How free is the knowledge? Perspectives from climate, immigration and gender research

Fritt Ord and the Institute for Social Research invite the public to the launch of Norway’s first study on the latitude available for freedom of expression and the level of tolerance in academia on Monday, 14 March 2022, from 10 a.m. – 12 noon at Uranienborgveien 2, Oslo.

The Status of Freedom of Expression in Norway: What are the people saying in 2020 – and what has changed over the past five years?

The Fritt Ord Foundation and the Institute for Social Research invite the public to the live-streamed launch of the first findings from the latest population survey on freedom of expression, followed by a discussion on Monday, 19 April 2021, from 10.00 – 11.30 a.m.

The Status of Freedom of Expression in Norway: What are the people saying in 2020 – and what has changed over the past five years?

The Fritt Ord Foundation and the Institute for Social Research invite the public to the live-streamed launch of the first findings from the latest population survey on freedom of expression, followed by a discussion on Monday, 19 April 2021, from 10.00 – 11.30 a.m.

Artists Assess Freedom of Expression in the Year 2020

The Fritt Ord Foundation and TSL Analytics invite the public to a live-streamed launch of a report and discussion from 2 to 3.30 p.m. on Thursday, 11 March 2021.

Filmmakers assess freedom of expression in 2020

Time and venue: 28 February 2020, 4:30 – 5:30 p.m., at Vega Scene, Hausmanns gate 28, Oslo.

Artistic freedom of expression is often an indicator of exactly where we draw the line in a society. Has the work of Norwegian documentalists become more difficult?

The status of freedom of expression in Norway: What do we know – and what don't we know?

What are the greatest challenges to freedom of expression today, and what should researchers examine in greater detail?

Time and venue: 13 Feb. 2020, 7 to 9 p.m., the House of Literature in Oslo.

Three new projects regarding the status of freedom of expression in Norway 2020–2021

Press release, Thursday, 16 January 2020

Have online harassment and polarisation altered Norwegians’ views about freedom of expression? How has researchers’ freedom of expression evolved at a time when knowledge about areas such as climate, gender and integration invariably generate controversy in public opinion? Is artistic freedom of expression under more intense pressure now than before? And when do employers consider a statement to be disloyal?

Call for proposals: The Fritt Ord Foundation's monitoring project on the status of freedom of expression in Norway

​​To identify and analyse the status of freedom of expression in Norway, the Fritt Ord Foundation is announcing the availability of up to MNOK 6 in framework funding for a research-based monitoring survey in 2020 – 2021.

The Monitoring Project on the status of freedom of expression in Norway has been carried out twice before by an interdisciplinary research consortium headed by the Institute for Social Research.

New report: Boundary Struggles

​The main findings and conclusions from the project ‘The Status of Freedom of Expression in Norway 2015–2017’ are now available in Norwegian in a brief report.

New website for research on freedom of expression

This week Fritt Ord is relaunching its website at ytringsfrihet.no. The website features all the major freedom of expression surveys carried out by Fritt Ord, as well as information about events and news items related to new research in this field.

Boundaries of the public sphere: Do exclusion and self-censorship pose a threat to freedom of expression?

The Institute for Social Research and Fritt Ord invite the public to the Closing Conference for the project entitled ‘The Status of Freedom of Expression in Norway 2015–2017’ and the launch of the book Boundary Struggles: Contestations of Free Speech in the Norwegian Public Sphere at the House of Literature, Friday, 9 June 2017, 10.30 a.m.-3.45 p.m.

The Status of Freedom of Expression in Norway 2015–2017 - some main findings from the book

Press Release, 8 June 2017

Freedom of expression and political tolerance

The Fritt Ord Foundation and the Institute for Social Research invite the public to a launch seminar from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Tuesday, 26 January 2016, at Uranienborgveien 2 in Oslo.

Presentation of the final Report on the Status of Freedom of Expression in Norway

Along with partners from the University of Oslo (Dept. of Media and Communication), FAFO, TNS Gallup, and attorney Jon Wessel Aas, ISF’s researchers presented their report on “The Status of Freedom of Expression in Norway” today at the closing session of the full-day conference arranged at the House of Literature on the Status of Freedom of Expression in Norway, the Fritt Ord Foundation’s monitoring project.

The Status of Freedom of Expression in Norway - closing conference and launch of the main report

19 November marks the conclusion of the project “The Status of Freedom of Expression in Norway – the Fritt Ord Foundation’s monitoring project” with a full-day conference at the House of Literature. The researchers will be presenting chapters from the main report, and summarising the findings from the project, which has been in progress since autumn 2013.

Without the social media, I would not have had the voice I have today

Seasoned female online debaters claim that one must be thick-skinned and endure unpleasantness if one wants to take part in debates on the social media. Over time, some women become more reticent about utterances they know can be provocative, according to a recent report that is part of the project ‘Status of Freedom of Expression in Norway’.

Report launch: The status of freedom of expression in Norway - results of the demographic survey

What is the status of freedom of expression as seen from the general public’s point of view? Is freedom of expression perceived as an important value in comparison with other considerations? What experiences do the general public have of freedom of expression – in the public space and at the workplace? How do we see the media’s role as infrastructure for freedom of expression?

Call for applications: The Fritt Ord Foundation's monitoring project on the status of freedom of expression in Norway

Over the past 10 to 15 years, issues involving freedom of expression have come more and more to the foreground at the national and international levels. While legal limitations have diminished, generally speaking, freedom of expression has to a greater extent come to the attention of the general public, owing to its controversies, corrections, suppressions and blow-outs. Strong political and religious conflicts at the international level appear to have provoked a myriad of antagonisms in the field of freedom of expression. The Internet has raised new issues. More attention has been devoted to the position of freedom of expression in legislation and case law, the media, artistic and cultural life, private companies, government agencies, schools and universities, organisations, etc.

Fritt Ord Foundation embarks on a project to monitor the status of freedom of expression in Norway

The Fritt Ord Foundation organised a brainstorming and discussion meeting on Wednesday, 21 November 2012, regarding a new project for which funding will be announced in early December this year.