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Eirinn Larsen

Professor and Head of Department
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Phone +47 92 22 69 93
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Visiting address Niels Henrik Abels vei 36 Niels Treschows house 0851 Oslo
Postal address Postboks 1008 Blindern 0315 Oslo

Academic interests and background 

I am a historian on modern Norway, Scandinavia/Norden, and my publications span feminism and democracy, business, gender and entrepreneurship, the history of emotions and knowledge, theory and methods. I studied at the University of Bergen (UiB) and the European University Institute in Florence, Italy, and worked at Stein Rokkan Centre of Social Research (NORCE), Bergen, Forum for University History, at the University of Oslo (UiO), Norwegian Business School BI, and The Norwegian Ministry of Education and Research, before returning to the UiO in 2017. I am currently serving as Head of Department (2025-28) and have previously represented permanent staff on The Departement Board of IAKH (2021-24). For the period 2024-27, I am also serving as head of board; The Centre for Gender Research (STK) on behalf of the Faculty of Humanities, UiO. 

I am leading the research group Democracy, Freedom and Boundaries and was previously among the leaders of the interdisciplinary research project Nordic Branding: The Politics of Exceptionalism (2017 - 2021) financed  by the UiO:Nordic. At the moment I participate in the ongoing research project Experiencing American Democracy (ExAm) under the UiO:Democracy.

Courses taught 

HIS 4010: Historiske grunnlagsproblemer: Teori og historiografi (Theory and historiography - a compulsory course for new master students of history)

EXFAC03-Hark Examen facultatum for historie, arkeologi og konservering 

HIS 4012:Theory in Practice: Classics of History 

HIS 4220: Emosjoner i historisk perspektiv (Emotions in a historical perspective) 

HIS 1000: Innføring i historiefaget (Introduction to the field of history) 

ILN 2100/4100 Digital Humanities

HF-studio

PhD students 

Sven Arild Storberget, Oslo MET (Down among the "history cultivators": A narratological, historiographical and professional historical analysis of four Norwegian lecturers as historians, ca. 1905 – 1960).

Mona Holm, UiO and Anno Museum (Dreams about «Nylænde». Transatlantic connections among women’s rights leaders and suffragists in Norway and the USA 1880-1925). 

Terjei Johannesen Vågstøl, UiO and Volda University College (Notions of 'gender', 'Norway' and the 'Nordics' in the Norwegian solidarity movement, 1965-1990). 

 

 

Tags: History, Gender History, History of emotions, History of knowledge, Historiography, Business History, Feminisme

