The term cultural and creative industries (CCI) do not have a long tradition in Norway. However, it is important to mention that Norwegian art policy, particularly since the millennium, has included a wide range of popular cultural expressions that might be characterised as creative industries in other European countries. This includes support-schemes for popular musicians, concert promoters and festivals provided by Arts Council Norway, Support schemes for the film-industry, production of videogames etc.
The recent whit paper on culture (from 218/2019) has a subchapter on CCIs. This chapter states that the CCIs in Norway experienced an economic growth between 2000-2009, but a decline from 2008-2014. This decline is much due to the collapse of the media industry but also due to a general growth in Norwegian industry making the CCI relatively less important. The paper also states that the profitability in the CCI is limited compared to other sectors in the Norwegian economy.
There have been some few policy programs directed towards the CCIs in Norway from both the Ministry of Culture, the Ministry of Local Government and Regional Development and the Ministry of Trade. However, these programs have been limited in terms of budgets.
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