The Protest Festival of
Kristiansand,
Norway, is a protest against powerlessness and indifference, in support of commitment and action. A protest against standardisation of society and one-track market thinking and a feeble notion of tolerance.
A program in the spirit of
Axel Jensen
Axel Buchardt Jensen (12 February 1932 – 13 February 2003) was a Norwegian author. From 1957 until 2002, he published both fiction and non-fiction texts which include novels, poems, essays, a biography, and manuscripts for cartoons and animated ...
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Jens Bjørneboe and
Henrik Wergeland
Henrik Arnold Thaulow Wergeland (17 June 1808 – 12 July 1845) was a Norwegian writer, most celebrated for his poetry but also a prolific playwright, polemicist, historian, and linguist. He is often described as a leading pioneer in the develop ...
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The festival is supported by the Norwegian state cultural department with an annual Nkr 250.000 grant.
External links
Kristiansand Protestfestival – English official homepage
* ttps://web.archive.org/web/20120308113018/http://www.axel-jensen.no/ Axel Jensen – Norwegian official homepage
Cultural festivals in Norway
Kristiansand
Counterculture festivals