October 20th - Thor Heyerdahl International Day 2019 It is time to pay tribute to The Ocean! Featuring awards, singing and beautiful movie clips. Time to take it seriously. With research, stories and action. On October 20, the Soloist Choir, Foreign Minister, WWF...

The winners of the Thor Heyerdahl Scholarship 2019 have been elected! It was many high quality contributions that were submitted this year and where most of the contributions went under the genre of film and animation. This led to this year's scholarship being divided...

Seminar in Andora 2019 In connection with the friendship-city agreement that was entered a few months ago between the municipalities of Andora and Larvik, the institute and several politicians from Larvik visited Andora in Liguria on 30 May - 3 June. The program...

Lecture by Henrik Syse. May 8th in Thor Heyerdahls childhood home. The lecture will be held in Norwegian.

April 10th we witnessed a fantastic concert held by the winners of the 2018 T.O.S.C.A opera competition. In cooperation with the Italian Institute of Culture in Oslo The Thor Heyerdahl Institute organised the successful event joining important friendships and beautiful music. We especially want to thank the extraordinarily skilled singers and their artistic leader Massimiliano Viapiano for letting us experience and enjoy this very enchanting evening.

Great reception at Larvik Church yesterday! The winners of the Italian T.O.S.C.A opera competition delivered a magical experience in a full church accompanied by the local Larvik choir Tjølling Sangforening.Here is an article about the concert published in...