Norway is Guest of Honour at Frankfurter Buchmesse!

Finally, the book fair is here! We look immensely forward to let participants from all over the world experience the best of literature and culture from Norway!
The Norwegian Guest of Honour project is Norway’s largest cultural export project ever.

As usual, NORLA will be present at the Norwegian collective stand, 5.0 A53, where we – in meetings – will present our selected titles of the autumn. Please contact us should you wish to book a meeting.

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Sign up for it via our project website, norway2019.com. Scroll all the way down and write your e-mail address in the field at the bottom right-hand side of the page.

We are pleased to offer a rich and diverse Guest of Honour program:

See the complete programme day by day here

*The program taking place in the Guest of Honour Pavilion at Frankfurter Buchmesse, both main stage and stage 2 available as PDF here

*See also Frankfurter Buchmesse’s own event calendar

*The cultural program. Read more

*Authors Erika Fatland and Karl Ove Knausgård will be Norway’s literary speakers at the Opening Ceremony of the Frankfurter Buchmesse.

*Her Royal Highness Crown Princess Mette-Marit will arrive in Frankfurt by a literary train, accompanied by Norwegian authors. The literary train is made in collaboration with Deutsche Bahn.

And there’s much, much, more! Such as:

Wednesday, October 16, we will host a morning mingle for translators of Norwegian literature, at the Guest of Honour Pavilion (Forum, Level 1).

Wednesday, October 16, we will announce the winner of NORLA’s Translator’s Award 2019.
Welcome to the main stage of the Guest of Honour Pavilion (Forum, Level 1) at 14.45.
Read more about the award here.

Wedneday, October 17, we invite German speaking book sellers and journalists to a reception.
Welcome to the Guest of Honour Pavilion (Forum, Level 1), at 17-19.

Thursday, October 17, we invite international and Norwegian guests to a reception.
Welcome to the Guest of Honour Pavilion (Forum, Level 1), at 17-19.

Read more about the Guest of Honour Pavilion here

We look forward to welcoming old and new contacts to Frankfurt!

Upcoming activities

April 14-April 21

Easter Holidays in NORLA

Our office is closed for the Easter holidays as of Monday, April 14. We will be back on Tuesday, April 22.

Wishing you all a Happy Easter!

April 23-April 26

Oslo, Norway

Seminar for aspiring translators of Norwegian literature

NORLA aims to recruit more translators of Norwegian Literature. We look forward to welcoming interested participants to take part in our seminar for new translators, which will be held in Oslo from April 23-26, 2025.

May 1

Deadline: Nominate candidates for NORLA’s Translator's Award 2025

NORLA annually hands out an award to a talented emerging translator of Norwegian literature. The award is given for translations directly from Norwegian as an encouragement towards continued efforts.
The 2025 award will be given to a translator of fiction.

We would very much like to hear from you about deserving candidates!