Publications

  • Austveg, Victoria C. & Larsen, Eirinn (2025). The interwar professional women's movement in Scandinavia. In Hemstad, Ruth & Rasmussen, Terje (Ed.), Nordic Transatlantic Crossings : Emigration, Interaction and Democracy 1825–1945. Routledge. ISSN 9781003682110. p. 205–220. doi: 10.4324/9781003682110-16. Full text in Research Archive
  • Larsen, Eirinn & Sandvik, Hilde (2025). Mjølk og jord er kvinnens bord. Det lange perspektivet på kvinnearbeidet i norsk og nordisk landbruk, ca. 1500 - 1950, Genus, arbete och landsbygd. En livsvärld i rörelse 1500-1960. Svenska litteratursällskapet i Finland (SLS). ISSN 9789515836649. p. 123–145. doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-98080-1_13. Full text in Research Archive
  • Larsen, Eirinn & Karlsen, Heidi (2025). Den digitale vending som mulighet og utfordring. Historisk tidsskrift. ISSN 0018-263X. 104(2), p. 183–189. doi: 10.18261/ht.104.2.7. Full text in Research Archive
  • Larsen, Eirinn & Austveg, Victoria Ciobanu (2025). Norske yrkeskvinner etter amerikansk modell. In Sandvik, Hilde (Eds.), Demokratiet i Amerika - skrekkeksempel eller ideal. Norske oppfatninger av USA gjennom 200 år.. Cappelen Damm Akademisk. ISSN 9788202868505. p. 229–263. Full text in Research Archive
  • Larsen, Eirinn (2024). Standsorganisering i klassesamfunnet. Arbeiderhistorie. ISSN 0801-7778. 38(1), p. 7–27. doi: 10.18261/arbeiderhistorie.38.1.2. Full text in Research Archive
  • Larsen, Eirinn (2024). Earning the Vote with Honour: Suffrage, Economic Independence, and Gender in Norway, ca. 1814-1919, Suffrage, Capital, and Gender. Conditional Citizenship in Historical Perspective. Palgrave Macmillan. ISSN 9783031698644. p. 35–57. doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-69864-4. Full text in Research Archive
  • Skjelsbæk, Inger; Larsen, Eirinn; Moss, Sigrun Marie & Tryggestad, Torunn Lise (2023). "Dempet statsfeminist? Nasjonale tradisjoner og globale utviklingstrekk i Søreides periode som utenriksminister". Internasjonal Politikk. ISSN 0020-577X. 81(1), p. 26–37. doi: 10.23865/intpol.v81.4142. Full text in Research Archive
  • Larsen, Eirinn; Manns, Ulla & Östman, Ann-Catrin (2022). Gender-equality pioneering, or how there Nordic states celebrated 100 years of women´s suffrage. Scandinavian Journal of History. ISSN 0346-8755. 47(5), p. 624–647. doi: 10.1080/03468755.2021.2023035. Full text in Research Archive
  • Larsen, Eirinn; Arnberg, Klara & Östman, Ann-Catrin (2022). Gender and economic history in the Nordic countries. Scandinavian Economic History Review. ISSN 0358-5522. 70(2), p. 113–122. doi: 10.1080/03585522.2022.2078403. Full text in Research Archive
  • Angell, Svein Ivar & Larsen, Eirinn (2022). Introduction: Reimagining the Nordic pasts. Scandinavian Journal of History. ISSN 0346-8755. 47(5), p. 589–599. doi: 10.1080/03468755.2022.2051599. Full text in Research Archive
  • Larsen, Eirinn (2021). 'The gender-progressive Nordics': A matter of history. In Larsen, Eirinn; Moss, Sigrun Marie & Skjelsbæk, Inger (Ed.), Gender Equality and Nation Branding in the Nordic Region. Routledge. ISSN 9780367861353. p. 13–38. doi: 10.4324/9781003017134-1. Full text in Research Archive
  • Larsen, Eirinn; Moss, Sigrun Marie & Skjelsbæk, Inger (2021). Introduction. In Larsen, Eirinn; Moss, Sigrun Marie & Skjelsbæk, Inger (Ed.), Gender Equality and Nation Branding in the Nordic Region. Routledge. ISSN 9780367861353. p. 1–12. doi: 10.4324/9781003017134. Full text in Research Archive
  • Larsen, Eirinn (2020). State feminism revisited as knowledge history. The case of Norway. In Östling, Johan; Olsen, Niklas & Heidenblad, David Larsson (Ed.), Histories of Knowledge in Postwar Scandinavia. Actors, Arenas, and Aspirations. Routledge. ISSN 9780367894559. p. 153–170. doi: 10.4324/9781003019275. Full text in Research Archive
  • Brandt, Thomas; Ingulstad, Mats; Larsen, Eirinn; Mangset, Marte & Schwach, Vera (2019). Kapittel 1, Avhengig av forskning - De norske forskningsrådenes historie. Fagbokforlaget. ISSN 9788245021325. p. 19–42. Full text in Research Archive
  • Brandt, Thomas; Ingulstad, Mats; Larsen, Eirinn; Mangset, Marte & Schwach, Vera (2019). En paradoksal historie - konkluderende merknader, Avhengig av forskning - De norske forskningsrådenes historie. Fagbokforlaget. ISSN 9788245021325. p. 595–608. Full text in Research Archive
  • Larsen, Eirinn (2019). Handelsjøden som emosjonelt uttrykk. In Eriksen, Christoffer Conrad (Eds.), Den unge Marx: Rett, samfunn og vitenskapsteori. Cappelen Damm Akademisk. ISSN 9788202588076. p. 111–145. Full text in Research Archive
  • Larsen, Eirinn (2019). Internasjonal forskningspolitikk i norsk støpning, Avhengig av forskning - De norske forskningsrådenes historie. Fagbokforlaget. ISSN 9788245021325. p. 145–168. Full text in Research Archive
  • Larsen, Eirinn (2019). Rådsorganisering til grunnforskningens nytte, Avhengig av forskning - De norske forskningsrådenes historie. Fagbokforlaget. ISSN 9788245021325. p. 83–110. Full text in Research Archive
  • Larsen, Eirinn (2019). Fra styringsoptimisme til sektorisering, Avhengig av forskning - De norske forskningsrådenes historie. Fagbokforlaget. ISSN 9788245021325. p. 169–193. doi: 10.7146/sl.v0i59.104730. Full text in Research Archive
