Jørgen Lorentzen in Belgrade

Jørgen Lorentzen, professor of Gender Studies, will present his book “The History of Fatherhood in Norway” for a Serbian audience, at an event hosted by Scandinavian Corner.

Jørgen Lorentzen claims to be the only scholar who is focusing on men’s studies in Norway, possibly in all of Europe.
Read more about Lorentzen’s book “The History of Fatherhood in Norway, 1850-2012” here.
The book is published in English by Palgrave Macmillan with translation subsidy from NORLA.

Thursday 19 November, 18.00
Venue:
Skandinavski kutak – Scandinavian Corner
6a, Kapetan Misina
11000 Belgrade
Serbia

The event will be held in English.

Read more (in both Serbian and English) here.

Photo: Jørgen Lorentzen recently visited Hungary for the Scandinavian Women’s Festival in Budapest, where he participated at a very successful roundtable discussion themed “New role of men”, together with Miklós Hadas, professor at Corvinus University.

Upcoming activities

November 12-November 22

Caen, France

Norway is Guest of Honour at Les Boréales

Norway is Guest of Honour at this year’s Les Boréales festival in Normandy, taking place from 12–22 November.
A strong line-up of Norwegian authors will take part in the festival: Ingeborg Arvola, Martin Baldysz, Brit Bildøen, Thomas Enger, Jørn Lier Horst, Aslak Nore, Lars Ramslie and Maria Navarro Skaranger.

During the festival, NORLA will also organise a translation seminar for students at the University of Caen on 17 November. The seminar will have a special focus on Brit Bildøen’s Gult farevarsel (Yellow Warning, Vigilance orange). Bildøen and her French translator Marina Heide will take part in the seminar, which is organized in close cooperation with the University.

The Norwegian Embassy in Paris is a partner in Norway’s Guest of Honour programme.

See the full festival programme.

November 13-November 15

Shanghai, China

NORLA at the Shanghai International Children’s Book Fair

NORLA will take part in this year’s China Shanghai International Children’s Book Fair with its own stand.
The fair will also feature the illustration exhibition first presented at the Bologna Children’s Book Fair in spring 2026, when Norway was Guest of Honour. This brings the initiative showcasing Norwegian children’s and young adult literature and illustration to a new international audience.

December 3

Rome, Italy

Translation Seminar for Students and Industry Reception

On 3 December, NORLA is organising a full-day seminar on translation for Italian students of Norwegian language and literature. The seminar will take place at the Norwegian Institute in Rome, in collaboration with the Norwegian Embassy in Italy. Around thirty students will take part in a varied programme featuring presentations by award-winning and experienced translators Margerita Podestà Heir, Andrea Romanzi, Giovanna Paterniti and Lucia Barni. They will discuss cultural connections between Norway and Italy, Norwegian and Italian literature, how to present books to publishers, and, not least, the art of translating Norwegian literature.

Following the seminar, a networking reception for the Italian publishing industry will be held in the residence of the Norwegian Ambassador.