Tor Åge Bringsværd
Ruffen. The Sea Serpent Who Couldn't Swim
Ruffen. Sjøormen som ikke kunne svømme
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Tor Åge Bringsværd, Thore Hansen (ill.)
Ruffen and The Secret Sea Folk
Ruffen og det hemmelig havfolket
Maria Parr, Åshild Irgens (ill.)
Oskar and Me, and All the Things We Have
Oskar og eg. Alle tinga vi har
Johan B. Mjønes
Spuria
Spuria
Six Norwegian titles among the White Ravens 2025
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!
Highlights
Here you will find an overview of popular highlight titles within fiction, non-fiction, and literature for children and young adults.
New Voices
NORLA’s talent program, New Voices for Children and Young Adults, is aimed at Norwegian authors writing fiction and non-fiction for young readers, and its goal is to provide emerging authors with international experience through travel, networking, and a deeper understanding of the outward-facing aspects of being a writer. Nine authors and illustrators participate in the program, which runs from May 2025 until the Bologna Children’s Book Fair in April 2026.
See the books of the nine authors/illustrators here
Per Dybvig
The Line
De står i kø
NORLA Launches Talent Program – New Voices for Children and Young Adults
This week marks the start of NORLA’s new talent program, New Voices for Children and Young Adults. The program is aimed at Norwegian authors writing fiction and non-fiction for young readers, and its goal is to provide emerging authors with international experience through travel, networking, and a deeper understanding of the outward-facing aspects of being a writer.
Karen Anne Buljo and Inga-Wictoria Påve - Selected Title Authors
We are happy to present our selected title author Karen Anne Buljo. She has written Árrangáttis árrangáddái – Stories from the Night Sky and Other Sámi Tales (original title: Árrangáttis Árrangáddái. Fortellinger fra stjernehimmelen og andre samiske eventyr). The book is illustrated by Inga-Wiktoria Påve, and it is one of NORLA’s Selected Titles of the autumn 2025.
Karen Anne Buljo, Inga-Wiktoria Påve (ill.)
Árrangáttis Árrangáddái. Stories from the Night Sky and Other Sámi Tales
Árrangáttis Árrangáddái. Fortellinger fra stjernehimmelen og andre samiske eventyr
Annika Linn Verdal Homme
Lava. The story of how everything that once felt solid suddenly became fluid
Lava. Historien om hvordan alt som var fast, plutselig ble flytende
Peder Hornseth Nygaard
Supernova
Supernova
Randi Fuglehaug, Anne Gunn Halvorsen, Esra Caroline Røise (ill.)
Starlet
Starlet
Sunniva Relling Berg, Marianne Gretteberg Engedal (ill.)
The Hunt for the Number Thieves
Jakten på talltyvene
Martin Baldysz
The Silence Beneath
Stille grender
Elin Hansson and Oda Valle - Selected Title Authors
We are happy to present our selected title author Elin Hansson. She has written My Life as a Cat (original title: Mitt liv som katt). The book is illustrated by Oda Valle, and it is one of NORLA’s Selected Titles of the autumn 2025.
Sunniva Relling Berg and Skinkeape - Selected Title Authors
We are happy to present our selected title author Sunniva Relling Berg. She has written The Hunt for the Number Thieves (original title: Jakten på talltyvene). The book is illustrated by Marianne Gretteberg Engedal (Skinkeape), and it is one of NORLA’s Selected Titles of the autumn 2025.
Marta Breen and Sunniva Fluge Hole - Selected Title Authors
We are happy to present our selected title author Marta Breen. She has written Born Free (original title: Født fri). The book is illustrated by Sunniva Fluge Hole, and it is one of NORLA’s Selected Titles of the autumn 2025.
Criteria for NORLA's translation subsidy
The aim of NORLA’s translation subsidy is to contribute to increasing the number of Norwegian books that are translated, published and distributed abroad. NORLA’s board reviews the criteria on a regular basis.
NORLA subsidises translations of Norwegian and Sami languages.
For translations from Sami languages, subsidies are granted provided the original has a Norwegian ISBN number and that it is for a market outside the Nordic region.