Areas of responsibility
Historian, interested in 19th century political thought in and about the Scandinavian countries. Main fields of expertise includes Scandinavism, nation building processes and images and concepts about the press and the public sphere during the 1800s.
Research
Academic interests
- History of political thought
- Scandinavism
- Nationalism
- History of Concepts
- History of the press
- Philhellenism
General outreach
Annual Conference of the Norwegian Association for Historical Research 2019
Oral session on historiography and nation building.
Niri Ragnvald Johnsen, "Scandinavism and Norwegian Nationality in the works and letters of P.A. Munch" (in Norwegian)
Dissemination piece on scandinavism in the booklet "Norden and Nordic cooperation" (in Norwegian)
Niri Ragnvald Johnsen, "Kva var skandinavismen?" i Temahefte for kunnskapstevlinga Kven veit? 2019: Norden og nordisk samarbeid: 20-21.