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Marianne Friisberg Larssen

Doctoral Research Fellow - Study of Religion
Mobile phone 46620656
Room 441
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Visiting address P. A. Munch
Postal address Postboks 1010 Blindern 0315 Oslo
Other affiliations Faculty of Humanities (Student)

Academic interests

I am interested in the intersection of religion, Indigenous rights and environmentalism, particularly in contested landscapes. My doctoral research project focuses on Sámi resistance against wind turbine expansion in northern Norway and how certain actors are mobilizing narratives about “the sacred” and sacred landscapes in their advocacy strategies.

My supervisors are Associate Professor Hugo Reinert (IKOS) and co-supervisor Professor Torjer Olsen, UiT: The Arctic University of Norway. 

Background

Academic work:

Co-supervisor for a master student at the Department of Sociology and Human Geography, 2026-2027 

Invited Guest Lecturer at AHO, September 2025

May 2024 - October 2024, Inland Norway University College of Applied Sciences, Researcher with the FAITHED project. 

August 2022 - May 2024, Research Assistant at Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO) with the projects CONMIG & FAITHED.

August 2022 - July 2024, External Examiner, Oslo New University College

Education:

2020 – 2022 Masters in Religious Studies, IKOS, University of Oslo

2018 – 2020 Bachelors in Religious Studies, IKOS, University of Oslo

2016 – 2018 Bachelors in French, ILOS, University of Oslo & University Toulouse - Jean Jaurès 

Grants

2026: UiO:Energy and Environment financial support for international mobility and collaboration 

2025: Enkedronning Josephines legat til høyere utdanning

2025: HF Funding for long research trips 

2025: UiO:Energy and Environment financial support for international mobility and collaboration 

 

 

Tags: Religion and politics, Religionsvitenskap, activism, Sápmi, worldviews, human rights, Environmental Humanities

Publications

  • Kleive, Hildegunn Valen; Markeng, Synnøve; Larssen, Marianne Friisberg; Erdal, Marta Bivand & Horsfjord, Vebjørn (2026). Exploring Muslim and Catholic Faith Edcation in Norway. Transnational Ties, Role Modeling, and Socialization. In Aschim, Anders; Berglund, Jenny; Erdal, Marta Bivand & Schweitzer, Friedrich (Ed.), Minorities, Migration, and Religion: New Perspectives on Religious Education in Faith Communities and Schools in Europe. Waxmann Verlag. ISSN 9783818851392. p. 63–83. doi: 10.31244/9783818851392. Full text in Research Archive
  • Erdal, Marta Bivand & Larssen, Marianne Friisberg (2025). «I kirken så bare opplever du det»: Trospraksis som pedagogikk i katolsk katekese. In Aschim, Anders; Kjørven, Ole Kolbjørn & Kleive, Hildegunn Valen (Ed.), Hvor skal du i helga? En bok om religionsmangfold, trosopplæring og skole. Cappelen Damm Akademisk. ISSN 9788202882259. p. 81–96. doi: 10.23865/cdf.248.ch4. Full text in Research Archive
  • Kjørven, Ole Kolbjørn & Larssen, Marianne Friisberg (2025). «Det er her jeg vil være»: Katekesens betydning for katolsk ungdom. In Aschim, Anders; Kjørven, Ole Kolbjørn & Kleive, Hildegunn Valen (Ed.), Hvor skal du i helga? En bok om religionsmangfold, trosopplæring og skole. Cappelen Damm Akademisk. ISSN 9788202882259. p. 97–112. doi: 10.23865/cdf.248.ch5. Full text in Research Archive
  • Talleraas, Cathrine; Erdal, Marta Bivand; Larssen, Marianne Friisberg & Tollefsen, Andreas Forø (2024). Refugee journey infrastructures: Exploring migration trajectories from South Sudan to Uganda. Population, Space and Place. ISSN 1544-8444. 31(1). doi: 10.1002/psp.2842. Full text in Research Archive
  • Erdal, Marta Bivand & Larssen, Marianne Friisberg (2024). Fostering togetherness in superdiverse Catholic parishes. Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies. ISSN 1369-183X. doi: 10.1080/1369183X.2024.2424409. Full text in Research Archive
  • Erdal, Marta Bivand; Larssen, Marianne Friisberg; Talleraas, Cathrine & Tollefsen, Andreas Forø (2024). Education desires and conflict impacts in refugees’ decisions to leave. Migration Studies. ISSN 2049-5838. 12(4). doi: 10.1093/migration/mnae045. Full text in Research Archive
  • Larssen, Marianne Friisberg & Aschim, Anders (2023). Katolsk ungdom i møte med KRLE-faget. Prismet. ISSN 0032-8847. 74(4), p. 277–292. Full text in Research Archive

