"Black Dog" sold to France and Hungary
It looks like 2026 is going to be a big year for Ida Frisch! Her breakout novel, Black Dog (Sort hund, Tiden Norsk Forlag 2025), is heading to France and Hungary!
Winje Agency, founded by Gina Winje in 2016, represents Scandinavian authors of high literary quality across all genres. WA is subagent for Fitzcarraldo Editions (UK) towards the Nordic countries.
It looks like 2026 is going to be a big year for Ida Frisch! Her breakout novel, Black Dog (Sort hund, Tiden Norsk Forlag 2025), is heading to France and Hungary!
Lina Wolff’s The Corpses We Planted has won this year’s prestigious August Prize for Fiction in Sweden!
Ida Frisch’s Black Dog has been pre-empted by Akoya Publishing (UK & Commonwealth rights)!
Our very own Thorvald Steen has been appointed Knight 1st class in the Royal Norwegian Order of Saint Olav. This extraordinary honor is “awarded as a reward for distinguished services to the fatherland and humanity.”
Amalie Laulund Trudsø’s An Artist’s Home (Kunstnerhjem, Gutkind 2025) is on its way to Germany’s Rowohlt and Norway’s Samlaget!
Jon Fosse is widely considered one of the world’s most important living writers, with an ability to touch readers across time and place.
Winje Agency will branch out and strengthen our collection of Children and Young Adult books.