Welcome to the 16th season of NORLA's Translators Hotel!

This week, we have warmly welcomed four translators to Oslo for a two-week stay at Hotel Bondeheimen.

From the left: Agnė Guigaitė, Andreas Donat, Stella Djelepova, Ildikó Vaskó and NORLA's Mette Børja (responsible for our translator program). Photo: Tanja Feodoritova.

2026-05-01

Helena Fagertun – Translator of the Month

2026-04-24

The 2026 Fosse Prize - Read the Winner's Acceptance Speech

2026-03-10

NORLA’s Selected Titles for Spring 2026 are here!

NORLA offers a number of application-based schemes that promote Norwegian literature on the international market.

For translators

Do you translate from Norwegian to another language? Here you can find a number of grant schemes, for both direct translations and skills development for translators.

For agents and publishers

Do you represent one or more authors from Norway? Both Norwegian agents and foreign publishers can apply for our grant schemes.

Are you organising a literature festival or conference abroad? If so you can apply for a grant to invite Norwegian authors and lecturers from Norway to your events. This also applies to universities that teach Norwegian subjects.

NORLA's activities to promote the export of Norwegian literature

May 11-May 24

Oslo, Norway

NORLA's Translator Hotel - 16th Season

We look forward to welcoming up to five translators of Norwegian literature to Oslo, to stay at our Translator Hotel, May 11-24.
Please note that the offer is only available for translators who translate directly from Norwegian, and who have translated at least two titles.

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.

June 1

Application deadline: Translation subsidy and Production subsidy

Read about translation subsidy.

Read about production subsidy.

Selected Titles Spring 2026

Books from Norway

At Books from Norway you will find information in English about Norwegian books in all genres. Both Norwegian authors’ rights holders and Norwegian translators can register here. The website provides information about Norwegian literature in all genres; fiction, non-fiction and literature for children and young adults. Welcome to Books from Norway!