Allocations for ordinary grants of less than NOK 100 000, as well as for Norwegian Journalism and additional allocations awarded in September 2020

October 21 2020

The Fritt Ord Foundation’s list of allocations has been updated to include grants in response to ordinary project applications for less than NOK 100 000, Norwegian Journalism and additional grants in September 2020.

It is still possible to apply funds in response to the invitation from the Fritt Ord Foundation for corona-related grants, i.e. Additional grants 2020. Fourteen such corona-related projects received grants in this round. For example, the publisher Solum Bokvennen received NOK 50 000 for the translation to Norwegian and publication of Slavoj Zizek’s book “Pandemic!”, while Überpress AS got NOK 25 000 for the production of the graphic novel “Pandemic thoughts” by Karstein Volle. The Randsfjord Museum received NOK 50 000 for the book “#sammenHadeland2020”, documenting the corona period.

Fuglene AS received NOK 100 000 for the production of the documentary film “Vi blir hjemme/Stay Home” under the direction of Maren Victoria Tingnæs and Marianne Mørk. The film follows children and young people from different continents during the corona pandemic of 2020.

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The freelance study is completed in 2025

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The share of freelancers in the media has been increasing for years in many countries, but until recently, there has been little research-based knowledge about the scope of freelance work and the working conditions of journalists, photographers, and critics without permanent employment in the media.

The Genocide in Gaza and Big Tech

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Sunday, 19 October 2025 at 3.30 PM at Cinemateket, Oslo
Fritt Ord, Masahat and Oslo Dokumentarkino invite you to a lecture and conversation with Nadim Nashif about Big Tech’s complisity in the genocide in Gaza.

New Oxford fellow – How Journalists Interview “Monsters and Victims”

October 14 2025

VG journalist Håkon F. Høydal has been awarded Fritt Ord’s journalism fellowship at the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism at Oxford in the spring of 2026.
His project explores what journalists can learn from new trauma research when interviewing both “monsters and victims” in crime and abuse cases.

What's happening in Georgia?

September 22 2025

Monday 29 September 2025 at 6.30–8 pm at Vega Scene, Oslo

“While art is often relegated to the bottom of financial priorities, it paradoxically becomes the first target of dictators.”

Fritt Ord invites you to a presentation of a hyper-relevant, upcoming documentary film “Untitled” from Georgia and a conversation with two film directors about the political developments in the country in collaboration with Oslo Dokumentarkino, Stray Dogs Norway, Viken Filmsenter and the Norwegian Film Federation. Journalist Ingerid Salvesen is the moderator. For the safety of the filmmakers, we will not mention their names in advance.