Kritikerstipend

Fritt Ord awards annual stipender (grants) to critics working across any field of art and culture with a Norwegian public audience as their target group ("Stipendene kan tildeles kritikere som arbeider innenfor hvilke som helst av kunstens og kulturens felter"). The grants provide economic support enabling critics to carry out planned work published in independent media edited under the Editor's Code (Redaktørplakaten).

The scheme distributes "12 stipender à 250 000 kroner" (12 grants of 250,000 kroner each) per year, totalling "tre millioner kroner" (three million kroner) annually. Two of the twelve grants are specifically designated for video game criticism ("dataspillkritikk"), as stated on the page.

The 2026 application deadline was Friday 13 March at 15:00 ("Søknadsfrist 2026: 13. mars kl 15"). Grants are awarded for one-year periods, for example from August 2026 to August 2027 as stated on the page. Contact: post@frittord.no.