Anne Sigrid Refsum
About
I am a PhD Candidate in Scandinavian Literature at the Department of Language and Literature. My masters' degree (NTNU, 2016) is in Scandinavian Literature. My masters' thesis was a comparative analysis of nearly 100 Norwegian variants of the ballad Dei to søstrene/Horpa (TSB A 38, in English known as Child 10 'The Twa Sisters). I have a bachelor's degree in Scandinavian Studies and English, and have studied Norwegian Traditional Music and Drama and Theatre. I am also an experienced choral singer.
Research interests:
- Skilling ballads (Norwegian broadside ballads)
- Popular culture and literature
- Orality and oral tradition
- Folk tales
- Ballads
- Chapbooks
- Literary history from below
- Song lyrics
Phd project:
My PhD project is part of the Norwegian Research Council funded project "Norwegian Broadside Ballads 1550-1950. Recovering a Lost Cultural Heritage". The Norwegian equivalent of broadside ballads - skillingsviser or skilling ballads - has been a neglected area of study up until recent times. These texts shed significant light on the social, literary and media history of especially the lower classes. For my project I have collected a vast corpus of more than a thousand songs. I use these songs to explore what sort of literary influence and cultural influence they might have had on the general public. What were the 'Greatest Hits' of the time, and to what extent were they shared across different communities? How did these songs connect urban and rural, elite and common audiences?
Formerly I have been a research assistant in the Norwegian Broadside Ballads project, and as an assistant professor I have been involved in teaching the modules NORD 1104, NORD 1108, NORD 2220, NORD 2100, NORD 2112 and NORD 6104. I have also developed my own modules in Scandinavian literature under the designations NORD 2100 and 2112: "The other literary history. Popular literature in oral and written tradition approx. 1600-1900" and "Folk and folktales. Oral popular culture and romantic nationalist discourse".
I am also part of a national group of researchers working with song lyrics as a distinct genre of text, based at the University of Agder.
Publications
2021
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Refsum, Anne Sigrid .
(2021)
Konspirasjonsviser og fremmedfrykt: "Tryntyrken" og 1800-tallets QAnon.
Website (informational material)
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Refsum, Anne Sigrid .
(2021)
Sinklarvisa. Skillingsvisa som samlet Norge til ett rike.
Scandinavian Academic Press
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
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Refsum, Anne Sigrid .
(2021)
Visa om ridder Brynning: En skandinavisk superhit.
Scandinavian Academic Press
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
2020
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Refsum, Anne Sigrid .
(2020)
"Denne aldeles ukonstlede Fortælling synes mig sædeles mesterlig;" – en anmeldelse av "Sinklars vise" fra 1792.
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Refsum, Anne Sigrid .
(2020)
Hennes Blod sig forandret naar hun hannem saa - Valentinsspesial.
Website (informational material)
2019
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Refsum, Anne Sigrid .
(2019)
Eit varmare land.
Dagbladet
Feature article
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Refsum, Anne Sigrid I..
(2019)
I pølsevisenes verden.
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Refsum, Anne Sigrid I..
(2019)
17. mai-spesial: Se, Norges blomsterdal!.
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Refsum, Anne Sigrid I..
(2019)
"Herr Sinklar drog over salten Hav".
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Refsum, Anne Sigrid I..
(2019)
"Trymmen sin skål" og Søren Neibæk.
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Refsum, Anne Sigrid I..
(2019)
Hvite og svarte flekker i nasjonens hukommelse.
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2018
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Refsum, Anne Sigrid I..
(2018)
Romjulsspesial: Gid jeg kunde dig undfange, søde JEsu!.
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Journal publications
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Refsum, Anne Sigrid .
(2019)
Eit varmare land.
Dagbladet
Feature article
Part of book/report
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Refsum, Anne Sigrid .
(2021)
Sinklarvisa. Skillingsvisa som samlet Norge til ett rike.
Scandinavian Academic Press
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
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Refsum, Anne Sigrid .
(2021)
Visa om ridder Brynning: En skandinavisk superhit.
