SOURCES & LINKS

KEY DOCUMENTS ON CULTURAL POLICY

Main public documents and white papers:

Ministry of Culture and Equality:  St.meld. nr. 22 (2004-2005) Kultur og næring. (White paper on Culture and Business issued by the Ministry of Culture and Equality.).

Ministry of Culture and Equality: St.Meld. Nr. 32 (2007-2008), Bak kulissene. (White Paper on performing arts policy).

Ministry of Culture and Equality: St.Meld. Nr. 8 (2007-2008), Kulturell skulesekk for framtida. (White Paper on The Cultural Rucksack).

Ministry of Culture and Equality: St.meld. nr. 21 (2007-2008) – Samspill. (White Paper on music policy).

Ministry of Culture and Equality: St.meld. nr. 23 (2008-2009) - Bibliotek. (White Paper on libraries).

Ministry of Culture and Equality: Meld. St. 10 (2011-2012), Kultur, inkludering og deltaking. (White Paper on culture, social inclusion and participation).

Ministry of Culture and Equality: Meld. St. 23 (2011–2012) - Visuell kunst. (White Paper on visual art policy).

Ministry of Culture and Equality: Meld. St. 7 (2012–2013) – Arkiv. (White Paper on archives).

Ministry of Foreign Affairs: Meld. St. 19 (2012-2013) Regjeringens internasjonale kulturinnsats. (White paper on foreign cultural policy)

Ministry of Culture and Equality: Nou 2013:4, Kulturutredningen 2014. (Norwegian Official Report on recent development in cultural policy).

Ministry of Culture and Equality: Meld. St. 30 (2014–2015) - En framtidsrettet filmpolitikk. (White Paper on film policy).

Ministry of Culture and Equality: Meld. St. 8 (2018–2019) - Kulturens kraft — Kulturpolitikk for framtida. (White Paper: The Power of Culture). [https://www.regjeringen.no/en/dokumenter/meld.-st.-8-20182019/id2620206/]

Ministry of Culture and Equality: Meld. St. 17 (2018–2019) - Frivilligheita – sterk, sjølvstendig, mangfaldig — Den statlege frivilligheitspolitikken. (White Paper on voluntarism in the culture sector).

Ministry of Culture and Equality: Meld. St. 10 (2018–2019) - Mangfald og armlengds avstand — Mediepolitikk for ei ny tid. (White Paper on media policy).

Ministry of Culture and Equality: Meld. St. 18 (2020–2021) - Oppleve, skape, dele — Kunst og kultur for, med og av barn og unge. (White Paper on culture for youths).

Ministry of Culture and Equality: Meld. St. 23 (2020–2021) - Musea i samfunnet — Tillit, ting og tid. (White Paper on museums).

Introductory literature (In Norwegian only).

Mangset, P. og Hylland, O. M. (2017). Kulturpolitikk. Organisering, legitimering og praksis. Oslo: Universitetsforlaget (Culture policy).

Grundt, Jan: Kulturpolitikk er kunst. Oslo: Universitetsforlaget, 2008. (Cultural policy is art)

Kvarv, Sture: Norsk kulturpolitikk i det 20. århundret – Mellom ideologi og pragmatisme. Oslo: Novus, 2014.  (Norwegian cultural policy in the 20th century)

KEY ORGANISATIONS AND PORTALS

Cultural policy making bodies

The Ministry of Culture
www.regjeringen.no/en/dep/kud

Arts Council Norway
http://www.kulturrad.no/

National Library of Norway
www.nb.no/English

National Library of Norway
www.nb.no/English

The Norwegian Language Council
http://www.sprakradet.no/

The Norwegian National Touring Theatre
http://www.riksteatret.no

KORO – Public Art Norway

http://www.publicartnorway.org

Cultural research and statistics

Statistics Norway
http://www.ssb.no/

Telemark Research Institute
http://www.telemarksforsking.no