The Norwegian Storytelling Festival

Fortellerfestivalen - The Norwegian Storytelling Festival presents an international programme of high quality oral storytelling performances, workshops and events every spring in Oslo, Norway.

The festival is organised by Fortellersentrum - The Norwegian Storytelling Centre, which works to celebrate, sustain, and renew the traditional art of oral storytelling by presenting artistically ambitious storytelling performances with a range of expressions and formats; from folk tales to storyslam, multilingual performances and site-specific work. Through partnership with a range of venues we seek to grow audiences and highlight different aspects of the artform, including tradition and intangible cultural heritage, dramaturgy and stagecraft, improvisation, personal stories and social connection.

Beyond the festival, a year-round professional programme of workshops, coaching, storytelling and networking events creates opportunities and inspiration for artistic development. Through participation in the national Network for Oral Storytelling in Norway and FEST - Federation for European Storytelling we work to promote and develop storytelling nationally and internationally.

Fortellerfestivalen was started in 2004 and became a foundation in 2013. The organisation expanded to form Fortellersentrum in 2023. The foundation is currently run by two staff - Artistic Director and Executive Director - both in part time positions. The staff and board are supported by an artistic council and generally assembly consisting of representatives of the organisation’s founders