Summer holidays at NORLA
NORLA’s offices are closed in July for our summer holidays.
We would like to thank you all for a pleasant collaboration so far this year.
We will be back in the office on Monday, 4 August.
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.
The seminar is organized in light of the inaugural awarding of the new annual Fosse Prize for translators of Norwegian literature. On Thursday, April 24, German translator Hinrich Schmidt-Henkel will receive the Fosse Prize 2025 for his translations from Norwegian. On the same occasion, the first Fosse Lecture will be delivered by French philosopher Jean-Luc Marion.
Application deadline: Monday, February 24, 12.00 (CET)
Read more on how to apply here (in Norwegian only)
Upcoming activities
July 1-August 3
August 1
Application deadline: Author and lecturer visits to institutions of higher learning abroad
NORLA administrates the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ scheme for travel grants for authors and lecturers who will visit institutions of higher learning abroad where instruction is given in the Norwegian language.
September 1
Application deadline: Sample translation of Norwegian literature
Publishers, agents and translators abroad and in Norway can apply to NORLA for subsidies for sample translations.
Read more here.