Royal visit at LiteratureXchange in Århus

Their Majesties King Harald and Queen Sonja will be travelling to Denmark on an official visit between 15th and 16th of June. During their stay they will be visiting the literature festival LiteratureXchange in Århus.

At LiteratureXchange, Their Majesties will attend a conversation between the authors Naja Marie Aidt from Denmark and Linn Ullmann from Norway. Other Norwegian authors present at the festival include Jostein Gaarder, Maja Lunde, Carl Frode Tiller og Kjersti Halvorsen. NORLA will also be there.

Upcoming activities

February 5-February 8

Oslo and Bergen, Norway

German journalists to Oslo and Bergen

We look forward to welcoming fourteen German journalists to Norway as a prelude to the Norwegian Guest of Honour program at the Leipziger Buchmesse (March 27–30). The press trip consists of two days in Oslo and two in Bergen, where participants will meet many Norwegian authors and take part in the LitFest Bergen festival. The journalists will also have the opportunity to meet literary agents and other key players in the book industry, as well as representatives from the Norwegian Ministry of Culture and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

February 15

Application deadline: Translation grants for Norwegian contemporary drama

The Writers’ Guild of Norway (in Norwegian: Dramatikerforbundet) may award grants for the translation of Norwegian dramatic works to other languages. The primary purpose of the grant scheme is to contribute to the presentation/production of Norwegian drama abroad.