  • Larsen, Eirinn (2019). Sekretariat for norsk statsfeminisme, Avhengig av forskning - De norske forskningsrådenes historie. Fagbokforlaget. ISSN 9788245021325. p. 263–290. Full text in Research Archive
  • Larsen, Eirinn (2018). In the shadow of gender equality. In Myhre, Jan Eivind & Helsvig, Kim Gunnar (Ed.), Making a modern university. The University of Oslo 1811-2018. Scandinavian Academic Press. ISSN 9788230402122. p. 181–224. Full text in Research Archive
  • Larsen, Eirinn (2017). Gjensynet med Kaartvedts kontrafaktiske poeng. Fortid. ISSN 1504-1913. 14(3), p. 14–24. Full text in Research Archive
  • Larsen, Eirinn & Kieding, Vibeke (2016). Mixed feelings: Women, Jews, and business around 1900. Scandinavian Journal of History. ISSN 0346-8755. 41(3), p. 350–368. doi: 10.1080/03468755.2016.1179826. Full text in Research Archive
  • Larsen, Eirinn (2015). From Economic to Political Citizenship: The Female Vote Revisited, Myndighet og medborgerskap: Festskrift til Gro Hagemann på 70-årsdagen 3. september 2015. Novus Forlag. ISSN 9788270998197. p. 71–84. Full text in Research Archive
  • Larsen, Eirinn (2014). Kjønn og næringslivshistorie. In Ekberg, Espen; Lønnborg, Mikael & Myrvang, Christine (Ed.), Næringsliv og historie. Pax Forlag. ISSN 9788253036984. p. 268–297. Full text in Research Archive
  • Larsen, Eirinn (2014). Forretningskvinnene inntar næringslivet (1870-1900). In Dørum, Knut (Eds.), Politikk, profesjon og vekkelse. Kvinner i Norge på 1800- og 1900-tallet. Fagbokforlaget. ISSN 9788245017038. p. 139–161. Full text in Research Archive
  • Larsen, Eirinn (2013). Kvinne- og kjønnshistoriens fortellinger. In Heiret, Jan; Ryymin, Teemu & Skålevåg, Svein Atle (Ed.), Fortalt fortid. Norsk historieskriving etter 1970. Pax Forlag. ISSN 9788253035994. p. 148–175. Full text in Research Archive
  • Larsen, Eirinn (2013). Likestillingslandets skygge. Utenlandske studenter og universitetets (dis)integrerende rolle i Norge. Tidsskrift for kjønnsforskning. ISSN 0809-6341. 37(1), p. 3–25. Full text in Research Archive
  • Larsen, Eirinn & Øksendal, Lars Fredrik M. (2013). De glemte kvinnevalgene. Historisk tidsskrift. ISSN 0018-263X. 92(4), p. 563–590. Full text in Research Archive
  • Larsen, Eirinn (2012). Selvgjorte kvinner : kjønn, entreprenørskap og næringsliv rundt 1900. Heimen - Lokal og regional historie. ISSN 0017-9841. 49(2), p. 127-144, 215-216 : i–127-144, 215-216 : i. Full text in Research Archive
  • Larsen, Eirinn (2011). The masculine foundation of business education: France and Norway in comparison (1870s-1940s). Entreprises et Histoire. ISSN 1161-2770. 65(4), p. 24–42. doi: 10.3917/eh.065.0024. Full text in Research Archive
  • Larsen, Eirinn & Myrvang, Christine (2011). Oppdragshistorien til debatt. Historisk tidsskrift. ISSN 0018-263X. 90(3), p. 415–417. Full text in Research Archive
  • Larsen, Eirinn (2011). Jubileumshistorie nedenfra - UiO og nye studentgrupper, Universitetet i Oslo: Samtidshistoriske perspektiver. Unipub forlag. ISSN 9788274775459. p. 17–102. Full text in Research Archive
  • Larsen, Eirinn (2010). Husmorens foranderlighet. Tidsskrift for kjønnsforskning. ISSN 0809-6341. 34(4), p. 267–273. Full text in Research Archive
  • Larsen, Eirinn (2010). Historiens kjønn og generasjoner. Fortid. ISSN 1504-1913. p. 31–37. Full text in Research Archive
  • Larsen, Eirinn (2009). Folkesykehuset - En sykehuspolitisk tradisjon i velferdsstaten. Nytt Norsk Tidsskrift (NNT). ISSN 0800-336X. p. 379–394. Full text in Research Archive
  • Larsen, Eirinn (2006). Kjønnskonservatismens reproduksjon. Nytt Norsk Tidsskrift (NNT). ISSN 0800-336X. 23(3), p. 200–14. Full text in Research Archive
  • Larsen, Eirinn (2003). Kjønn i norsk 'eliteutdanning' - i lys av franks élitisme, Christensen, Espeli, Larsen og Sogner (red): Kapitalistisk Demokrati? – Norsk næringslivshistorie gjennom 100 år. Gyldendal Norsk Forlag A/S. p. 149–186. Full text in Research Archive
  • Amdam, Rolv Petter; Kvålshaugen, Ragnhild & Larsen, Eirinn (2003). The Power of Content revisited, Rolv Petter Amdam, Ragnhild Kvålshaugen and Eirinn Larsen (eds.): Inside the Business Schools: The Content of European Business Education. Abstrakt forlag. Full text in Research Archive
  • Kvålshaugen, Ragnhild; Vabø, Agnete & Larsen, Eirinn (2003). National Heterogeneity in Standardised Programmes of Business Education, Inside the business schools: The content of European business education. Abstrakt, Copenhagen Business School Press, Liber. p. 110–130. Full text in Research Archive
  • Larsen, Eirinn (2003). Cultures of Content: A Comparison of French and Norwegian Business Schools, Amdam, Kvålshaugen, Larsen (eds.): Inside the Business Schools. Abstrakt/Liber/Copenhagen Business School Press. p. 155–177. Full text in Research Archive
  • Larsen, Eirinn (1999). Fra likestilling til mangfold. To tiår med kvinner og ledelse i bedriften. Nytt Norsk Tidsskrift (NNT). ISSN 0800-336X. p. 114–125. Full text in Research Archive
  • Larsen, Eirinn (1997). The American introduction of "maternalism" as a historical concept. NORA - Nordic Journal of Feminist and Gender Research. ISSN 0803-8740. 1(5), p. 14–25. Full text in Research Archive