Scandinavian Academic Press
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
INFORMASJONSMATR
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Refsum, Anne Sigrid .
(2021)
Konspirasjonsviser og fremmedfrykt: "Tryntyrken" og 1800-tallets QAnon.
Website (informational material)
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Refsum, Anne Sigrid .
(2020)
"Denne aldeles ukonstlede Fortælling synes mig sædeles mesterlig;" – en anmeldelse av "Sinklars vise" fra 1792.
Website (informational material)
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Refsum, Anne Sigrid .
(2020)
Hennes Blod sig forandret naar hun hannem saa - Valentinsspesial.
Website (informational material)
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Refsum, Anne Sigrid I..
(2019)
I pølsevisenes verden.
Website (informational material)
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Refsum, Anne Sigrid I..
(2019)
17. mai-spesial: Se, Norges blomsterdal!.
Website (informational material)
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Refsum, Anne Sigrid I..
(2019)
"Herr Sinklar drog over salten Hav".
Website (informational material)
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Refsum, Anne Sigrid I..
(2019)
"Trymmen sin skål" og Søren Neibæk.
Website (informational material)
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Refsum, Anne Sigrid I..
(2019)
Hvite og svarte flekker i nasjonens hukommelse.
Website (informational material)
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Refsum, Anne Sigrid I..
(2018)
Romjulsspesial: Gid jeg kunde dig undfange, søde JEsu!.
Website (informational material)
Media
2021
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LectureRefsum, Anne Sigrid. (2021) Skillingsvisene i Norge 1550-1950. Den forsømte kulturarven. . Norsk kvedarforum Skillingsviseseminar , Eiktunet, Gjøvik 2021-09-03 - 2021-09-05
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InterviewRefsum, Anne Sigrid . (2021) Skillingsvisene forteller historien nedenfra. Ballade.no Ballade.no [Newspaper] 2021-10-21
2020
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Popular scientific lectureRefsum, Anne Sigrid . (2020) Brakkeskole: Anne Sigrid Refsum forsker på skillingsviser. Brakkesyke 2020 Brakkeskole , Facebook 2020-04-21 - 2020-04-21
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Academic lectureRefsum, Anne Sigrid . (2020) "Skillingsvisene i Norge: Den skjulte sammenføyeren". Svenskt Visarkiv Forskningsseminarium , Stockholm 2020-02-03 - 2020-02-03
2019
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InterviewRefsum, Anne Sigrid . (2019) "God ettermiddag, Trøndelag". NRK Trøndelag NRK Trøndelag [Radio] 2019-12-12
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InterviewRefsum, Anne Sigrid . (2019) "Greta-raseri og nasjonalsangen som drikkevise". Siste med Marie Simonsen Siste med Marie Simonsen [Radio] 2019-12-12
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InterviewRefsum, Anne Sigrid . (2019) Stortinget vedtar nasjonalsang - regjeringen har innvendinger. Vårt Land Vårt Land [Newspaper] 2019-12-10
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Interview
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LectureRefsum, Anne Sigrid I.. (2019) Ole Høiland - A Sung Hero of the Norwegian Working Classes. Humanistisk fakultet, NTNU, Bodleian Library, Oxford The news ballad in Europe, 1500-1900. , Oxford 2019-04-01 - 2019-04-01
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LectureRefsum, Anne Sigrid I.. (2019) Visa om ridder Brynning - en skandinavisk superhit. Universitetet i Umeå Det sjungna ordet , Umeå 2019-09-24 - 2019-09-25
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LectureRefsum, Anne Sigrid I.. (2019) Nasjonalromantikk nedenfra(?) Skillingsviser som fellesskapsbyggende tekster i det unge Norge. Universitetet i Agder Sanglyrikkseminar 24.-25. april , Kristiansand 2019-04-24 - 2019-04-25
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LectureRefsum, Anne Sigrid . (2019) "Hennes Blod sig forandret naar hun hannem saa" - den berømte visa om ridder Brynning. Skillingsvisene i Norge 1550-1950. Den forsømte kulturarven Seminar om skillingsviser , Trondheim 2019-10-01 - 2019-10-01