Hilde Bjørkum - new leader of Norwegian Festivals

At the annual conference for Norwegian Festivals , which took place in Molde on February 12-13, the director of Førdefestivalen , Hilde Bjørkum, elected as new leader. Hilde Bjørkum has been deputy leader of the board in the last period, but now takes over the leadership position from Svein Eriksen.

Norwegian Festivals is a membership organization for cultural festivals in Norway. 77 festivals are members, and the purpose of the network is to strengthen the position of cultural festivals through competence development, knowledge production and dissemination.