Application deadline: Translation subsidy and Production subsidy
Please note that there are new application deadlines in 2025, with three deadlines in total, for Norwegian books in all genres:
1 February, 1 June and 1 October.
From June 4th to 7th, NORLA’s Fellowship will be taking place, this time in Oslo – it has previously been held in Lillehammer.
16 international publishers from 14 countries, from Egypt in the east to Mexico in the west, are coming to Oslo to get acquainted with Norway and Norwegian literature. The program will include visits to publishing houses, author presentations, and meetings with Norwegian literary agents, in addition to social and cultural activities in a summer-clad Oslo.
Please note that there are new application deadlines in 2025, with three deadlines in total, for Norwegian books in all genres:
1 February, 1 June and 1 October.
NORLA is looking forward to gathering ten translators of Norwegian literature in Lillehammer, as we do annually for the Norwegian Festival of Literature / Sigrid Undset Days on June 3-6.
This year the festival is celebrating its 30th anniversary, and the theme of the program is Sápmi.
The festival runs from June 2 through June 8.
Norway will be Guest of Honour at the Bologna Children´s Book Fair in 2026. NORLA invites foreign publishers and editors of children and YA literature to apply for our fellowship program, which this year will take place in Oslo from June 10 -13. The fellowship will focus on Norwegian children & YA literature. On the program will be visits to Norwegian publishing houses, presentations by Norwegian authors, meetings with literary agents, as well as an extensive social program in Oslo.