Arne Skouen directed Norway's first film nominated for the award, Nine Lives.

The Kingdom of Norway has submitted films in the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film[nb 1] category at the Oscars since 1957. They only submitted two films in their first twenty years, but they became a regular fixture in the competition in 1980, failing to submit a film only once, in 1983.

The Academy Award for Best International Feature Film is handed out annually by the United States Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to a feature-length motion picture produced outside the United States that contains primarily non-English dialogue.[3] It was not created until the 1956 Academy Awards, in which a competitive Academy Award of Merit, known as the Best Foreign Language Film Award, was created for non-English speaking films, and has been given annually since.[4]

As of 2021, six films from Norway have been nominated for the award: Nine Lives (1957), The Pathfinder (1987), The Other Side of Sunday (1996), Elling (2001), Kon-Tiki (2012) and The Worst Person in the World (2021).

Submissions

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has invited the film industries of various countries to submit their best film for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film since 1956.[4] The Foreign Language Film Award Committee oversees the process and reviews all the submitted films. Following this, they vote via secret ballot to determine the five nominees for the award.[3] Below is a list of the films that have been submitted by Norway for review by the Academy for the award by the year of the submission and the respective Academy Award ceremony.

Year
(Ceremony)		 Film title used in nomination Original title Director Result
1957
(30th) 		Nine Lives Ni Liv Arne Skouen Nominated[5]
1962
(35th) 		Cold Tracks Kalde spor Arne Skouen Not nominated
1980
(53rd) 		Life and Death Liv og død Petter Vennerød and Svend Wam Not nominated
1981
(54th) 		Julia Julia Petter Vennerød and Svend Wam Not nominated
1982
(55th) 		Victoria L Leve sitt liv Petter Vennerød and Svend Wam Not nominated
1984
(57th) 		The Chieftain Høvdingen Terje Kristiansen Not nominated
1985
(58th) 		Wives – Ten Years After Hustruer - ti år etter Anja Breien Not nominated
1986
(59th) 		Hard Asphalt Hard asfalt Sølve Skagen Not nominated
1987
(60th) 		The Pathfinder Ofelaš Nils Gaup Nominated[6]
1988
(61st) 		The Ice Palace Is-slottet Per Blom Not nominated
1989
(62nd) 		A Handful of Time En håndfull tid Martin Asphaug Not nominated
1990
(63rd) 		Herman Erik Gustavson Not nominated
1991
(64th) 		Frida – Straight from the Heart Frida - med hjertet i hånden Berit Nesheim Not nominated
1992
(65th) 		The Warrior's Heart Krigerens hjerte Leidulv Risan Not nominated
1993
(66th) 		The Telegraphist Telegrafisten Erik Gustavson Not nominated
1994
(67th) 		Cross My Heart and Hope to Die Ti kniver i hjertet Marius Holst Not nominated
1995
(68th) 		Kristin Lavransdatter Liv Ullmann Not nominated
1996
(69th) 		The Other Side of Sunday Søndagsengler Berit Nesheim Nominated[7]
1997
(70th) 		Junk Mail Budbringeren Pål Sletaune Not nominated
1998
(71st) 		Only Clouds Move the Stars Bare skyer beveger stjernene Torun Lian Not nominated
1999
(72nd) 		The Prompter Suffløsen Hilde Heier Not nominated
2000
(73rd) 		Odd Little Man Da jeg traff Jesus... med sprettert Stein Leikanger Not nominated
2001
(74th) 		Elling Petter Næss Nominated[8]
2002
(75th) 		Hold My Heart Tyven, tyven Trygve Allister Diesen Not nominated
2003
(76th) 		Kitchen Stories Salmer fra kjøkkenet Bent Hamer Not nominated
2004
(77th) 		Hawaii, Oslo Erik Poppe Not nominated
2005:
(78th) 		Kissed by Winter Vinterkyss Sara Johnsen Not nominated
2006
(79th) 		Reprise Joachim Trier Not nominated
2007
(80th) 		Gone with the Woman Tatt av Kvinnen Petter Næss Not nominated
2008
(81st) 		O' Horten Bent Hamer Not nominated
2009
(82nd) 		Max Manus Joachim Rønning and
Espen Sandberg 		Not nominated
2010
(83rd) 		Angel[9] Engelen Margreth Olin Not nominated[10]
2011
(84th) 		Happy, Happy[11] Sykt lykkelig Anne Sewitsky Not nominated
2012
(85th) 		Kon-Tiki[12] Joachim Rønning, Espen Sandberg Nominated[13]
2013
(86th) 		I Am Yours[14] Jeg er din Iram Haq Not nominated
2014
(87th) 		1001 Grams[15] 1001 Gram Bent Hamer Not nominated
2015
(88th) 		The Wave[16] Bølgen Roar Uthaug Not nominated
2016
(89th) 		The King's Choice[17] Kongens Nei Erik Poppe Made shortlist[18]
2017
(90th) 		Thelma[19] Joachim Trier Not nominated
2018
(91st) 		What Will People Say[20] Hva vil folk si Iram Haq Not nominated
2019
(92nd) 		Out Stealing Horses[21] Ut og stjæle hester Hans Petter Moland Not nominated
2020
(93rd) 		Hope[22] Håp Maria Sødahl Made shortlist[23]
2021
(94th) 		The Worst Person in the World[24] Verdens verste menneske Joachim Trier Nominated[25]
2022
(95th) 		War Sailor[26] Krigsseileren Gunnar Vikene Not nominated
2023
(96th) 		Songs of Earth Fedrelandet Margreth Olin Not nominated

Shortlisted films

Each year since 2010, the Norwegian Oscar Committee has announced a three-film shortlist prior to announcing the official Norwegian Oscar candidate. The following films were shortlisted by Norway but not selected as the final candidate:

See also

Notes

  1. ^ The category was previously named the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, but this was changed to the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film in April 2019, after the Academy deemed the word "Foreign" to be outdated.[1][2]

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