A Meeting Place for authors from the Nordic countries
The Nordic literature is always in focus at the Göteborg Book Fair, the greatest meeting place for people with interest in literature of the Nordic countries. This is the perfect place to meet and get in contact with the established authors and learn about the new writers from the region.
Every year many of the most prominent, popular and promising authors from Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Finland, Iceland, the Faroe Islands, Åland and Greenland, visit the Fair. They participate in seminars, debates, discussions, readings, signings etc, and keep coming back year after year.
The Nordic countries are filled with book lovers
The Nordic countries are filled with book lovers and book buyers, with the world's highest per capita readership for international bestsellers. In addition, interest in foreign cultures, foreign literature and foreign languages is considerable in the Nordic countries.
Almost everybody understands or speaks English, and many people also speak a third language, most often German, French, Spanish or Italian.