Talent Norge

Talent Norge is a private limited company with a non-profit purpose, founded on 21 January 2015 on the initiative of the Norwegian Ministry of Culture and Equality together with independent philanthropic foundations. It funds talent programs in the arts and culture and works to build a competence environment around talent development in the arts.

Its partners are institutions, organisations and cultural actors across Norway that run talent programs for performers in theatre, dance, music, film and visual arts. Support covers financing as well as coaching, mentorship, health services and cross-disciplinary competence development. Private funding partners must match or exceed Talent Norge's contribution, and programs are typically monitored over three to four years. It does not fund individual young talents or newly graduated artists directly.

The company is headquartered in Oslo. Its owners are the Ministry of Culture and Equality, Sparebankstiftelsen DNB and the Cultiva Foundation. The website states that it supports more than 700 talented performers in over 50 talent programs in its network.

Product: Funding and follow-up of multi-year talent development programs in the arts and culture, including coaching and mentorship.