About Oslo Runway

Oslo Runway is a national showcase platform established in 2015, and has since become a key arena for Norwegian designers, fashion and lifestyle brands. Through our two annual flagship events — the Oslo Runway Business Summit in May and the Oslo Runway Fashion Week Program in Aug/Sept — the platform functions as a meeting place for the creative industry and a front-row view of the intersection between fashion, lifestyle, business and culture.

The organisations purpose is to strengthen the positioning of Norwegian designers and brands locally, as well as in targeted international markets. Through Oslo Runway Showroom Events and joint communicative efforts, we elevate the Norwegian way of life and Norwegian design aesthetics.

With an international reach, Oslo Runway have over the previous years received press coverage in prominent magazines such as Vogue Scandinavia, Harper’s Bazaar, i-D, ELLE, Who What Wear, Vogue, Scandinavian Mind, Dazed, hypebae and Forbes, and hosted showroom events in Oslo, Copenhagen and London.

In 2021, Oslo Runway, Norwegian Fashion Hub and Copenhagen Fashion Week joined forces to implement minimum sustainability requirements in the Norwegian fashion and lifestyle industry. In 2024, we fully implemented the requirements for all brands that want to have a presentation or runway show during the Oslo Runway's official fashion week program.


We are so proud to be showcasing some of Norway's most exciting designers and brands here in Oslo – a fashion city whose local creative community continues to gain increasingly international recognition.

Elin O. Carlsen, CEO of Oslo Runway

The platform also runs the Oslo Runway Talent Programs: Talent Award by Steen & Strøm, which spotlights graduating students within fashion and art, and Oslo Runway NEXT, a year round support program for emerging Norwegian fashion and lifestyle brands. And once a year the organization hands out the Oslo Runway Tribute Awards, recognising Brand of the Year and Person of the Year.

The Brand of the Year award, whose purpose is to promote value creation within the Norwegian design industry, is granted to a Norwegian fashion or lifestyle brand, or a designer that has excelled in the past year. Previous winners have been LIVID (2021), TOM WOOD (2022), ENVELOPE1976 (2023), NORWEGIAN RAIN (2024) and PEARL OCTOPUSS.Y (2025). The Person of The Year award was established in 2026.

Team

Elin O. Carlsen

Elin O. Carlsen

Sunniva Hartgen

Sunniva Hartgen

Head of Fashion

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Ali Shah Gallefoss

Ali Shah Gallefoss

Head of Art

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Sara Flaaen Licius

Sara Flaaen Licius

Content Manager

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Executive board

Elin Kathrine Saunes

Elin Kathrine Saunes

Chairwoman, CEO Norwegian Fashion Hub

Øystein Bråta

Øystein Bråta

Board member, CEO Active Brands

Ida J. Lamond

Ida J. Lamond

Board member, CEO & Partner This Is

Alexander Eskeland

Alexander Eskeland

Board member