Norway
Key contacts are listed under the following headings:
- All (i.e. covering all or most cultural areas)
- Heritage (archaeology, archives, conservation, man-made heritage, museums)
- Media (advertising, broadcasting, digital media, film & video, newspapers & magazines, TV & radio)
- Performing (dance, music, opera, puppetry, theatre)
- Visual (architecture, crafts, design, galleries & art museums, photography, resources for artists)
- Words (books & reading, language, libraries, resources for writers)
- Links to other European countries
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All
Funding
Arts Council Norway (Main funding for culture field outside of the more permanent institutions: literature, performing arts, visual arts, cultural heritage etc.) + EN
Directorate for Cultural Heritage in Norway + EN
Norsk finsk kulturfond (Norwegian - Finnish Culture Fund)
Fondet for Dansk-Norsk Samarbeid (Fund for Danish-Norwegian Cooperation)
Fulbright Norway + EN
NOMUS (The Nordic Music Committee) + EN
Nordic Cultural Fund + EN
Norway-America Association + EN
Government
Ministry of Culture and Church Affairs + EN
Heritage
All
ABM-utvikling (Authority for Archives, Libraries and Museums) + EN
Directorate for Cultural Heritage + EN
Kulturvernets fellesorganisasjon , KORG (Organisation for Voluntary Cultural Heritage Associations)
Archives
National Archives of Norway + EN
National Office for Research Documentation, Academic and Special Libraries + EN
Norwegian Historical Data Centre + EN
Museums by Topic
Art museums will be found under VISUAL
National Museum + EN
Norwegian Museums' Association
Norwegian Museums Authority + EN
Media
Digital & New Media
Film & Video
Film- og Teaterteknisk Forening
Norsk Filminstitutt (Norwegian Film Institute) + EN
State TV & Radio
NRK 1 - TV
NRK 2 - TV
NRK - P1 - Radio
NRK - P2 - Radio
NRK - P3 - Radio
Private Television Channels
Online Publishing
Performing
General
Norwegian Performing Rights Society
Comedy
Dance
Norwegian Centre for the Art of Dance
Education & Courses
Norwegian State Academy of Music +EN
Trondheim Conservatory of Music +EN
Music
International Society for Contemporary Music (ISCM) +EN
Norwegian Concert Institute +EN
Norwegian Music Information Centre +EN
Theatre
Norsk Teater- og Orkesterforening (NTO) (Norwegion Theater & Orchestra Union)
Norwegian Playwrights´ Association +EN
Visual
Architecture
National Association of Norwegian Architects
Craft
Design
Norsk Designräd (Norwegian Design Council) +EN
Norsk Form +EN
Norske Industridesignere (Norwegian Industrial Design Society)
Norwegian Packaging Association
Galleries & Museums
National Gallery +EN
Photography
Brundalen Videregeende Skole - Norway Photography School
Norwegian Biophoto Association
Norwegian Nature Photographers /NN
Words
Libraries
Art Library Society of Norway +EN
Bibliotekarforbundet (Union of Librarians) +EN
Norwegian Archive, Library and Museum Authority +EN
National Library of Norway +EN
Norway - Skolebibliotekarforeningen i Norge
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