Norwegian Festival of Literature
Lillehammer, Norway · TBA (typical: late May) · T3 Niche
The Norwegian Festival of Literature (in Norwegian Sigrid Undset-dagene) is the biggest non commercial literary festival in the Nordic countries taking place in May/June in Lillehammer every year since 1995. The festival includes all the Nordic countries in its scope and has developed into a popular festival where both writers and people from the book publishing industry, both domestic and foreign, are represented. The 2013-festival had over 200 events, 400 artists/writers and counted 24,173 visitors.
- Language
- Norwegian
- Genres
- general lit
- Next edition
- TBA (typical: late May)
- Author participation
- Programme by invite
- Attendance published by the festival
- 24173
- Audience
- The 2013-festival had over 200 events, 400 artists/writers and counted 24,173 visitors.
- Age policy
- Pegasus is the festival's offering to children and youths and consists of nearly one-third of the program.
- Language notes
- Listed working language: Norwegian
- Genre notes
- Primary focus: general lit
- Past editions
- 1993, 1994, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013
- Stay
- Only days after the cancellation David Irving announced that he would go to Lillehammer during the literature festival and deliver his 2-hour lecture from a hotel room.