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Call for the Autumn 2016 applications to the Perspektivy programme is now open

August 14 2016

We warmly invite mid-career journalists with over three years experience to apply for the series of workshops on “Reporting skills in the digital era” organised by the professional development programme ‘Perspektivy’. The workshops aim to develop skills on news repoting and how best to promote it in the challenging environment of the digital era.

Senior Advisor - 1 year position at the Fritt Ord Foundation

August 2 2016

The Fritt Ord Foundation have an open position as senior advisor in the administration from September 2016.

World premier of 'The Magnitsky Act – Behind the Scenes' at the House of Film

June 25 2016

Press release
Oslo, 24 June 2016

Language as culture

June 22 2016

Grants for library literature programmes, 2016–17

What are taboos?

June 21 2016

Fritt Ord, Index on Censorship and the Free Word Centre invite the public to an evening with conversations on taboos on Tuesday, 21 June 2016, from 6 – 8 p.m. at Fritt Ord’s premises in Uranienborgveien 2 in Oslo.

Stipends 2016

June 17 2016

PRESS RELEASE
Oslo, 17 June 2016

Loveleen Rihel Brenna and Walid al-Kubaisi awarded the Freedom of Expression Foundation Tribute

June 16 2016

Loveleen Rihel Brenna and Walid al-Kubaisi were awarded the Freedom of Expression Foundation Tribute on Thursday 16 June 2016.

The Freedom to Be Racist?

June 8 2016

On Wednesday June 8, 6 p.m.-8 p.m. the Fritt Ord Foundation and the Institute for Social Research are hosting a debate on freedom of expression and racism at the Fritt Ord offices in Uranienborgveien 2, 0258 Oslo.

The Freedom to Be Racist?

June 8 2016

On Wednesday June 8, 6 p.m.-8 p.m. the Fritt Ord Foundation and the Institute for Social Research are hosting a debate on freedom of expression and racism at the Fritt Ord offices in Uranienborgveien 2, 0258 Oslo.

The Middle East: World Crisis?

June 4 2016

The New York Review of Books Foundation and the Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Auswertige Politik are organising a two-day conference in Berlin on the current political and economic situation in the Middle East.

The Middle East: World Crisis?

June 4 2016

The New York Review of Books Foundation and the Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Auswertige Politik are organising a two-day conference in Berlin on the current political and economic situation in the Middle East.

Black Metal and freedom of expression – extreme expressions encounter extreme attitudes

June 2 2016

The Fritt Ord Foundation and Gammaglimt invite the public to a screening of the documentary film BLACKHEARTS, followed by a panel discussion on Thursday, 2 June 2016 at 7 p.m. at Uranienborgveien 2, Oslo. The panel consists of Sina Winter, Black Metal artist from Iran and the main character in the documentary, Kristian Eivind Espedal AKA Gaahl, former vocalist in the Black Metal band Gorgoroth, currently with the band Gaahl’s Wyrd, Mahmood Amiry-Moghaddam, Iran Human Rights, Jan Lothe Eriksen, SafeMuse and Fredrik Horn Akselsen, director.

Black Metal and freedom of expression – extreme expressions encounter extreme attitudes

June 2 2016

The Fritt Ord Foundation and Gammaglimt invite the public to a screening of the documentary film BLACKHEARTS, followed by a panel discussion on Thursday, 2 June 2016 at 7 p.m. at Uranienborgveien 2, Oslo. The panel consists of Sina Winter, Black Metal artist from Iran and the main character in the documentary, Kristian Eivind Espedal AKA Gaahl, former vocalist in the Black Metal band Gorgoroth, currently with the band Gaahl’s Wyrd, Mahmood Amiry-Moghaddam, Iran Human Rights, Jan Lothe Eriksen, SafeMuse and Fredrik Horn Akselsen, director.

Good criticism 2016

May 20 2016

The Fritt Ord Foundation announces a call for applications for 10 annual grants of NOK 200 000 each for critics who write for daily or weekly newspapers, or who supply reviews to TV/radio. The grant scheme will provide aggregate funding of MNOK 6 over a three-year period.

Shifting Boundaries: 3rd Edition of European Photo Exhibition Award has started

May 20 2016

Twelve European photographers have been appointed to work on the topic «Shifting Boundaries». These are Arianna Arcara (Italy), Pierfrancesco Celada (Italy), Marthe Aune Eriksen (Norway), Jakob Ganslmeier (Germany), Margarida Gouveia (Portugal), Marie Hald (Denmark), Dominic Hawgood (United Kingdom), Robin Hinsch (Germany), Ildikó Péter (Hungary), Eivind H. Natvig (Norway), Marie Sommer (France) and Christina Werner (Austria).

Loveleen Rihel Brenna and Walid al-Kubaisi to receive Freedom of Expression Foundation Tribute

May 19 2016

Oslo, 20 May 2016
PRESS RELEASE