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Forfatter

Industry
Kultur, medier og idrett
Education
Trade certificate
Salary per year
approx. NOK 840,000
Where
Indoors
Working hours
Daytime

Forfatter (Norwegian name) is an occupation in Kultur, medier og idrett, in the group Kultur og opplevelser.

The usual way in is a trade certificate from upper secondary school or a vocational college.

The average salary for the occupational group was about NOK 840,000 a year in 2025, according to Statistics Norway. The figure covers the whole occupational group (2641 in STYRK-08), not only forfatter, so pay can be both higher and lower.

The work usually takes place indoors, and the working hours are in the daytime.

The occupation is also called manusforfatter.

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Source: utdanning.no (NLOD 2.0) and Statistics Norway table 11418 (CC BY 4.0), 2025.

The occupational information is based on open data from utdanning.no, licensed under the Norwegian Licence for Open Government Data (NLOD). We have adapted it.