Our nominees for the Brage Prize 2026

We're excited to share that the nominations for the Brage Prize 2026 – one of Norway's most prestigious literary awards – have just been announced, and two of our titles are among them.

Below are our nominated titles in the two categories for children's and young adult literature. Read on to learn more about the nominees, and please get in touch if you have any questions.

The Farm by Brynjulf Jung Tjønn

Nominated for Best Children & YA Fiction

On the farm, father mows the grass. The sunlight glints in the scythe. Agnar stands in the long, lush grass and looks on. This is his home now. Yet it doesn't feel like he belongs here.

Agnar may well like it here, but he also doesn't. It's nice to be able to leave, like when his mother and he travel to the city. But they will soon be back. It's on the farm that Agnar will be now, with mother, father and the animals on the farm and in the forest.

In Brynjulf Jung Tjønn's young adult novel, the farm is both a magical and completely ordinary place, a refuge and at the same time a kind of open prison. There is always something rattling around.

Ages: 13+ | 112 pages | 110 x 178 mm | With illustrations by Per Dybvig

Brynjulf Jung Tjønn has written a dark, gripping novel about domestic violence, and the story drives forward compellingly from the first page to the last.

English sample translation and synopsis available. A NORLA selected title.

The Big Book of World War II by Hans Olav Lahlum (author) & Jannicke Hansen (ill.)

Nominated for Best Children & YA Non-Fiction

An accessible, visually striking introduction to World War II by one of Norway's most prominent historians.

Children everywhere are fascinated by stories of courage, resistance and survival, and The Big Book of World War II delivers it all. Award-winning historian and bestselling author Hans Olav Lahlum brings history to life with gripping storytelling, clear explanations, and vivid photographs and illustrations that make complex events both understandable and unforgettable.

The book spans the entire war, from Hitler's rise to power to the Holocaust, the resistance, and the final days in Berlin. Through timelines, maps, fact boxes and Q&As, Lahlum shows how the global conflict changed the world – and the lives of ordinary people.

Illustrated by Jannicke Hansen, this large-format, visually rich book combines history and discovery in a way few non-fiction books for this age group manage.

Ages: 10–15 | 248 pages | 248 x 272 mm | Illustrated by Jannicke Hansen

With richly detailed illustrations by Jannicke Hansen and the knowledge and storytelling of Hans Olav Lahlum, we are reminded of the atrocities that left entire families and nations in ruins. This is a book that shows respect – both for the reader and for history. A book that will enlighten readers aged 9 to 99 and remind us all of the two most important words that emerged after the end of the war: never again.