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 next festival will take place 14-17 March 2024. This year’s theme is «Mellomrom - The Space Between.» With this theme we seek to explore the margins, the borderlands, the spaces in-between; between places, between generations, between cultures, between people, between the lines. We are particularly interested in stories and storytellers from the periphery; narratives and perspectives that seldom find space on a public stage. Our professional programme will also be inspired by space and “in-betweenness,” in the context of creating and shaping stories, stagecraft and dramaturgy.


Events in English

The majority of our events are in Norwegian, but some stories are shared, in whole or in part, in English. We can recommend the following events for English speakers. Click on the images for more information.

Certain other events, such as How to Raise the Wind and FortellerJam on the Thursday evening and the sauna session Badstufortellinger on Sunday morning, include a lot of music, and may be accessible to a wider audience despite some Norwegian text. Please contact us via post@fortellerfestivalen.no if you require any guidance regarding language, or visiting Oslo. We will be happy to help.

You can access the entire programme here: