Kim Friele (1935-2021)

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November 23 2021

Kim Friele passed away on Monday, 22 November 2021, at age 86. She devoted large parts of her life to fighting for gay rights in Norway.

“Kim Friele has been the most prominent, greatest champion of equal rights for homosexuals in the past 60 years. That made her an unparalleled pioneer in the world of freedom of expression. She demonstrated precisely how vital free speech is to those who belong to exposed, vulnerable minorities in particular”, remarks Knut Olav Åmås, executive director of Fritt Ord.
Friele was awarded the Fritt Ord Foundation Prize in 1978. She returned it in protest when Nina Karin Monsen received the same award in 2009.

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Fritt Ord's grants for master’s degrees

April 11 2024

Is your master’s project about freedom of expression, social debate or journalism? If so, you can apply for a student grant from the Fritt Ord Foundation.

No Other Land – special screening at Kunstnernes Hus Kino

November 26 2024

Join us for a special screening of the film No Other Land, announced as one of the most important and influential film of 2024.

Location: Kunstnernes Hus Cinema
Date and Time: Wednesday, December 4, 2024, 6:00 PM – 7:35 PM

Witnessing War: A Conversation in the BOMBA Exhibition with Khalid Albaih and Tetiana Khodakivska

November 26 2024

Welcome to a conversation with Sudanese political cartoonist Khalid Albaih and Ukrainian filmmaker Tetiana Khodakivska in Dag Erik Elgin’s exhibition BOMBA at the Skylight Halls of Kunstnernes Hus in Oslo on Thursday, December 12, 2024, from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM.

Frie stemmer Deeyah Khan:

November 24 2024

Dokumentarfilmskaper Deeyah Khan startet sin karriere med å lage en dokumentar om en kvinne som ble utsatt for æresdrap. Filmen ble vendepunktet i hennes anvendelse av ytringsfriheten, sier hun. Khan er basert i London og jobber internasjonalt.

– Det som skiller Norge fra mange andre land, er evnen til å delta i konstruktiv offentlig dialog rundt vanskelige og ofte polariserende temaer. Samtidig kan vi bli flinkere til å inkludere et større mangfold og flere minoritetsstemmer, sier hun.

Intervjuet er på engelsk.