Do you represent one or more authors from Norway? Both Norwegian agents and foreign publishers can apply for our grant schemes.
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.
NORLA’s translation subsidies are intended to encourage foreign publishers to publish books by Norwegian and Sami authors of fiction and non-fiction. Publishers from the entire world, including from the Nordic region, can apply for NORLA’s subsidies for translations of Norwegian literature.
Please use our online application form.
The Nordic Council of Ministers’ programme for art and culture will continue its funding scheme for the translation of literature and drama from one Nordic language to another.
Please use our online application form.
NORLA has two schemes offering production subsidies for illustrated books.
The publisher must simultaneously apply for a translation subsidy from NORLA.
NORLA can award subsidies for the translation of Norwegian literature for publication in journals and anthologies, etc. or other projects falling outside of the criteria for ordinary translation subsidies.
Agents and publishers in Norway and abroad can apply to NORLA for subsidies for sample translations.
Please submit the application via NORLA’s digital application portal.
Literature festivals, publishers or other organizers of literary events in other countries can apply for grants for authors visiting from Norway.
NORLA offers funding for travel to Norway for publishers, members of the press and translators for meetings with Norwegian publishers, agents and authors.
Professionals in Norway working with international rights sales of literature, can apply for grants for activities promoting the internationalization of Norwegian literature. The grant scheme does not include authors, as in, the writers themselves.
The scheme is financed by NORLA with funds from the government’s investment in the cultural and creative industries, and will reinforce actors in the value chain working with the marketing and selling of Norwegian art and culture internationally. The maximum amount that can be applied for is NOK 50,000.
The Writers’ Guild of Norway (in Norwegian: Dramatikerforbundet) may award grants for the translation of Norwegian dramatic works to other languages. The primary purpose of the grant scheme is to contribute to the presentation/production of Norwegian drama abroad.