Cappelen Damm Agency

18/08/2025

In the beginning of August we received the news of Tor Åge Bringsværd's passing. He was one of Norway's most productive and versatile authors and playwrights, with an astounding body of work.

A week ago we lost one of our most prolific writers, Tor Åge Bringsværd. He was one of Norway's most productive and versatile authors and playwrights, with an astounding body of work. Bringsværd passed away after a long period of illness.

23/07/2025

It is with great sadness that we Saturday night received the news of Ingvar Ambjørnsen's passing. He is an author who has meant and means a great deal to Norwegian literature and to us at Cappelen Damm. Ingvar Ambjørnsen was 69 years old, but leaves behind a remarkable legacy.

Our warmest thoughts go to Ingvar's wife Gabriele and to his family.

It is with great sadness that we Saturday night received the news of Ingvar Ambjørnsen's passing. He is an author who has meant and means a great deal to Norwegian literature and to us at Cappelen Damm. Ingvar Ambjørnsen was 69 years old, but leaves behind a remarkable legacy.

19/06/2025

Sumaya Jirde Ali and Sunniva Roligheten are two of Norway's most talented authors under the age of 35. The selection is curated by Norwegian Literature Festival and Morgenbladet, and the list consists of ten names.

Read more here: https://www.cappelendammagency.no/agency/incoming/article.action?contentId=220012

23/05/2025

Two Cappelen Damm authors, Fabian Christensen and Pernille Radeid, have earned spots on NORLA's New Voices program 🤩🙌

07/05/2025

Next year Norway is the Guest of Honour at the Bologna Book Fair, and for the rest of 2025 NORLA guarantees translation grants for children's and YA books. Visit NORLA for more information:

For a limited time, NORLA guarantees that translation grants awarded to publishers of literature for children and young adults will cover 50 per cent of the translator’s fee, up to a maximum of NOK 100,000 (approx. EUR 8,300). Grants are awarded for translating works of children’s and young adul...

25/04/2025

Ingeborg Arvola's award-winning bestseller «The Knife in the Fire» is soon coming to theatre stages all over Norway. We are so excited, and cannot wait to see it!

Kniven i ilden / Terä tulessa Av Ingeborg Arvola. Dramatisert av Cecilie Mosli Gjenstår 54 forestillinger på turné. Kjøp billett Forbudt kjærlighet, sydende ishavsfiske og helbredende hender. Bokmål Nynorsk Ingeborg Arvolas fengslende historiske roman har gått rett til hjertet på et rekords...

09/04/2025

«The book is about having a body and about having a mother;
about having breasts that must go—and about having a mother;
about getting new breasts—and about having a mother
…who also gets new breasts.»

Read NORLA's mini-mini interview with Line Norman Hjorth and Vigdis Hjorth here:

We are happy to present our selected title authors Line Norman Hjorth and Vigdis Hjorth. They have written Like It or Lump It. The Year We Got Cancer (original title: Kul i brystet. Året vi ble syke). The book is one of NORLA’s Selected Titles of the spring 2025.

31/03/2025

Author and illustrator Kaia Dahle Nyhus is nominated for the most prestigious literary award in the Nordic for her picture book «Something Lost and Something Found». The book addresses current and difficult topics like war, flight and reconciliation.

Author and illustrator Kaia Dahle Nyhus is nominated for the most prestigious literary award in the Nordic for her picture book Something Lost and Something Found. The book addresses current and difficult topics like war, flight and reconciliation. Dahle Nyhus is an award-winning author and illustra...

26/03/2025

Birgit Skarstein and Susanne Kaluza talk about their love of stories and sport – and the importance of inclusivity in both – in their mini-interview with NORLA. They say they wrote 'Why Can’t the Referee Score Goals?' to show «what we know to be true: Sports are for everyone—and so are stories.»

We are happy to present our selected title authors Birgit Skarstein and Susanne Kaluza. They have written Why Can't the Referee Score Goals? (original title: Hvorfor kan ikke dommeren score mål?). The book is illustrated by Leonard Furuberg and it is one of NORLA’s Selected Titles of the spring 2...

25/03/2025

«It’s tricky for a mother to acknowledge her parental shortcomings or to admit her struggles and insecurity ...»

Read Emely Benedicte Kahrs's mini-interview with NORLA:

We are happy to present our selected title author Emely Benedicte Kahrs. She has written Who By Friday (original title: Hvem på en fredag). The book is one of NORLA’s Selected Titles of the spring 2025.

24/03/2025

Congratulations to Jannicke Hansen for being awarded The Ministry of Culture’s Illustration Prize 2024 🥳👏

She wins for her gorgeous illustrations in Unsolved Mysteries from Around the World, written by Pernille Radeid. The jury states, «Jannicke Hansen has made an incredible effort in bringing these scary stories to life. … the illustrations are impressive craftwork.»

Hansen was also nominated for the same prize for her work in the previous Unsolved Mysteries.

Here the illustrator is photographed at the award presentation with editors Ina Steinman and Marianne Kaurin, and Director of the Children’s Editorial Department Ragnfrid Trohaug.