The Fritt Ord Tribute

The Fritt Ord Tribute acknowledges remarkable efforts to promote free speech, often in connection with current affairs. Tributes are bestowed when someone deserves them, without any constraints on their number.

The Fritt Ord Tribute 2025

Sara Gaulin

Despite considerable resistance and harassment, Gaulin has maintained a strong voice in the social debate, as a consistent defender of the principle of free exchanges of opinions.
“In a widely diverse society, tolerance is decisive, but open discussions are equally important, not least when the debate revolves around controversial religious and cultural questions”, Brochmann adds.
“Especially when freedom of expression is subject to growing pressure, we need brave voices like Sarah Gaulin. She combines objectivity with clarity and strong commitment”, remarks Grete Brochmann, chair of the Fritt Ord Foundation Board.

The Fritt Ord Tribute 2024

Teachers at the Oslo Cathedral School

Teachers at the Oslo Cathedral School have been awarded the Freedom of Expression Foundation Tribute for organising an enlightened debate on the place of unpleasant utterances in the classroom.

The Fritt Ord Tribute 2023

Bjørn Olav Jahr

Journalist and author Bjørn Olav Jahr (54) is awarded the Freedom of Expression Foundation Tribute for thorough and persistent journalism that uncovered a miscarriage of justice in the Baneheia case, and contributed to a preliminary conviction in the Birgitte Tengs case.
Prize recipients