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  • Larsen, Eirinn (2025). Genus, arbete och landsbygd. En livsvärld i rörelse 1500-1960. Svenska litteratursällskapet i Finland (SLS). ISBN 9789515836649. 378 p. Full text in Research Archive
  • Larsen, Eirinn (2024). Suffrage, Capital, and Gender. Conditional Citizenship in Historical Perspective. Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN 9783031698644. 23 p. Full text in Research Archive
  • Larsen, Eirinn; Moss, Sigrun Marie & Skjelsbæk, Inger (2021). Gender Equality and Nation Branding in the Nordic Region. Routledge. ISBN 9780367861353. 233 p. doi: 10.4324/9781003017134. Full text in Research Archive
  • Skjelsbæk, Inger; Larsen, Eirinn & Moss, Sigrun Marie (2021). Gender Equality and Nation Branding in the Nordic Region. Routledge. ISBN 9780367861353. 232 p. doi: 10.4324/9781003017134. Full text in Research Archive
  • Brandt, Thomas; Ingulstad, Mats; Mangset, Marte; Larsen, Eirinn & Schwach, Vera (2019). Avhengig av forskning - De norske forskningsrådenes historie. Fagbokforlaget. ISBN 9788245021325. 688 p. Full text in Research Archive
  • Larsen, Eirinn; Owesen, Ingeborg Winderen & Danielsen, Hilde (2015). Norsk likestillingshistorie, 1814-2013. Fagbokforlaget. ISBN 9788245019261. 240 p. Full text in Research Archive
  • Danielsen, Hilde; Larsen, Eirinn & Owesen, Ingeborg Winderen (2013). Norsk likestillingshistorie 1814 - 2013. Fagbokforlaget. ISBN 9788245014525. 408 p. Full text in Research Archive
  • Anker, Peder; Gulbrandsen, Magnus; Larsen, Eirinn; Løvhaug, Johannes Waage; Tranøy, Bent Sofus & Collett, John Peter [Show all 9 contributors for this article] (2011). Universitetet i Oslo: Samtidshistoriske perspektiver. Unipub forlag. ISBN 9788274775459. 568 p. Full text in Research Archive
  • Christensen, Sverre; Espeli, Harald; Larsen, Eirinn & Sogner, Knut (2003). Kapitalistisk demokrati? Gyldendal Akademisk. Full text in Research Archive
  • Amdam, Rolv Petter; Kvålshaugen, Ragnhild & Larsen, Eirinn (2003). Inside the Business Schools: The Content of European Business Education. Abstrakt forlag. Full text in Research Archive

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