Omsett litteratur – innkjøpsordning

This scheme covers the purchase of literature translated into Norwegian for public libraries ("innkjøp til folkebibliotek av litteratur omsett til norsk"). The aim is to ensure "that literature of high quality from as many languages as possible is translated into Norwegian, published, distributed and read." It is administered by Kulturrådet.

Applicants must be publishers with a Norwegian organisation number ("utgivarar med norsk organisasjonsnummer kan søkje på denne ordninga").

The page states the following payment ranges per title (from 2025 onwards, for 502 copies): for adults, NOK 85,000–163,000 (Bokmål) or NOK 87,000–165,000 (Nynorsk); for children/young adults, NOK 64,000–136,000 (Bokmål) or NOK 66,000–138,000 (Nynorsk). An additional 540 copies for children/young adults is calculated by formula. E-book licenses (40 copies): NOK 8,000. A translator bonus of 27 % of the agreed translator fee is also paid. No total budget pot is stated.

There are two fixed deadlines per year: "2. juni kl. 13:00" and "2. desember kl. 13:00" (no year stated on the page). Applications are submitted at https://tilskudd.kulturdirektoratet.no/utlysning/DABCDF03-A349-471D-8334-4FE7FA2234AA. The page was last updated 21 April 2026.