As stated in chapter 2.2, the recent Norwegian Official Report on the Freedom of Expression1 stated that freedom of expression for artists is well protected in Norway and that artists themselves also agree on this. Studies have also shown that artistic directors in Norwegian art organisation benefit from high artistic autonomy2.
Norwegian cultural policy has also included an artist policy where artists’ labour conditions have been considered a matter for the policy making. Due to that, the Norwegian ministry of culture has conducted regular studies og the working- and income situation of artists and provided cultural policy measures for this. This policy includes grants to artists and a practice of permanently employed artists in several public art institutions. A recent White paper from the Ministry of Culture also address this issue3.
1 https://www.regjeringen.no/en/dokumenter/nou-2022-9/id2924020/
2 Bård Kleppe (2018) The autonomous world reversed: comparing liberal policy and autonomy in the performing arts, International Journal of Cultural Policy, 24:3, 387-405, DOI: 10.1080/10286632.2016.1184659
3 https://www.regjeringen.no/no/dokumenter/meld.-st.-22-20222023/id2983542/
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