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  • Larssen, Marianne Friisberg (2026). Responding to Industry Encroachment: Mobilising the Sacred and Iconification of Sacred Sites. Full text in Research Archive
  • Larssen, Marianne Friisberg (2026). Registering the Sacred: Heritage Registration in the Context of Wind Farm Expansion in Finnmark. Full text in Research Archive
  • Kjørven, Ole Kolbjørn & Larssen, Marianne Friisberg (2026). “This Is Where I Want to Be”. The Significance of Catechesis for Catholic Youths. In Aschim, Anders; Berglund, Jenny; Erdal, Marta Bivand & Schweitzer, Friedrich (Ed.), Minorities, Migration, and Religion: New Perspectives on Religious Education in Faith Communities and Schools in Europe. Waxmann Verlag. ISSN 9783818851392. p. 107–122. doi: https:/www.waxmann.com/en/shop/download?tx_p2waxmann_download%5Baction%5D=download&tx_p2waxmann_download%5Bbuchnr%5D=205139&tx_p2waxmann_download%5Bcontroller%5D=Zeitschrift&cHash=7eca0954363671ec57c92e954e98c3e4. Full text in Research Archive
  • Larssen, Marianne Friisberg & Aschim, Anders (2026). Catholic Teenagers’ Encounters with the Norwegian RE School Subject. In Aschim, Anders; Berglund, Jenny; Erdal, Marta Bivand & Schweitzer, Friedrich (Ed.), Minorities, Migration, and Religion: New Perspectives on Religious Education in Faith Communities and Schools in Europe. Waxmann Verlag. ISSN 9783818851392. p. 293–308. doi: https:/www.waxmann.com/buecher/Minorities-Migration-and-Religion. Full text in Research Archive
  • Larssen, Marianne Friisberg (2026). Det nasjonale og det nære – Melkøya og Sieiddeduottar | Klassekampen. doi: https:/klassekampen.no/artikkel/2026-02-04/debatt-det-nasjonale-og-det-naere-melkoya-og-sieiddeduottar. Full text in Research Archive
  • Larssen, Marianne Friisberg (2025). The political mobilisation of religious Sámi narratives in current wind turbine debates in Finnmark. Full text in Research Archive
  • Larssen, Marianne Friisberg (2025). The political mobilization of religious narratives in current wind turbine debates in Finnmark. Full text in Research Archive
  • Aschim, Anders; Kjørven, Ole Kolbjørn; Kleive, Hildegunn Valen; Skrefsrud, Thor Andre; Hustvedt, Marianne & Erdal, Marta Bivand [Show all 12 contributors for this article] (2025). Boklansering: Hvor skal du i helga? En bok om religionsmangfold, trosopplæring og skole. Full text in Research Archive
  • Larssen, Marianne Friisberg (2025). Forsker på hellige landskap og vindkraft. [Journal]. https://www.sagat.no/forsker-pa-hellige-landskap-og-vindkraf. Full text in Research Archive
  • Erdal, Marta Bivand & Larssen, Marianne Friisberg (2024). Tactics and friction in fostering faith-based togetherness: Unpacking ways of being together in superdiverse Catholic parishes in Norway. Full text in Research Archive
  • Aschim, Anders; Kleive, Hildegunn Valen; Erdal, Marta Bivand & Larssen, Marianne Friisberg (2024). Konfirmasjon - en døende tradisjon? p. 28–28. Full text in Research Archive
  • Kjørven, Ole Kolbjørn & Larssen, Marianne Friisberg (2024). Young people’s experiences with Catholic catechesis. Full text in Research Archive
  • Larssen, Marianne Friisberg (2024). Skal ta doktorgrad i høyaktuell samisk tematikk. [Radio]. NRK Radio Buorre eahketbeaivi, Sápmi. Full text in Research Archive
  • Larssen, Marianne Friisberg (2024). Skal ta doktorgrad i høyaktuell samisk tematikk. [Journal]. https://www.sagat.no/nyheter/skal-ta-doktorgrad-i-hoyaktuell. Full text in Research Archive
  • Aschim, Anders; Kjørven, Ole Kolbjørn; Kjelling, Anne Grethe & Larssen, Marianne Friisberg (2023). Religiøse minoriteter, trosopplæring og skole: Presentasjon av FAITHEDs temanummer i Prismet (4/2023). Full text in Research Archive

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