49	The Saint In Miami
1964?	Helgenen Går På	Fredhøis	7	The Saint Goes On
1964	Helgenen Slår Til	Fredhøis	8	The Saint In New York
1965?	Helgenen Møter En Morder	Fredhøis	?	Follow the Saint
1965	Helgenen og den Maskerte Engel	Fredhøis		The Masked Angel
1965	Helgenen Uten Nåde	Fredhøis	13	The Saint Goes West

Norwegian DVD Sets

Atlantic Film published a series of three DVD box sets of the Roger Moore series in 2006 and 2007 in Swedish, Norwegian, Finnish, and Danish. All these Scandinavian editions were published around the same time and feature almost identical cover artwork.

Helgenen Comic Books

Helgenen was first published in Norwegian language by Romanforlaget in January 1966, and then continued to publish in Norway until January 1973. A new series of Helgenen was then picked up by Nordisk Forlag from February 1973 to October 1976. A third series was published by Semic Press / Normic Press from January 1977 to December 1989. This series of comic books is almost identical to the Swedish and Finnish versions.

CD Audiobook

The Saint's adventures have always been popular in Norway and in 2002 Norwegian broadcaster NRK released a CD audiobook of their latest production: Helgenen Leker Med Ilden, based on the adaptation of The Saint Plays with Fire by Neville Teller that aired on BBC Radio 4 in 1995 with Paul Rhys in the lead role.

This time the role of Simon falls to Norwegian actor Mads Ousdal and Patricia is played by Gjertrud Jynge. There were only a few minor changes to the original adaptation and the production values remain high.