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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Eirin Larsen and Hadia Tajik join the Fritt Ord Board

August 5 2025

Eirin Larsen (36) and Hadia Tajik (42) bring valuable experience from journalism, technology, politics and jurisprudence to the Fritt Ord Board.

Making the film «Farouk» – on the geologist that secured Norway its oil

July 1 2025

Geologist Farouk Al-Kasim joined the the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate in 1968, shaping Norwegian petroleum resource management for decades afterwards. Now, documentary film director Halkawt Mustafa and producer Janne Hjeltnes are making a film about Al-Kasim’s life and reflections.
“Farouk tells me something in this film that he has not talked about before, because he has always told the version he feels Norway wanted to hear,” recounts Mustafa, who has Iraqi roots himself.

Read the interview with the director and see the list of grants awarded by Fritt Ord in June 2025.

Bård Vegar Solhjell new chair of the Fritt Ord Board

July 1 2025

Bård Vegar Solhjell (53) has taken over as the new chair of the Fritt Ord Foundation Board.

Cultural newspaper TBATBA.no and new journalism grants – June 2025

June 19 2025

– Cultural journalism is under pressure. Part of the problem is media outlets failing to cover culture in formats and ways that appeal to people under 30, says Ida Madsen Hestman, editor, freelance critic, and founder of TBATBA.no. Last year, she started the kind of publication she herself would want to read.

The magazine TBA is among those awarded funding in June 2025. See the full list of grants in Norsk Journalistikk.