The Hamsun Centre at the Northern Norway Festival

The Hamsun Centre contributes to the literary program during the Festival of Northern Norway (FiNN), which is held June 20 - 27.

For the third year in a row, contributing The Hamsun Centre with conversation leaders for the Festival's book talks. This year, co-producer at Hamsundagene and substitute Erling Ramskjell will participate. He is a songwriter, producer and cultural activist, and will be in conversation with Sami writer, musician, activist and politician Aslak Heika Hetta Bjørn. They will discuss Hetta Bjørn's "Vrengte kofter" (2025). The Hamsun Centre has "borrowed" literary scholar, Hamsun expert and author Ronald Nystad Russånes. Who is currently the director of the Blood Road Museum in Saltdal. Nystad Russånes and Åsne Seierstad will have a talk about her latest book, "Unpeace, Russia from the Inside" (2025). And last but not least, the Hamsun Center's director Monica Celius in discussion with Geir Ramnefjell. Their topic is from the book "Kiruna, the mining town, the indigenous struggle and the big game about the green future" (2025).

The Hamsun Centre and FiNN have a long tradition of collaboration where the presentation of literature is a common denominator. In previous years, The Hamsun Centre have been represented with literary meals, reading concerts and lectures, and now in their third year as conversation leaders.

" We feel that FiNN is an important cultural arena in the North, and that the Hamsunsen Center is represented is very appropriate ," says director Celius. Incidentally, this is her debut at the Festival. " It will be fun and interesting ," she adds.

The book talks start on Thursday with Hetta Bjørn & Ramskjell, on Friday with Ramnefjell & Celius and end on Saturday with Seierstad & Nystad Russånes.

See you at the festival!