To The North – Nordic Literature in Poland

The project aimed to introduce Scandinavian literature to Polish librarians, bookstores, and readers. It was originally planned as a series of offline workshops with attendance of 1,000 Polish librarians and 300 book sellers – but due to COVID-19 the event moved online with a long series of webinars, events, interviews, talks etc.

The projects ended up reaching a much bigger and wider audience. The overall result is 3,144 persons of which at least 2,000 were librarians.

The website www.literaturaskandynawska.pl was visited by 6,312 in 2020.

The platform is now a compendium containing information about 590 Nordic titles currently accessible on the Polish market, 251 Nordic authors whose books were translated into Polish and about 88 Polish translators of Nordic literatures, as well as about 27 books by Polish or other authors on Nordic cultures, literatures, and history.

Another website, www.ksiegarniadunska.pl – “the Danish bookshop” – was visited by over 8,000 persons.

The project was realised by Danish Cultural Institute in Poland and Goodbooks.pl, in collaboration with embassies of Norway and Sweden, Nordic Culture Fund, The Danish Arts Foundation, 22 Polish publishing houses, and 28 Polish regional libraries.