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Libraries, Encyclopaedia, and Houses of Literature

Fritt Ord has launched various initiatives related to the communication of knowledge and the promotion of literature, including an annual subsidy scheme earmarked for Norwegian public libraries. In 2005, the Foundation took the initiative to establish Norway’s first house of literature and, in 2010, to ensure the further operation of Store norske leksikon.

Libraries

The Fritt Ord Foundation invites applications for annual subsidies for literature programmes at Norwegian public libraries.

Great Norwegian Encyclopedia

The Great Norwegian Encyclopedia, in Norwegian Store norske leksikon (abbreviated as ‘SNL’), is an edited, online encyclopedia.

The House of Literature

In 2005, the Fritt Ord Foundation took the initiative to establish Norway’s first house of literature, patterned after similar institutions in Europe.