Collective Agreements

The theatre, film and television branches have gone through numerous changes over the past years. This has put our negotiated collective agreements under a great deal of stress. Respect for an author's work and copyright seems at present to be diminishing. An aim central to the work of The Norwegian Playwrights' Association is to protect copyright and to advance the economic and artistic interests of our authors.

Collective agreement for the film industry, This contractual framework on the behalf of the Norwegian Authors' Union, Norwegian Union of Authors of Books for Children and Youth, The Norwegian Playwrights' Association (NDF) and The Association of Norwegian Film and Television Producers (NFTVPF), regulates the transfer of film, production and performance rights from the author to the producer.

NRK, TV, This is the collective framework for television. During 2001 the old NRK agreement, which at the time regulated both television and radio, was cancelled. A new collective agreement was negotiated in 2006 but applies only to television. There is at present no collective agreement for radio.

Collective agreement for the theatre, Collective agreement between The Association of Norwegian Theatres and Orchestras (NTO) and The Norwegian Playwrights' Association stipulating general regulations for contractual agreements between playwrights and theatres.

NRK, DAB, DAB agreement between NKR and the author organizations representing writers of literary works

NRK, Super, A time limited agreement between NRK on the one side and The Norwegian Playwrights Association, The Norwegian Authors Union, The Norwegian Union of Authors of Books for Children and Youth, The Norwegian Union of Translators on the other.

All agreements can be found on the website www.dramatiker.no. Collective agreements can also be found in English translation.