Anne Engelst Nørgaard
About
I am an associate professor at the Department of Historical and Classical Studies. From March 2023, I also serve as deputy head of research at the department.
My work focuses on political culture, political participation, and political language and communication in 19th Century Scandinavia and Europe.
My doctoral dissertation investigated the concept of democracy in mid-19th Century Denmark (Aarhus 2017). In recent years I have worked with the development of a peasant movement in Denmark from 1830 to 1870, particularly the contributions to political culture and communication by peasant farmer actors.
From 2024 to 2028 I am PI of the project "Petitions and Petitioning in the Nascent Democracy. Norway in the long 19th Century", funded by the Research Council of Norway. The project investigates petitioning culture in Norway from 1790 to 1910. The project emphasizes the petitioning of disenfranchised and marginalised groups.
I am involved in the Academy of Finland project on "Political Representation – Tensions between Parliament and the People from the Age of Revolutions to the 21st Century", headed by the Academy of Finland Professor, Pasi Ihalainen. I will be visiting professor at the University of Jyväskylä in 2021-2026 as a part of this project.
Before coming to Trondheim in 2019, I was a postdoctoral researcher at Leiden University (2018-2019) and Aarhus University (2018). I was a visiting fellow at Bielefeld Graduate School in History and Sociology in 2013.
My teaching includes:
HIST1550/1550 Introduction to History after 1750
HIST2006 Cultural and Social History
HIST2007 Nationalism, imperialism, and democratization after 1750
HIST1505 Introduction to Theory and Method
HIST3105 Research Methods in History
Students are welcome to contact me to discuss ideas for papers.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0539-8500
Research
My work focuses on political culture, political participation, and political language and communication in 19th Century Scandinavia and Europe.
My doctoral dissertation investigated the concept of democracy in mid-19th Century Denmark (Aarhus 2017). In recent years I have worked with the development of a peasant movement in Denmark from 1830 to 1870, particularly the contributions to political culture and communication by peasant farmer actors.
From 2024 to 2028 I am PI of the project "Petitions and Petitioning in the Nascent Democracy. Norway in the long 19th Century", funded by the Research Council of Norway. The project investigates petitioning culture in Norway from 1790 to 1910. The project emphasizes the petitioning of disenfranchised and marginalised groups.
Currently, I am involved in the Academy of Finland project on "Political Representation – Tensions between Parliament and the People from the Age of Revolutions to the 21st Century", headed by the Academy of Finland Professor, Pasi Ihalainen. I will be visiting professor at the University of Jyväskylä in 2023 as a part of this project.
Publications
2025
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Nørgaard, Anne Engelst.
(2025)
The Anti-Elitist Democrat, Jens Andersen Hansen.
Website (informational material)
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Nørgaard, Anne Engelst.
(2025)
The Middle Class Man and Politics.
TEMP-tidsskrift for historie
Academic article
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Nørgaard, Anne Engelst;
Nyegaard, Niels;
Dyrmann, Kristine.
(2025)
Gender in Political Spaces - an introduction.
TEMP-tidsskrift for historie
Academic article
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Nørgaard, Anne Engelst;
Nyegaard, Niels;
Dyrmann, Kristine;
Jønsson, Heidi Vad;
Thelle, Mikkel;
Schjerning, Camilla Pryds.
(2025)
Gender in Political Spaces.
temp - tidsskrift for historie
Academic anthology/Conference proceedings
2023
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Nørgaard, Anne Engelst.
(2023)
Petitions, the Peasantry and late Absolutist Political Culture, 1835-1847.
TEMP-tidsskrift for historie
Academic article
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Nørgaard, Anne Engelst.
(2023)
Speaking Through Petitions: Peasant Farmers in the Nascent Democracy, Denmark 1830s.
Journal of Modern European History
Academic article
2022
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Nørgaard, Anne Engelst.
(2022)
Who were 'the people' in the early Danish democracy?.
Slagmark
Academic article
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Nørgaard, Anne Engelst.
