New anthology of texts about 22 July
In commemoration of the tenth anniversary of the terrorist attacks on 22 July 2011, Fritt Ord and Foreningen !les are working together to make a free anthology featuring excerpts from books about 22 July.
News
Brage Prize nomination for "High. A travelogue from the Himalayas"
Erika Fatland’s book “High. A travelogue from the Himalayas” has been nominated in the category ‘factual prose’.
"Money and life" – Fritt Ord allocates MNOK 2.2 to literature programmes at public libraries
This past spring, Fritt Ord invited applications for grants of NOK 60 000 each for debates and discussions based on non-fiction and fiction literature on economics. The Foundation received 73 applications, and decided to award funding to 38 applicants.
A preview screening of the documentary film GRETA
Fritt Ord, NF Kino, Youth Strike for Climate, YMCA/YWCA, Spire, Nature and Youth, Changemaker, Eco-Agents, Differ Media and Tour de Force invites the public to a preview screening of the documentary film on Greta Thunberg.
Grants in response to applications for more than NOK 100 000 awarded in October 2020
The Fritt Ord Foundation’s list of grants has been updated, adding grants in response to ordinary project applications for more than NOK 100 000, Norwegian Journalism and additional grants in September 2020.
Slottemo to write the Fritt Ord Foundation's history
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Oslo, 23 October 2020
The Fritt Ord Foundation has engaged Hilde Gunn Slottemo (52), a professor of History, to pen the history of the Foundation’s first 50 years.
Allocations for ordinary grants of less than NOK 100 000, as well as for Norwegian Journalism and additional allocations awarded in September 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.
Panel debate: "Racism, freedom of expression and Islam"
The Fritt Ord Foundation’s project “Islam in Norway” hosted an open panel discussion at the House of Literature on Tuesday 20 October 2020. The event was also streamed live.
Screening and conversation: The Art of Fallism – decolonisation in a Norwegian context
Fritt Ord, Isme Film and Oslo Documentary Cinema hosted the Oslo premiere of the documentary film “The Art of Fallism” and a subsequent discussion about decolonisation in a Norwegian context, on Monday 19 October 2020, at Vega Scene, Oslo.
Fritt Ord Journalism Fellowship for 2021 awarded to Tor Kjetil Kristoffersen
“The Fritt Ord Journalism Fellowship” at Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism at the University of Oxford for the period January – July 2021 has been awarded to Tor Kjetil Kristoffersen, news editor at Finnmark Dagblad.
The Art of Fallism – decolonisation in a Norwegian context
Fritt Ord, Isme Film and Oslo Documentary Cinema invite the public to the Oslo premiere of the documentary film “The Art of Fallism” and to a discussion about decolonisation in a Norwegian context.
Racism, freedom of expression and Islam
The Fritt Ord Foundation’s project “Islam in Norway” invites the public to an open panel discussion at the House of Literature. The event will also be streamed live.
Allocations in response to applications for major regular grants and additional grants in August 2020
The Fritt Ord Foundation’s list of grants has been updated to include allocations in response to applications for major regular grants and additional grants in August 2020.
This is the Young People's Freedom of Expression Council
Sixteen young people have now been chosen to participate in the Young People’s Freedom of Expression Council. They will meet over the next year to survey the status of freedom of expression in their own age group, and to make specific suggestions for how to get more young people engaged in the public debate.
Grants for Norwegian Journalism, August 2020
The Fritt Ord Foundation’s list of grants has been updated to include allocations in response to applications for major grants for Norwegian Journalism in August 2020.
22 July is the topic for the Fritt Ord Foundation Competition
Fritt Ord invites schools to address the topic of 22 July, and to submit entries for the Fritt Ord Foundation Competition for Upper Secondary School.