Forlaget Manifest

Forlaget Manifest is a Norwegian left-wing publishing house founded in 2007 by the foundation Stiftelsen Manifest. It is owned jointly by Stiftelsen Manifest and Forlaget Oktober AS, and is based at Kristian Augusts gate 11 in Oslo. Håkon Kolmannskog was appointed as its editor-in-chief. The publisher's stated purpose is to issue socially engaged texts with a left-wing profile in order to strengthen popular enlightenment and an active labour movement. The catalogue is dominated by political and social non-fiction: critiques of neoliberalism, inequality and wealth taxation, labour-organising struggles, feminism and women's health, Sami rights, digital capitalism and artificial intelligence, and international affairs including US imperialism and the genocide in Gaza. Its authors include sitting politicians such as Mímir Kristjánsson and Sofie Marhaug of the Red Party (Rødt), as well as journalists, academics and essayists such as Liv Bjørnhaug Johansen, Aksel Kielland, Emil Øversveen, Linn Stalsberg, Anna Blix and the Swedish cartoonist and author Liv Strömquist. Manifest publishes in several formats, including hardcover (innbundet), paperback/pocket and pamphlet (pamflett), and also offers audio editions under the LYDPOCKET label. Titles are sold directly through its own online store as well as through general book trade channels in Norway. The publisher maintains a newsletter offering information about new books, campaigns and discount codes. As a small, mission-driven independent publisher, Forlaget Manifest occupies a distinct niche in the Norwegian book market: explicitly partisan, debate-oriented and aimed at readers interested in left-wing politics, social movements and critical social science. Its output is frequently reviewed in major Norwegian media such as VG, NRK, Vårt Land, Dagen, Stavanger Aftenblad and Altinget, and its authors are often public commentators and elected officials.

Forlaget Manifest was founded in 2007 by the foundation Stiftelsen Manifest. It is owned by Stiftelsen Manifest and Forlaget Oktober AS, and is based at Kristian Augusts gate 11 in Oslo. Håkon Kolmannskog was appointed editor-in-chief. The publisher's purpose is to issue socially engaged texts with a left-wing profile in order to strengthen popular enlightenment and an active labour movement. Since its founding, Manifest has built a catalogue of political and social non-fiction. Its authors include elected politicians such as Mímir Kristjánsson and Sofie Marhaug of the Red Party, as well as journalists, academics and essayists. Recent titles include Sosialistenes guide til Bibelen (2026) by Mímir Kristjánsson and Sofie Marhaug, Besatt (2025) by Aksel Kielland, Under angrep (2025) by Emil Øversveen, Mødrenes kamp by Liv Bjørnhaug Johansen, Om arbeiderkamp by Martin Tranmæl, Historien er nå by Ewa Sapieżyńska, and Om kjærlighet by Liv Strömquist. The publisher issues books in hardcover, paperback/pocket and pamphlet formats, and offers audio editions under the LYDPOCKET label. It sells through its own online store and through Norwegian book trade channels, and maintains a newsletter for new releases, campaigns and discount codes.

• 2026

  Publication of Sosialistenes guide til Bibelen by Mímir Kristjánsson and Sofie Marhaug.

• 2025

  Publication of Besatt by Aksel Kielland and Under angrep by Emil Øversveen.

• 2007

  Forlaget Manifest founded by Stiftelsen Manifest.

Left-wing, socially engaged independent publisher focused on popular enlightenment and the labour movement.

Product categories. Political non-fiction books · Social critique essays · Pamphlets · Hardcover and paperback books · Audiobooks (LYDPOCKET)

1. 1Forlaget Manifest official websiteforlaget.manifest.no
2. 2Sosialistenes guide til Bibelen – Forlaget Manifestforlaget.manifest.no
3. 3Besatt – Forlaget Manifestforlaget.manifest.no
4. 4Under angrep – Forlaget Manifestforlaget.manifest.no
5. 5Forlaget Manifest – Wikidatawikidata.org
6. 6Forlaget Manifest – Wikipedia (Nynorsk)nn.wikipedia.org