Ministry of Culture and Equality

The Norwegian Government Strengthens and Renews Commitment to Gender Equality

Press release 10/12/2024

The Government has presented a white paper on sexual harassment and the country's first strategy for gender equality between men and women.

Lecture and prize in honour of Jon Fosse:

The Fosse Lecture will be given by Jean-Luc Marion

Press release 25/11/2024

The French philosopher and theologian Jean-Luc Marion has been invited to give the first Fosse Lecture, and the German translator Hinrich Schmidt-Henkel has been awarded the Fosse Prize for Translators in 2025. The Fosse Prize will be among the largest of its kind in the world.

Kim Friele Memorial Prize awarded to Støttegruppa 25. juni and Insight

Press release 19/06/2024

‘We are all striving to provide everyone – both in Norway and internationally – with a safe and inclusive society. A society where LGBT+ people can live free and good lives and love whoever they want. Støttegruppa 25. juni, the support group for victims of the June 25 attack in Oslo, and the Ukrainian organisation Insight are both doing incredibly important work in support of LGBT+ rights, and I am delighted they are awarded the prize this year,’ says Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre.

The Norwegian Government honours Jon Fosse

Press release 07/12/2023

On the occasion of Jon Fosse being awarded the 2023 Nobel Prize in Literature, the Norwegian Government is establishing a new, annual initiative in honour of the author – an annual Fosse lecture, which will be held alongside an event organised by the National Library of Norway, where a Fosse stipend will also be awarded. In this way, the Government wants to demonstrate how important Fosse’s literary works are, both for Norway and internationally.