Feature — “There were a lot of problems during the time I wrote about in 'Echoes of the City', but I stand by the fact that we’ve also lost a great deal of what we had then,” says Lars Saabye Christensen.

Feature — Why are these men going on hiking trips? Let’s instead ask: Why did you quit?

Feature — Bjørnson wrote stories, novels, plays, articles, speeches and letters. Best remembered today are probably his poems, that many composers have written tunes to. Ja, vi elsker dette landet («Yes, We Love This Country») is the most famous of all. This poem is the history of Norway in eight verses, and it is Norway’s national anthem.

Portrait — Olav H. Hauge (Olav Håkonson Hauge), poet and fruit farmer, who gradually emerged as one of the most significant Norwegian poets of the 20th century. He has been translated into more than twenty languages, and was himself an important translator of poetry from English, German and French.

Feature — “My books enable me to talk about the big, important issues. They allow me to have a voice in the climate debate,” says Maja Lunde.

Feature — It took Per Petterson six years to complete "Men in My Situation". Along the way, he has literally banged his forehead against the keyboard and been on the verge of giving up multiple times. The book’s overwhelming reception has therefore been a huge relief.

Feature — For her powerful portrayals of life in the Middle Ages Sigrid Undset was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1928. In Fortellingen om Viga-Ljot og Vigdis («The Story about Viga-Ljot and Vigdis»)the reader is transported back to the 11th century. The German publishing house Hoffmann und Campe Verlag have chosen to publish a new translation of this novel, about the very dramatic relationship between the main characters, this autumn (2019).

Feature — „Ich habe eine harte Vergangenheit, und damit gehe ich offen um, aber ich schreibe fiktive Erzählungen, die auf andere Weise hart sind.“

Feature — Harry Hole has always been disreputable and has always struggled with demons – but never as much as in "Knife", the twelfth book in Jo Nesbø’s series featuring the hard-drinking special investigator.

Feature — Eight German publishers in frenzied bidding war for John Kåre Raake’s Arctic thriller, “The Ice”.

Noteworthy — The Perspektivet Museum is a cultural history museum in Tromsø, located in a beautiful old trading house, where the Norwegian writer Cora Sandel once lived.

Noteworthy — In the small town of Grimstad in southern Norway you can visit the houses of two of Norway's most famous poets: Henrik Ibsen and Knut Hamsun.

Noteworthy — ICORN is an independent international organisation of member cities and regions, offering safe havens for persecuted writers and artists; advancing freedom of expression, defending democratic values and promoting international solidarity.

Latest — Norwegian Writer’s Climate Campaign will actively participate in a much needed democratic process to act against the overheating of our planet as a crime against humanity.

Interview — Almost in nature already: Today, we are introducing the non-fiction writer Andreas Tjernshaugen and his desk which doubles as an observation post.

Interview — Experience a typical atypical day in the life of the traveled author Erika Fatland!

Portrait — Explore the "history of Maja Lunde".

Feature — Lars Mytting gave the world “Norwegian Wood” a few years ago. Now he gives us a novel based on an old legend from Gudbrandsdalen, about a pair of conjoined twin sisters who were unbelievably good at weaving.

Interview — “It has been such an adventure. Not in my wildest dreams could I have imagined I’d publish a book about it all”, the author Anita Kåss says.

Feature — Jon Fosse’s “slow prose” has resulted in a likely new masterpiece. Considerably more extensive than Trilogy, and with an entirely new set of characters.

Portrait — Today we present the desk of the writer and poet Tarjei Vesaas. "A desk with a hidden bed," reveals his daughter Guri Vesaas to the journalist Alva Gehrmann.

Feature — 10 exciting Norwegian writers to watch this spring!

Feature — At the end of World War II, the former headquarters of Norway’s most infamous Nazi, Henry Rinnan – a house dubbed “Bandeklosteret” – became the home of a Jewish family, a family that later became author Simon Stranger’s in-laws. It became the starting point for a novel.

Feature — Vigdis Hjorth’s new novel, Lærerinnens sang ('The Teacher's Song', not yet published in English), is about what happens to a person when their self-esteem is broken and crushed and they are reduced to bare existence, from which they have to find a new understanding of themselves.

Feature — Trude Marstein has just published a new novel – something that doesn’t happen every year. ‘No, it doesn’t,’ smiles the author. ‘It’s six years since my last novel – too long. Three years is okay, but not six.’

Feature — Maja Lunde had last year’s best-selling novel in Germany – about bees. Now she has written about the most important and beautiful we have: Water, and love.

Feature — Desire can arise when one least expects it – and occasionally, a chance encounter can have surprising consequences. This is exactly what happens in Geir Gulliksen’s latest novel Se på oss nå (‘Look at Us Now‘).

Portrait — Follow us into "Gaarder's World".

Feature — Roy Jacobsen’s trilogy from Northern Norway has sold almost 300,000 copies in his native country. Now these “exotic” novels are conquering the world.

Feature — If we are to believe a recent UN survey, Norway is the best country in the world to live in. But few people are fonder of killing than Norwegians – at least in the world of books.

Feature — There’s Still Life in the Grand Old Men of Norwegian Literature. Norway’s Frankfurt 2019 initiative has given the old classics fresh relevance too. This is particularly true of Knut Hamsun and Tarjei Vesaas.

Latest — NORLA offers its warmest congratulations to the winners of the Brage Prize 2018

Latest — NORLA offers its warmest congratulations to Simon Stranger, winner of the 2018 Norwegian Booksellers’ Prize for his novel "Keep Saying Their Names" (original title: Leksikon om lys og mørke, published by Aschehoug).

Feature — It is not often an award winning poet suddenly writes a crime novel. But now Ruth Lillegraven is doing just that.

Feature — A rejected adoption application leads a woman into madness and stalking. Brit Bildøen’s new novel is based on the author’s experiences, but also takes a purely imaginary turn.

Feature — Bjørn Andreas Bull-Hansen’s big breakthrough came with "Jomsviking", his novel of the Viking Age. Now protagonist Torstein Tormodson is sailing west – to Vinland.

Literaturfestival — Literaturtage Zofingen takes place from 25 to 27 OCTOBER. The following Norwegian authors takes part in the festival: Unni Lindell, Johan Harstad, Gunstein Bakke, Helga Flatland, Ida Hegazi Høyer, Bjørn Ousland and Eivind Hofstad Evjemo.

Reading and conversation — The author of Sophies World in a book talk with Margarete von Schwarzkopf.

Reading and conversation — A norwegian Great American Novel. Book-talk with the author and Berhard Robben.

Reading and conversation — Herzlich willkommen zu einer Lesung und einem Gespräch mit Tomas Espedal zu seinem Roman "Das Jahr".

Reading — Hier finden Sie alle nordischen Veranstaltungen auf der Leipziger Buchmesse (21.-24. März) im Überblick.

Reading and conversation — Reading and conversation with Victor Boy Lindholm and Ingvild Lothe, Moderation: Maria-Christina Piwowarski