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1. News article14 Oct 2026

   61% say public funding of arts and culture is important, and 75% want culture free of political steering

   • 61% say it is important that public money is spent on arts and culture. Only 20% say it is of little importance. The figures come from Norsk Monitor 2025/26, where the Norwegian Directorate for Culture asked its own culture questions for the first time.
   • Most people agree that culture should be free from political control: 75% say so, and 48% fully agree. Director Øystein Strand says experts should judge the quality of art.
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2. Call for applications14 Oct 2026

   Culture Moves Europe opens for international travel grant applications from cultural professionals

   • Culture Moves Europe gives travel grants to cultural professionals. It is part of the EU's Creative Europe programme. You can apply from 1 October 2026 to 30 April 2027. Money is paid out as applications are approved, and early applications are recommended.
   • You can apply alone or with up to five people. The grant covers travel and stay in another country in Creative Europe.
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3. Op-ed9 Oct 2026

   Norway's Directorate for Culture promises clearer grant management and less distrust toward artists

   • The op-ed is by Janne Stang Dahl of the Directorate for Culture. She answers a piece by Live Rosenvinge of Norske Dansekunstnere. That piece said many performing artists are unsure about the rules for Arts Council money and fear they have made mistakes without knowing.
   • The Directorate is now reviewing how it follows up reporting, finances and accounts. It will also write clearer guidance on its website and in the application and reporting forms.
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4. Press release7 Oct 2026

   Arts Council Norway: 2027 state budget gives the independent arts field only inflation adjustment

   • The government proposes NOK 1.068 billion for the Norwegian Cultural Fund in the 2027 budget. That is 2.87 percent more than last year, roughly normal price growth.
   • The only new money is NOK 6 million for the literature purchase schemes. These put new Norwegian books in public libraries. The money is part of a plan to get adults reading more.
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5. Press release7 Oct 2026

   Government proposes only a price adjustment for the Fund for Sound and Image in the 2027 budget

   • The government proposes just under NOK 58 million for the Fund for Sound and Image in the 2027 state budget. That is about the same as the year before.
   • Board chair Susanne Næss Nielsen is critical. She says the government is once again letting the fund stand still. She says a normal price adjustment is not enough because the need is greater than ever.
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6. News article7 Oct 2026

   Government proposes NOK 547 million for state artist grants in 2027

   • The government proposes just over NOK 547 million for the State Artist Grants in 2027. That is 3.9 percent more than last year.
   • There will be five new grants, and each grant gets bigger: from NOK 342,193 in 2026 to NOK 354,801.
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7. Op-ed5 Oct 2026

   Arts Council Norway denies moral considerations lay behind not purchasing Helene Uri's novel

   • The op-ed replies to publisher Kari Marstein. In Morgenbladet (18 September) and Klassekampen she suggested that Arts Council Norway let other concerns influence its review of Helene Uri's novel "I mitt lune hi". The Council says this was already shown to be wrong.
   • The Council says every book is judged by the same fixed rules. Morals and ethics do not count, and did not count here.
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8. Op-ed2 Oct 2026

   Arts Council Norway to increase transparency, but individual application assessments stay confidential

   • Arts Council Norway says it is not true that the public must guess why a book is turned down. Sunniva Nicole Rebbestad made the claim after Helene Uri's novel «I mitt lune hi» was rejected.
   • The rules the committee uses, who sits on it and how it works are already on the Council's website.
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9. Press release28 Sept 2026

   Deeyah Khan awarded the Norwegian Arts Council Honorary Prize for 2026 – NOK 700,000 for decades of courageous artistic work

   • The Norwegian Arts Council is giving its 2026 honorary prize to Deeyah Khan because she has spent decades using music, film and conversation to speak up on difficult topics and defend the right to create freely.
   • The prize comes with NOK 700,000 (roughly €60,000). For the first time, the winner also receives a specially made artwork by artist Kiyoshi Yamamoto.
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10. Report26 Sept 2026

    Report proposes 16 measures and a new national art depot to safeguard the legacy of deceased visual artists

    • A new report for Arts Council Norway by TSL Analytics and OsloMet finds that it is unclear who is responsible for preserving what visual artists leave behind, and that the field is underprioritised.
    • The report lists 16 measures, including giving artists and families better guidance, having museums buy more art and expand storage, and building more specialist expertise.
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