Nordic Photography Championship
The Nordic Photography Championship is an annual salon hosted by NFFF. The salon is open for members of the Nordic associations (NSFF/ RSF/ SDF/ SKsL-AFCC) only.
Two digital sections: Colour and Monochrome. All acceptances will count towards the NSMiF distinction, equal to the points received in Nordic international photography salons with FIAP and NFFF patronage.
- Submission starting date: 16 March 2026
- Closing date: 20 April 2026
- Results here on nordic.photo website: 15 May 2026
Registration and upload:
Authors register their participation and upload photos digitally via the button in this article (only visible during the competition period).
Participants who also wish to take part in the club competition must state their club affiliation when uploading their images.
Registration fee:
NPC registration fee € 20, payment via PayPal only. Enter recipient payment@nordic.photo.
There is no additional fee for the club contest.
Conditions of entry
- Two digital sections: Colour (A) and Monochrome (B).
- The Nordic Photo Championship is a competition between individual photographers and camera clubs in the Nordic countries, affiliated with the respective national federations: RSF, NSFF, SKsL and SDF.
- Each photographer may enter up to four images per section. The same image may not be entered in more than one section.
- By submitting images to the competition, the photographer accepts that the images may be used by the organiser for the presentation and promotion of this and future competitions.
- An image may be rejected if the jury or the competition committee considers that it does not comply with the competition rules or is otherwise deemed inappropriate. The organiser accepts no responsibility for misuse of copyright.
- Image files must be in JPG format, with a maximum size of 1920 × 1080 pixels (width × height), and a maximum file size of 2 MB.
- The subject matter is unrestricted. Images must not have been previously awarded or selected for exhibition at an earlier Nordic Photo Championship. Images that are almost identical to previously awarded images may not be entered again.
- All forms of image processing (digital as well as darkroom work) are permitted, provided that no photographic elements are added that were not created by the photographer. Images and image elements generated by AI are therefore not permitted.
Deviations from the rules:
Images that do not meet the competition rules may be disqualified without a fee refund.
AI and copyright terms:
Pictures created by artificial intelligence are not allowed in this salon. It is reminded that all parts of the image have to be photographed by the author who is holding the copyright of all works submitted.
Offenders will be sanctioned for life!
Awards
The winner of each section receives an NFFF Gold Medal. In addition, the jury may award the following:
- NFFF Silver and Bronze Medal
- RSF Gold, Silver and Bronze Medals
- NSFF Gold, Silver and Bronze Medals
- AFCC Gold, Silver and Bronze Medals
- SDF Gold, Silver and Bronze Medals
- Up to 30 NFFF Honourable Mentions
The best authors combined in each section will be awarded the honorary titles NMiFF 20xx; Nordic Master of Photography, Colour (Nordisk Mästare i Fotografi, Färg) and NMiFM 20xx; Nordic Master of Photography, Monochrome (Nordisk Mästare i Fotografi, Monokrom).
Result counts towards NSMiF:
Results from the championship will count towards the NSMiF badge of honour. Points are awarded according to the following table:
- NFFF Gold 8 points
- NFFF Silver 6 points
- NFFF Bronze 5 points
- RSF, NSFF, AFCC, SDF Gold 7 points
- RSF, NSFF, AFCC, SDF Silver 5 points
- RSF, NSFF, AFCC, SDF Bronze 4 points
- Honourable Mention 3 points
- Accepted 2 points
Club competition
The three best clubs (20 images given the most points for each club), both sections combined, will receive:
- NFFF Gold medal plus a monetary prize in cash at the value of € 1000
- NFFF Silver medal plus a monetary prize in cash at the value of € 750
- NFFF Bronze medal plus a monetary prize in cash at the value of € 500
Panel of judges
A qualified jury will be appointed.
Exhibition/catalogue:
A catalogue in PDF format will be presented here on the NFFF website.