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Jon Harald Søby

Cultural heritage photo competition

Wikimedia Norge, The Norwegian Federation of Cultural Heritage Organisations, and Arts and Culture Norway invite you to contribute to documenting our cultural heritage. During all of September, you can upload photos from Norway and Sápmi, and the photos can then be used on Wikipedia and elsewhere. Compete for prizes and recognition!

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Uralic language contest 2019

Lihkku beivviin!
Vuorbbe biejvijn!
Læhkoeh biejjine!

Today is the Sami National Day – congratulations!

As some may know, 2019 is UNESCO’s International Year of Indigenous Languages. In conjunction with that, Wikimedia Norge and other partners are organizing the Uralic Language Contest 2019 – an international writing contest aimed at increasing the content around Uralic minority languages (including the Sami languages) and the people who speak them, on Wikipedia.

Everyone is welcome to contribute – in any language!

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2017 Wiki Loves Monuments winners

The winners of Wiki Loves Monuments 2017 in Norway are ready. The jury, which consisted of Arild Vågen from Sweden, Hans Rosbach from Norway and Mher Bekaryan from Armenia, have decided on the top 10 photos that will proceed to the international finals. All ten photos can be seen on this page on Wikimedia Commons.

Thank you very much to everyone who contributed photos to the contest, and to the jury for their time and effort in judging the photos to find the winners!

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