Ministry of Culture and Equality

Lubna Jaffery (Lab.)

Minister of Culture and Equality

The Ministry of Culture and Equality is responsible for the policy areas of culture, equality and discrimination, copyright, the media, sport and the voluntary sector. The Ministry also has overarching responsibility for the state lotteries run by Norsk Tipping and for regulating gaming and lotteries run by private organisations.
Aslak Sira Myhre, the director of the National Library of Norway, and Lubna Jaffery, the Norwegian Minister of Culture and Equality talking together with material from Jon Fosse in front of them.

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.

Three young people with a pride-flag. Photo: Gettyimages

The Norwegian Government bolsters efforts for gender and sexual diversity in new action plan

Press release 17/02/2023

The Norwegian government’s Action Plan for Gender and Sexual Diversity was launched today. The plan comprises 49 measures aimed at protecting rights, and improving quality of life for LGBT+ people, and increasing recognition of gender and sexual diversity in society.

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Phone: +47 22 24 90 90
Press phone: +47 90 23 10 93
Address: Grubbegata 1, P.O.Box 8030 Dep. 0030 Oslo