Ana Flecha Marco – Translator of the Month

It is essential to understand how literary export operates across the Nordic region and how we can further strengthen and develop our export strategies based on these insights, state the directors of the Nordic literary export organisations.

Today marks the publication of the first joint Nordic survey assessing the gross revenue generated from the sale of literary rights on behalf of Nordic authors in 2024.

Our translator of the month for December is Are Tjihkkom, who translates fiction into Sámi. He works primarily from English, but he has also produced translations from Norwegian, Swedish, German, Finnish and Spanish. His main focus is on books for adult readers, but he tries to work on a variety of material from numerous sub-genres, including fantasy, comedy and science fiction. Are established his own publishing house in 2020 through which he publishes his translations, and has so far released nine titles, with the tenth underway. His mother tongues are Sámi and Finnish, and he uses the written language of Lule Sámi in his translations.

Our translator of the month is Kaija Anttonen from Finland. Originally from Helsinki, Kaija has lived up north for 40 years, 30 years in northern Finland and 10 in northern Norway. She is a qualified translator and interpreter from Swedish and English, and has translated around 70 books thus far in her career. She translates fiction and non-fiction from Norwegian, Northern Sámi, Swedish, Finnish and English into both Finnish and English. When Kaija first moved to the municipality of Inari in the mid-1980s, she started teaching herself Northern Sámi with the help of friends and newspapers. With her knowledge of Swedish providing a strong foundation, she later learned Norwegian while living in Karasjok in the Norwegian county of Finnmark.

Each year, the renowned White Ravens list highlights outstanding new children’s and young adult books from around the world.
Selected by the expert editors of the International Youth Library, the list features over 200 titles from around 60 countries in some 40 languages: a true treasure trove for readers, publishers, and book lovers everywhere.

We are proud that six Norwegian books have been selected for the White Ravens 2025!

NORLA’s Translator’s Award was presented for the twentieth time during a seminar 17–19 October, which was organized by the The Norwegian Association of Literary Translators and took place just outside of Oslo. The 2025 award goes to Ana Flecha Marco for her outstanding work in translating Norwegian fiction into Spanish. Congratulations!

We are happy to offer insightful interviews with the authors and illustrators of our 26 Selected Titles of the autumn.
We invite you to get better aquainted with the books and also the people who wrote and illustrated them!

We are happy to present our selected title author Randi Fuglehaug. She has written Fine China (original title: Pent porselen). The book is one of NORLA’s Selected Titles of the autumn 2025.

We are happy to present our selected title author Helga Flatland. She has written Nowhere Fast (original title: Så gjør vi så). The book is one of NORLA’s Selected Titles of the autumn 2025.

We are happy to present our selected title author Torgrim Eggen. He has written Blood (original title: Blodet). The book is one of NORLA’s Selected Titles of the autumn 2025.

We are happy to present our selected title author Nikolai Torgersen. He has written Streets I Have Lived (original title: Gater jeg har levd). The book is one of NORLA’s Selected Titles of the autumn 2025.

We are happy to present our selected title author Ida Frisch. She has written Black Dog (original title: Sort hund). The book is one of NORLA’s Selected Titles of the autumn 2025.

We are happy to present our selected title author Hanna Stoltenberg. She has written Exchanges (original title: En positiv forskjell). The book is one of NORLA’s Selected Titles of the autumn 2025.