(2022)
'The Monarch' in political rhetorics, 1848-1849.
Syddansk Universitetsforlag
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
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Nygaard, Bertel;
Nørgaard, Anne Engelst;
Bek-Thomsen, Jakob;
Møller Ziegler, Magnus.
(2022)
Karl Marx' Das Kapital in Danish history.
Chapter
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Nørgaard, Anne Engelst;
Nygaard, Bertel;
Bek-Thomsen, Jakob;
Møller Ziegler, Magnus.
(2022)
Das Kapital in Danish. Reading Marx through 150 years.
Forlaget Slagmark
Academic anthology/Conference proceedings
2021
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Nørgaard, Anne Engelst;
Nygaard, Bertel.
(2021)
Conceptual history - what is that?.
danmarkshistorien.dk
Popular scientific article
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Nørgaard, Anne Engelst.
(2021)
Review: Marthe Hommerstad og Bjørn Arne Steine (eds.): The suffrage and its limits. Poverty and democratic exclusion 1814-1919.
Historisk tidsskrift
Book review
2019
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Nørgaard, Anne Engelst.
(2019)
Times of democracy the unavoidable democracy of mid-nineteenth-century Denmark.
Contributions to the History of Concepts
Academic article
2018
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Nørgaard, Anne Engelst.
(2018)
A Battle for Democracy. The Concept of Democracy in the Constitutional Struggle, Denmark 1848–1849.
Archiv für Sozialgeschichte
Academic article
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Nørgaard, Anne Engelst.
(2018)
The struggles on the constitution, democracy, and suffrage 1848-1849.
danmarkshistorien.dk
Popular scientific article
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Nørgaard, Anne Engelst.
(2018)
The 1849 Constitution.
Digital learning tools
2017
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Nørgaard, Anne Engelst.
(2017)
Democracy and the 1849 Constitution. An investigation of the Concept 'Democracy' in the Struggle for the Danish Constitution 1848-49.
library.au.dk
Doctoral dissertation
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Nørgaard, Anne Engelst.
(2017)
Tidlige danske demokrater ønskede en stærk konge.
videnskab.dk
Popular scientific article
2016
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Nørgaard, Anne Engelst.
(2016)
"Democracy only exists as an Option." An investigation of the concept of democracy in the rhetorics of the radical opposition, Copenhagen 1848.
Arbejderhistorie: Tidsskrift for historie, kultur og politik
Academic article
2015
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Nørgaard, Anne Engelst.
(2015)
"Here comes the peasant." Peasant politics between social movement and parliamentary politics in 1848.
Slagmark
Academic article
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Nørgaard, Anne Engelst;
Risager, Bjarke;
Fabian, Louise.
(2015)
Social Movements and Political Protest.
Slagmark (71)
Academic anthology/Conference proceedings
-
Nørgaard, Anne Engelst;
Risager, Bjarke;
Fabian, Louise.
(2015)
The Tactics, Traditions, and Theories of Protest – Editorial Preface.
Slagmark
Article in business/trade/industry journal
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Nørgaard, Anne Engelst.
(2015)
The elections for the Constituent Assembly, 5 October 1848.
danmarkshistorien.dk
Popular scientific article
-
Nørgaard, Anne Engelst.
(2015)
The introduction of universal military service in 1848.
danmarkshistorien.dk
Popular scientific article
-
Nørgaard, Anne Engelst.
(2015)
Universal suffrage, 1848-.
danmarkshistorien.dk
Popular scientific article
2014
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Nørgaard, Anne Engelst;
Peters, Rikke.
(2014)
Democracy and the public sphere.
Slagmark (69)
Academic anthology/Conference proceedings
-
Nørgaard, Anne Engelst.
(2014)
Legitimizing Democracy. The Rhetoric of Peasant
Politicians in 1848-49, Denmark.
Slagmark
Academic article
-
Nørgaard, Anne Engelst;
Peters, Rikke.
