News

Artists' accountability in public and in the political sphere. Follow up of the principles involved in the Handke debate

January 24 2015

On Saturday, 24 January 2015, the Fritt Ord Foundation will examine in more detail the principle aspects of the debate about the controversial award one of the world’s most coveted theatre prizes, the International Ibsen Award, to Peter Handke. The conference is intended to shed light on the relationship between art, politics and freedom of expression in a broad sense.

Ytringsfriheten under angrep. Debatt på Litteraturhuset lørdag 10. januar kl. 16

January 10 2015

Fremtidens kunnskapsmiljø

December 17 2014

Den besværlige framtiden. Om tenketanker og andre tanker.

December 10 2014

Fritt Ords presseprisvinner Khadija Ismayilova arrestert i Aserbajdsjan

December 9 2014

Full-day seminar for teachers in Bodø on freedom of expression and democracy

November 27 2014

Welcome to a seminar in Bodø on Thursday, 27 November 2014 from 9.30 a.m. – 3.39 p.m. at the Stormen Library and House of Literature.

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

November 19 2014

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.

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

November 19 2014

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.

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

November 19 2014

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’.

BRITDOC’s Impact Producer Lab in Finland

November 10 2014

In preparation for Good Pitch Europe in the Nordic countries, BRITDOC is hosting an Impact Producers Lab in Finland from January 7th-9th 2015, specifically for Nordic professionals. Closing date for applications is 21st November 2014.

Oslo premiere of the full-length feature version of ‘Drone'

November 5 2014

Flimmer Film, the Fritt Ord Foundation and TourDeForce invite the public to the Oslo premiere of the documentary film ‘Drone’ at the Victoria Cinema on 5 November at 6:45 p.m.

Film premiere: ‘1989’

November 5 2014

The Fritt Ord Foundation and Substans Film invite the public to the Oslo premiere of the film ‘1989’, from 7.45 – 10.30 p.m. on 5 November, at the Fritt Ord Foundation, Uranienborgveien 2, Oslo.

In Search of a New Constitution: Why Norway Gave Us So Little and So Much

October 30 2014

The Research Council of Norway, the University of Oslo and the Fritt Ord Foundation invite the public to lecture featuring Albie Sachs in Gamle festsal at the University of Oslo, Karl Johans gate 47, on Thursday, 30 October from 3.00 – 4.30 p.m.

Seminar on journalists' safety

October 29 2014

The Fritt Ord Foundation, the Norwegian Union of Journalists, Norwegian PEN, the Norwegian Press Association, the Association of Norwegian Editors and the Norwegian UNESCO Commission invite the public to a seminar on journalists’ safety on 29 October from 12.00 -3.30 p.m. at the Fritt Ord Foundation’s premises at Uranienborgveien 2, Oslo.

Heldagsseminar for lærere om ytringsfrihet, demokrati og tekstforming

October 23 2014

epea 02: The New Social - opening of the exhibition in Paris

October 22 2014

22 October 2014 will mark the opening of the photo project epea, the “European Photo Exhibition Award 02: The New Social” in Paris.