May 21
Berlin, Germany

Translation Seminar in Berlin on Norwegian Drama

NORLA are, together with PAHN (Performing Arts Hub Norway) and the Royal Norwegian Embassy in Berlin, organising a full-day translation seminar on drama in Berlin on Thursday, 21 May. The main focus is a practical translation workshop for translators working from Norwegian into German, led by Hinrich Schmidt-Henkel, recipient of the 2025 Fosse Prize for Translators.

Participants will work on translations of an excerpt from filmmaker and author Dag Johan Haugerud​’​s debut stage play Sykdom og sosial n​ø​d (​“​Illness and Social Distress​”​), which this spring is playing to sold-out audiences at Torshovteatret in Oslo.​​

The seminar will conclude with lunch, after which the participants may attend a separate programme for theatre industry professionals: Ibsen and New Norwegian Drama, with theatrical readings, panel & networking reception held at the Norwegian ambassador​’​s residence ​— also this organised in collaboration with PAHN and the Royal Norwegian Embassy in Berlin.​​

Read more about the Ibsen and New Norwegian Drama program here

Upcoming activities

June 1

Application deadline: Translation subsidy and Production subsidy

Read about translation subsidy.

Read about production subsidy.
June 2-June 5
Lillehammer, Norway

Translators of Norwegian literature to Lillehammer

NORLA is looking forward to gathering ten translators of Norwegian literature in Lillehammer on June 2-5, as we do annually for the Norwegian Festival of Literature / Sigrid Undset Days.
This year’s festival theme of the program is Europe, and festival runs from June 1 through June 7.

The participants will also be meeting Agnes Ravatn, as well as having a translation workshop based on an excerpt from her novel Doggerland, which is among NORLA’s Selected Spring titles.
June 16-June 19
Oslo, Norway

Fellowship in Oslo (Non-fiction literature)

NORLA has the pleasure of inviting foreign publishers and editors of non-ficiton literature to apply for our fellowship program, which this year will take place in Oslo from June 16 – 19.