Teater Vestland (former Sogn og Fjordane Teater) is a theatre based in

Førde Førde is a former municipality in the county of Sogn og Fjordane, Norway. It was located in the traditional district of Sunnfjord. The administrative center was the town of Førde which in 2016 had 10,255 inhabitants. Other villages in Før ...

, Norway, Founded in 1977, it serves as the regional theatre for

Vestland Vestland is a Counties of Norway, county in Norway. The county is located in Western Norway, and its administrative centre is Bergen, where the executive and political leadership is based. The County governor (Norway), County Governor is based in ...

, and tours with performances across the county. Theater tours in Vestland focus especially on new Norwegian drama, plays with stories from the region and politically engaging performances. In 2010, the theatre and theater director Terje Lyngstad received the

Hedda Award The Hedda Award (''Heddaprisen'') is a Norwegian theatre award, first presented in 1998. It is named after the character "Hedda" from Henrik Ibsen, Ibsen's play ''Hedda Gabler''. Among its categories, which have varied over the years, are: Best Th ...

(''Heddaprisen'') in the class "Special artistic effort" () for investment in new, Norwegian drama with a regional perspective.

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