LitFestBergen 2026 is opened!

We declare LitFestBergen open! See Tuesday in photos taken by the festival's eminent photographer, Eivind Senneset.

Opening speech by festival director Teresa Grøtan.

Artist John Olav Nilsen and festival director Teresa Grøtan.

State Secretary Trude Storheim and host of the opening ceremony, chairman of the board of LitFestBergen, Magnus Thomassen.

Reading: New texts about betrayal, with Afua Hirsch, Eduardo Halfon, Priya Bains and Wanjiru Koinange.

Wanjiru Koinange.

Artist John Olav Nilsen with the world premiere of his commissioned work Systemsvikt 95.

Nordic Council Literature Prize winner, Vónbjørt Vang.

Conversation about this year's Ossietzky Prize winner Sami Abu Salem. With Maja Gudim Burheim, Amund Bakke Foss, Morten Rostrup, Sidsel Wold and Gard Steiro.