# List of Norwegian submissions for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film

The Kingdom of Norway has submitted films in the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film category at the Oscars since 1957. They only submitted two films in their first twenty years, but they became a regular fixture in the competition in 1980, failing to submit a film only once, in 1983.
The Academy Award for Best International Feature Film is handed out annually by the United States Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to a feature-length motion picture produced outside the United States that contains primarily non-English dialogue. It was not created until the 1956 Academy Awards, in which a competitive Academy Award of Merit, known as the Best Foreign Language Film Award, was created for non-English speaking films, and has been given annually since.
As of 2021, six films from Norway have been nominated for the award: Nine Lives (1957), The Pathfinder (1987), The Other Side of Sunday (1996), Elling (2001), Kon-Tiki (2012) and The Worst Person in the World (2021).

## Submissions

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has invited the film industries of various countries to submit their best film for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film since 1956. The Foreign Language Film Award Committee oversees the process and reviews all the submitted films. Following this, they vote via secret ballot to determine the five nominees for the award. Below is a list of the films that have been submitted by Norway for review by the academy for the award by the year of the submission and the respective Academy Award ceremony.
| Year (Ceremony) | Film title used in nomination | Original title | Director | Result |
| 1957 (30th) | Nine Lives | Ni Liv | Arne Skouen | Nominated |
| 1962 (35th) | Cold Tracks | Kalde spor | Arne Skouen | Not nominated |
| 1980 (53rd) | Life and Death | Liv og død | Petter Vennerød and Svend Wam | Not nominated |
| 1981 (54th) | Julia Julia | Julia Julia | Petter Vennerød and Svend Wam | Not nominated |
| 1982 (55th) | Victoria L | Leve sitt liv | Petter Vennerød and Svend Wam | Not nominated |
| 1984 (57th) | The Chieftain | Høvdingen | Terje Kristiansen | Not nominated |
| 1985 (58th) | Wives – Ten Years After | Hustruer – ti år etter | Anja Breien | Not nominated |
| 1986 (59th) | Hard Asphalt | Hard asfalt | Sølve Skagen | Not nominated |
| 1987 (60th) | The Pathfinder | Ofelaš | Nils Gaup | Nominated |
| 1988 (61st) | The Ice Palace | Is-slottet | Per Blom | Not nominated |
| 1989 (62nd) | A Handful of Time | En håndfull tid | Martin Asphaug | Not nominated |
| 1990 (63rd) | Herman | Herman | Erik Gustavson | Not nominated |
| 1991 (64th) | Frida – Straight from the Heart | Frida – med hjertet i hånden | Berit Nesheim | Not nominated |
| 1992 (65th) | The Warrior's Heart | Krigerens hjerte | Leidulv Risan | Not nominated |
| 1993 (66th) | The Telegraphist | Telegrafisten | Erik Gustavson | Not nominated |
| 1994 (67th) | Cross My Heart and Hope to Die | Ti kniver i hjertet | Marius Holst | Not nominated |
| 1995 (68th) | Kristin Lavransdatter | Kristin Lavransdatter | Liv Ullmann | Not nominated |
| 1996 (69th) | The Other Side of Sunday | Søndagsengler | Berit Nesheim | Nominated |
| 1997 (70th) | Junk Mail | Budbringeren | Pål Sletaune | Not nominated |
| 1998 (71st) | Only Clouds Move the Stars | Bare skyer beveger stjernene | Torun Lian | Not nominated |
| 1999 (72nd) | The Prompter | Suffløsen | Hilde Heier | Not nominated |
| 2000 (73rd) | Odd Little Man | Da jeg traff Jesus... med sprettert | Stein Leikanger | Not nominated |
| 2001 (74th) | Elling | Elling | Petter Næss | Nominated |
| 2002 (75th) | Hold My Heart | Tyven, tyven | Trygve Allister Diesen | Not nominated |
| 2003 (76th) | Kitchen Stories | Salmer fra kjøkkenet | Bent Hamer | Not nominated |
| 2004 (77th) | Hawaii, Oslo | Hawaii, Oslo | Erik Poppe | Not nominated |
| 2005: (78th) | Kissed by Winter | Vinterkyss | Sara Johnsen | Not nominated |
| 2006 (79th) | Reprise | Reprise | Joachim Trier | Not nominated |
| 2007 (80th) | Gone with the Woman | Tatt av Kvinnen | Petter Næss | Not nominated |
| 2008 (81st) | O' Horten | O’ Horten | Bent Hamer | Not nominated |
| 2009 (82nd) | Max Manus | Max Manus | Joachim Rønning and Espen Sandberg | Not nominated |
| 2010 (83rd) | Angel | Engelen | Margreth Olin | Not nominated |
| 2011 (84th) | Happy, Happy | Sykt lykkelig | Anne Sewitsky | Not nominated |
| 2012 (85th) | Kon-Tiki | Kon-Tiki | Joachim Rønning, Espen Sandberg | Nominated |
| 2013 (86th) | I Am Yours | Jeg er din | Iram Haq | Not nominated |
| 2014 (87th) | 1001 Grams | 1001 Gram | Bent Hamer | Not nominated |
| 2015 (88th) | The Wave | Bølgen | Roar Uthaug | Not nominated |
| 2016 (89th) | The King's Choice | Kongens Nei | Erik Poppe | Made shortlist |
| 2017 (90th) | Thelma | Thelma | Joachim Trier | Not nominated |
| 2018 (91st) | What Will People Say | Hva vil folk si | Iram Haq | Not nominated |
| 2019 (92nd) | Out Stealing Horses | Ut og stjæle hester | Hans Petter Moland | Not nominated |
| 2020 (93rd) | Hope | Håp | Maria Sødahl | Made shortlist |
| 2021 (94th) | The Worst Person in the World | Verdens verste menneske | Joachim Trier | Nominated |
| 2022 (95th) | War Sailor | Krigsseileren | Gunnar Vikene | Not nominated |
| 2023 (96th) | Songs of Earth | Fedrelandet | Margreth Olin | Not nominated |
| 2024 (97th) | Armand | Armand | Halfdan Ullmann Tøndel | Made shortlist |

## Shortlisted films

Each year since 2010, the Norwegian Oscar Committee has announced a three-film shortlist prior to announcing the official Norwegian Oscar candidate. The following films were shortlisted by Norway but not selected as the final candidate:
* 2024: Quisling: The Final Days, Sex
* 2023: A Happy Day, Let the River Flow
* 2021: Betrayed, Ninjababy
* 2020: Disco, Self-Portrait
* 2019: Beware of Children, Harajuku
* 2018: Blind Spot, Utøya: July 22
* 2017: Hunting Flies, Tree Feller
* 2016: Pyromaniac, Welcome to Norway
* 2015: Homesick, Returning Home
* 2014: Blind, Letter to the King
* 2013: It's Only Make Believe, Pioneer
* 2012: I Belong, The Orheim Company
* 2011: Oslo, 31 August, Sons of Norway
* 2010: Limbo, A Somewhat Gentle Man