Norwegian writer Ingeborg Arvola in conversation with Norwegian-Estonian translator and poet Øyvind Rangøy

Thursday, May 14th
18:00
Tartu Public Library

Ingeborg Arvola’s sweeping historical trilogy Songs from the Arctic Ocean has been published in Estonian by Eesti Raamat in Riina Hanso’s translation. The trilogy tells the story of the Kven people – a community that migrated from Finland to northern Norway – and their fate in the second half of the 19th century, across the novels Knife in the Fire (Estonian edition 2024), Vestersand (Estonian edition 2025), and Wolf Tracks, which will be published just before the festival.

The conversation will be held in Norwegian with simultaneous interpretation into Estonian.

The event is supported by the Royal Norwegian Embassy, NORLA (Norwegian Literature Abroad) and Eesti Raamat.

The author will also take part in an event on 13 May at 18.00 at Tallinn Südalinn Library.

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