(2014)
Democracy and the public sphere - Editorial Preface.
Slagmark
Article in business/trade/industry journal
-
Nørgaard, Anne Engelst.
(2014)
The 1849 Constitution and Democracy.
danmarkshistorien.dk
Popular scientific article
Journal publications
-
Nørgaard, Anne Engelst.
(2025)
The Middle Class Man and Politics.
TEMP-tidsskrift for historie
Academic article
-
Nørgaard, Anne Engelst;
Nyegaard, Niels;
Dyrmann, Kristine.
(2025)
Gender in Political Spaces - an introduction.
TEMP-tidsskrift for historie
Academic article
-
Nørgaard, Anne Engelst.
(2023)
Petitions, the Peasantry and late Absolutist Political Culture, 1835-1847.
TEMP-tidsskrift for historie
Academic article
-
Nørgaard, Anne Engelst.
(2023)
Speaking Through Petitions: Peasant Farmers in the Nascent Democracy, Denmark 1830s.
Journal of Modern European History
Academic article
-
Nørgaard, Anne Engelst.
(2022)
Who were 'the people' in the early Danish democracy?.
Slagmark
Academic article
-
Nørgaard, Anne Engelst;
Nygaard, Bertel.
(2021)
Conceptual history - what is that?.
danmarkshistorien.dk
Popular scientific article
-
Nørgaard, Anne Engelst.
(2021)
Review: Marthe Hommerstad og Bjørn Arne Steine (eds.): The suffrage and its limits. Poverty and democratic exclusion 1814-1919.
Historisk tidsskrift
Book review
-
Nørgaard, Anne Engelst.
(2019)
Times of democracy the unavoidable democracy of mid-nineteenth-century Denmark.
Contributions to the History of Concepts
Academic article
-
Nørgaard, Anne Engelst.
(2018)
A Battle for Democracy. The Concept of Democracy in the Constitutional Struggle, Denmark 1848–1849.
Archiv für Sozialgeschichte
Academic article
-
Nørgaard, Anne Engelst.
(2018)
The struggles on the constitution, democracy, and suffrage 1848-1849.
danmarkshistorien.dk
Popular scientific article
-
Nørgaard, Anne Engelst.
(2017)
Tidlige danske demokrater ønskede en stærk konge.
videnskab.dk
Popular scientific article
-
Nørgaard, Anne Engelst.
(2016)
"Democracy only exists as an Option." An investigation of the concept of democracy in the rhetorics of the radical opposition, Copenhagen 1848.
Arbejderhistorie: Tidsskrift for historie, kultur og politik
Academic article
-
Nørgaard, Anne Engelst.
(2015)
"Here comes the peasant." Peasant politics between social movement and parliamentary politics in 1848.
Slagmark
Academic article
-
Nørgaard, Anne Engelst;
Risager, Bjarke;
Fabian, Louise.
(2015)
The Tactics, Traditions, and Theories of Protest – Editorial Preface.
Slagmark
Article in business/trade/industry journal
-
Nørgaard, Anne Engelst.
(2015)
The elections for the Constituent Assembly, 5 October 1848.
danmarkshistorien.dk
Popular scientific article
-
Nørgaard, Anne Engelst.
(2015)
The introduction of universal military service in 1848.
danmarkshistorien.dk
Popular scientific article
-
Nørgaard, Anne Engelst.
(2015)
Universal suffrage, 1848-.
danmarkshistorien.dk
Popular scientific article
-
Nørgaard, Anne Engelst.
(2014)
Legitimizing Democracy. The Rhetoric of Peasant
Politicians in 1848-49, Denmark.
Slagmark
Academic article
-
Nørgaard, Anne Engelst;
Peters, Rikke.
(2014)
Democracy and the public sphere - Editorial Preface.
Slagmark
Article in business/trade/industry journal
-
Nørgaard, Anne Engelst.
