Artist Grant

The next application deadline will be in autumn 2025.

About the artist grant

Each grant consists of NOK 150,000 and is given to up to 30 professional creators of art in Northern Norway. The grant should help the artists immerse themselves in their work, working on a project described in their application, and through this develop their own artistic practice.

Application criteria

  • You must have an organization number
  • Your company must have a registered address in Northern Norway, and you must have a residential address in Northern Norway.
  • You must have a specific project for which you wish to use the grant
  • There is a one-year quarantine period if you have previously received the Samfunnsløftet artist grant. For example, if you received the grant in 2023, you can apply again in 2025.
  • The application must contain the following mandatory attachments:
  1. CV. This must include relevant artistic education and courses. An overview of artistic activities in general: Exhibitions, publications, performances, films, concerts, collaborative projects, awards, scholarships, etc.
  2. Documentation of previous artistic work in the form of text/images/film, etc.
    When it comes to literature, you must include text from previous work, maximum 15 pages.
    For film and/or video, we recommend links to websites, preferably Vimeo. Remember to provide passwords where needed. Dropbox cannot be used.

    All attachments must be included when the application is submitted; they cannot be sent later.

Who can apply?  

  • Professional artists of all nationalities with residential addresses in Nordland, Troms, Finnmark, or Svalbard. The applicant must have artistic activities as their main occupation and must demonstrate this through the application and attachments.
  • The applicant must have an organization number, and must work and have their company registered in Northern Norway.
  • The grant is aimed at independent and professional creators of all types of art, such as music, performing arts, film, photography, literature, visual arts, and handicrafts. 
  • The grant is given to the individual artist and cannot be applied for by groups or on behalf of another artist.

Q & A

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