“An outstanding collection of poems. He was named one of the country’s top ten authors. This book proves it was a forward-thinking choice. Some poems resemble lullabies, others are shaped like prayers, and Erlend O. Nødtvedt acts as the purest alchemist, melting everything into a rich and exceptional collection of poems.”
Gro Jørstad Nilsen, Bergens Tidende (6/6 stars)

“Erlend O. Nødtvedt has turned the night’s ravages into poetry. (…) With his incomparable juxtapositions of traditional elements and modern insertions, Nødtvedt is among the most challenging poets in Norway today. (…) He has always set the bar high. This time it’s as if he raises it even higher. But not too high. It works.”
Espen Grønlie, Dagbladet (5/6 stars)

“Is this Erlend O. Nødtvedt’s best book? Second best, and so on? Forget it. In a literary era where mass produced literature oozes out through all sales channels, it’s refreshing to note that Bergen’s literary star doesn’t succumb to the whims of narrow fame. On the contrary, he surpasses them – and for all I know – gives his authorship a new direction.”
Freddy Fjellheim, Vårt Land

“Just book a 13-day stay in Erlend O. Nødtvedt’s dreamland. (…) What if the dream is not just the absence of wakefulness, just like literature is not the absence of reality, but a separate space where beings, dreams (!), desires, fears, and so on reside. Erlend O. Nødtvedt’s poetry book of the year, Olav Nygard’s Bed, bestows this honor upon sleep.”
Eirik Mossefinn, Bokvennen Litterær Avis

“Olav Nygard’s Bed recycles a long tradition of dream poetry and opens up to another understanding of reality. (…) Usually, I sleep well at night. But then I got a poetry collection that changed that. Erlend O. Nødtvedt’s Olav Nygard’s Bed with poems that not only revolve around dreams but also make one doubt the rational order of reality.”
Arild Linneberg, Vagant