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Day 1: Tuesday 4 August
The Hamsun Days begin on Knut Hamsun's Childhood Home in Hamsund, which has opening hours between 10:00 - 15:00.
10:30 - 10:45 Welcome and speeches by Ida Pinnerød, chairwoman of the Nordlandsmuseet Foundation, and Mathias Basma Moen, summer host at The Hamsun Centre , at Grendehuset • FREE
11.00 - 11.40 Concert with Yamila • FREE
✎ 11.50 - 12.30 Lecture “The Caring Hamsun” by Ivar Roger Hansen at Grendehuset in Hamsund • FREE
The Hamsun Days continue in the Adventure Hall at Hamsunseteret
Literature seminar day 1: • FESTIVAL PASS // TICKET FOR SEMINAR AT 2:30 PM - 5:15 PM
✎ At 2:30 PM Welcome to the Hamsundagenes Literature Seminar 2026 by Alvhild Dvergsdal
✎ 2:30 PM - 3:15 PM Lecture "Translating Hamsun into English " by Terence Cave and Tore Rem
✎ 3:15 PM - 4:00 PM Lecture "On Overgrown Paths and Hamsun's Relationship with God" by Birgitte Furberg Moe
4:00 PM - 4:15 PM Break
✎ 4:15 PM - 5:15 PM "Short Story Seminar" by Sigurd Stranda
Evening program
6:00 PM - 6:45 PM Book talk with Helene Uri and Sigurd Stranda in the Adventure Hall • FESTIVAL PASS // TICKET
7:30 PM - 8:15 PM Concert with Stina Stjern on the 5th floor The Hamsun Centre • FESTIVAL PASS // TICKET
20.00 - 23.00 Mingle & Bar in Kafé Sult • FREE
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Day 2: Wednesday, August 5
All program entries are at The Hamsun Centre
10:00 - 11:00 Breakfast discussions “Do we really need minority languages?” by Anna-Kaisa Räisänen on the 5th floor • FESTIVAL PASS // TICKET
Literature seminar day 2 • FESTIVAL PASS // TICKET FOR SEMINAR 11:30 AM - 4:00 PM
✎ 11.30 - 11.35 Welcome by today's seminar leader Sigurd Stranda in the Adventure Hall
✎ 11:35 - 12:20 Lecture "Pan for our time" with Ståle Dingstad and Frode Boasson in the Æventyrsalen. The talk is led by Henning H. Wærp
✎ 12:20 - 1:00 PM Lecture "Hamsun's analysis of America's intellectual life" by Alvhild Dvergsdal
At 13.00 - 13.15 Break
✎ 1:15 PM - 2:00 PM Lecture "Sami characters in Hamsun's writings. A survey in light of the Norwegianization policy" by Beatrice MG Reed
✎ 2:00 PM - 2:45 PM Lecture "Gendered language in Hamsun's books?" by Helene Uri
14.45 - 15.00 Break
✎ 3:00 PM - 3:45 PM Lecture "Hamsun's Wanderers" by Eirik Vassenden
✎ 3:45 PM - 4:00 PM Closing with summary of the literature seminar
Evening program
4:30 PM - 5:15 PM Concert with Juli Deàk on the 5th floor • FESTIVAL PASS // TICKET
6:00 PM - 6:45 PM Book talk w/playlist by Tore Rem & K ristina R Johnsen + DJ on the 5th floor • FESTIVAL PASS // TICKET
8:00 PM - 8:45 PM Concert with Susanna Wallumrød & Stina Stjern in the Æventyrsalen • FESTIVAL PASS // TICKET
21.00 - 23.00 Mingle & Bar in Kafé Sult • FREE
Day 3: Thursday, August 6
All program entries are on The Hamsun Centre
10:00 - 11:00 Breakfast talks “Hamsun in school” lecture by Frode Boasson on the 5th floor • FESTIVASS // TICKET
11:30 AM - 12:30 PM Audiovisual live performance with Boris Vitázek • FESTIVAL PASS // TICKET
12:30 - 1:00 p.m. Literary lunch with Tore Løding and the book Hålogalending in Kafé Sult • FREE
1:30 PM - 2:15 PM Book talk about the novel No, this is what we remember by Lars Elling & Bendik Osland Kalsnes in the Adventure Hall • FESTIVAL PASS // TICKET
15.00 - 16.30 Performance with Zuzana Sabová and Gabriela Zigová • FREE
5:00 PM - 5:45 PM Concert with Herborg Rundberg in the Adventure Hall • FESTIVAL PASS // TICKET
6:30 PM - 7:15 PM Book talk about the performing arts project Golden Ája Lapland Casino & Motel with Sigbjørn Skåden & Britt Kramvik on the 5th floor • FESTIVAL PASS // TICKET
20:00 - 20:45 Concert with Maja Ratkje feat. Matti Aikio in Æventyrsalen • FESTIVAL PASS // TICKET
21.00 - 23.00 Mingle & Bar in Kafé Sult • FREE
Day 4: Friday, August 7
HamsundageneUNG - all program entries are at The Hamsun Centre
10:00 - 11:00 Breakfast talks 5th floor. Tore Rem about "Olav & the letters" • FREE FOR YOUNG PEOPLE // 100 NOK ADULTS
11:30 - 12:10 Book talk with Helen Kaldheim about "The Dark Elf" in the Adventure Hall • FREE
12:30 - 1:00 PM Borghild and Cornelius tell some scary stories on the 5th floor • FREE
1:00 PM - 4:00 PM Drawing class with Helen Kaldheim : Learn to draw Nordic manga • FREE, but registration required. Click here to register!
4:30 PM - 5:30 PM "How to build a castle" with Borghild on the 5th floor • FREE
18.00 - 18.30 Concert with the Sommermusikantene in the Æventysalen • FREE FOR YOUNG PEOPLE // 100 SEK FOR ADULTS (The Sommermusikantene and Kvartal)
18.30 - 19.00 Concert with Kvartal in the Æventysalen • FREE FOR YOUNG PEOPLE // NOK 100 FOR ADULTS (The Summer Musicians and Kvartal)
19.00 - 20.00 Super Silent Disco in Tårnet • FREE
Hamsundays for adults:
11:00 - 15:30 Guided tour to Kråkmo farm, where Billy Jacobsen talks about his book Anna i Markvatnet and Hamsun's friendship. Guiding on the bus to Kråkmo by Jan Folke Sandnes. The tour includes lunch. Registration required. Click here to register !
7:00 PM - 8:30 PM Concert with Trondheim Voices in Hamarøy Church at Presteid • FESTIVAL PASS // TICKET
9:00 PM - 10:00 PM Live podcast: "Stories and half-truths" with Eirin Edvardsen in Kafé Sult • FESTIVAL PASS // TICKET
22.00 - 24.00 Mingle & tingle Bar i Kafé Sult • FREE