(2014)
The 1849 Constitution and Democracy.
danmarkshistorien.dk
Popular scientific article
Books
-
Nørgaard, Anne Engelst;
Nyegaard, Niels;
Dyrmann, Kristine;
Jønsson, Heidi Vad;
Thelle, Mikkel;
Schjerning, Camilla Pryds.
(2025)
Gender in Political Spaces.
temp - tidsskrift for historie
Academic anthology/Conference proceedings
-
Nørgaard, Anne Engelst;
Nygaard, Bertel;
Bek-Thomsen, Jakob;
Møller Ziegler, Magnus.
(2022)
Das Kapital in Danish. Reading Marx through 150 years.
Forlaget Slagmark
Academic anthology/Conference proceedings
-
Nørgaard, Anne Engelst;
Risager, Bjarke;
Fabian, Louise.
(2015)
Social Movements and Political Protest.
Slagmark (71)
Academic anthology/Conference proceedings
-
Nørgaard, Anne Engelst;
Peters, Rikke.
(2014)
Democracy and the public sphere.
Slagmark (69)
Academic anthology/Conference proceedings
Part of book/report
-
Nørgaard, Anne Engelst.
(2022)
'The Monarch' in political rhetorics, 1848-1849.
Syddansk Universitetsforlag
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
-
Nygaard, Bertel;
Nørgaard, Anne Engelst;
Bek-Thomsen, Jakob;
Møller Ziegler, Magnus.
(2022)
Karl Marx' Das Kapital in Danish history.
Chapter
Report
-
Nørgaard, Anne Engelst.
(2017)
Democracy and the 1849 Constitution. An investigation of the Concept 'Democracy' in the Struggle for the Danish Constitution 1848-49.
library.au.dk
Doctoral dissertation
Product
-
Nørgaard, Anne Engelst.
(2018)
The 1849 Constitution.
Digital learning tools
Information material
-
Nørgaard, Anne Engelst.
(2025)
The Anti-Elitist Democrat, Jens Andersen Hansen.
Website (informational material)
Teaching
Courses
- HIST2006 - Kultur- og sosialhistorie
- HIST1550 - Nyere historie etter ca. 1750 for kulturminneforvaltere
My teaching includes:
HIST1550/1550 Introduction to History after 1750
HIST2006 Cultural and Social History
HIST2007 Nationalism, imperialism, and democratization after 1750
HIST1505 Introduction to theory and method
Supervision
Students are welcome to contact me to discuss ideas for papers.
Outreach
2023
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Academic lectureNørgaard, Anne Engelst. (2023) The Modern Concept of Democracy. Denmark in the 19th and 20 Century. University of Jyväskylä Guest lecture , Jyväskylä 2023-09-07 -
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InterviewNørgaard, Anne Engelst. (2023) Stemmeret og værnepligt blev nationalstatens to ben. Kristeligt Dagblad Kristeligt Dagblad [Newspaper] 2023-03-02
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InterviewNørgaard, Anne Engelst. (2023) Værnepligt for alle. Weekendavisen Weekendavisen [Newspaper] 2023-03-03
2022
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InterviewNørgaard, Anne Engelst. (2022) How can we start a revolution today?. Radio 24/7 Radio 24/7 [Radio] 2022-06-07
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InterviewKjærsgaard Hansen, Noa; Nørgaard, Anne Engelst. (2022) Democracy was a driving force for revolutionaries. Århundredets festival, program. Folkeuniversitetet i Aarhus Århundredets festival, program. Folkeuniversitetet i Aarhus [Newspaper] 2022-02-01
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InterviewNørgaard, Anne Engelst. (2022) A wave of European Revolutions. Radio 24/7 Radio 24/7 [Radio] 2022-06-07
2021
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Popular scientific lectureNørgaard, Anne Engelst. (2021) Haugianerne: Enevelde og Undergrunn. Samtale med Trygve Riiser Gundersen. Litteraturhuset Trondheim Sakprosafestival , DIGS Trondheim 2021-10-29 -
2020
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Interview