Magazine Launch
Forloren Skildpadde

UKS is pleased to host the launch of Forloren Skildpadde, a new journal for Scandinavian writing and artistic publishing. There will be readings by contributors Ingvill Kjærstein, Monika Goksøyr and Kim Henning Andreassen, and copies of the magazine will be available to buy.

Forloren Skildpadde is a new journal created by Julie Asplund and Emma Aars, which focus on Scandinavian writing, highlighting emerging voices in creative and artistic writing. ‘Et Selskab!’ is the official first issue of the magazine, though Forloren Skildpadde has, in a way, existed for a long time. Originally founded in 1837 by friends Camilla Collett and Emilie Diriks, and published in six issues, Forloren Skildpadde was considered Norway’s first feminist ‘magazine’. Nearly 200 years later, Asplund and Aars have revived it as a platform for new Scandinavian writing across languages.

The issue Et Selskab! takes its starting point from the only longform text Diriks wrote for the original magazine, and the new Skildpadde explores various interpretations of the word ‘selskap’ (which can mean both ‘company’ and ‘party’)—from celebration and hangover anxiety to loneliness, solidarity and doing the dishes—through poems, short stories, notes and recipes.

 

About

Julie Asplund (b. 1999) is a book designer and writer based between Oslo and Tokyo. She currently works as a designer for the International Library of Fashion Research and runs the magazine Forloren Skildpadde together with Emma Aars.

Emma Aars (b. 1995) is an art writer and editor based between Oslo and Glasgow. She co-runs Forloren Skildpadde with Julie Asplund and is the author of the essay collections Eye As A Camera (2024) and Remembrances and Confessions Volume I (2023).

Ingvill Kjærstein (b. 1993) is an author, translator and former editor of Fett magazine.

Monica Goksøyr (b. 1990) is a lawyer and fiction writer based in Oslo. She is the author of the short story collection Slemme jenter (Bad Girls, 2023).

Kim Henning Andreassen (b. 1986) lives and works in Oslo. He holds an MFA from the Oslo National Academy of the Arts. Past exhibitions include solo shows at Hermetiske Skygger, Oslo (2024); Heerz Tooya, Veliko Tarnovo (BG) (2024); HULIAS, Oslo (2024); Centralbanken, Oslo (2023); and Salgshallen, Oslo (2022).

 

Access

The magazine Forloren Skildpadde is in Scandinavian languages, and the main language for the evening will be Norwegian.

UKS is wheelchair accessible.

Please contact Miriam Wistreich at m.wistreich@uks.no if you require sign language interpretation.

Further information about visiting UKS can be found in our access note here.