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Trond Risto

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Trond Risto

Professor
Department of Teacher Education
Faculty of Social and Educational Sciences

trond.risto@ntnu.no
+4790655378 E.C. Dahls gate 10, 4. etasje, Kalvskinnet
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Ongoing Research Projects

  • Norwegian Remembrance of the World Wars
  • South Sámi Memory Culture: The Dynamics of Indigenous and Nation-State Identities (Norwegian Research Fund)
  • Exploring Historical and Geographical Dimensions of Jewish Migration and Cultural Heritage in the Baltics and Scandinavia

Research Profile
My scholarly work is centered around three main areas:

  1. World War II history and the aftermath of war and conflict
  2. Social sciences and the theory and practice of history education
  3. Contemporary indigenous perspectives, with a focus on Sámi culture and society

Across several publications, I have examined diverse perspectives on World War II and its post-war legacy. This includes investigating how different aspects of the war have been understood, interpreted, and represented through the frameworks of memory theory and history didactics. Thematically, my research combines historical inquiry with didactic approaches to war and conflict, alongside studies of the status and representation of indigenous peoples—particularly the South Sámi—within majority societies, both historically and today.

In parts of the academic year 2024/2025, I was a visiting fellow at the Amsterdam School for Heritage, Memory and Material Culture, University of Amsterdam, where I further developed these research interests.

Competencies

  • Contemporary history
  • Cultural heritage
  • History and memory

Publications

Between Norwegianisation and Revitalisation in the South Sami Society: A Memory Culture Analysis of Boarding School Life and Its Aftermath.

Risto, T. (2024). Between Norwegianisation and Revitalisation in the South Sami Society: A Memory Culture Analysis of Boarding School Life and Its Aftermath. History of Education, 53(1), 126–143.

Indigenous Memory: The Legacy of Assimilation of the Sámi in Norway

Risto, T., Reitan, J. (2025). Indigenous Memory. In: Saloul, I., Baillie, B. (eds) The Palgrave Encyclopedia of Cultural Heritage and Conflict. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham.

Remembering Nazi Camps in Norway

Risto, T., Reitan, J. (2025). Remembering Nazi Camps in Norway. In: Saloul, I., Baillie, B. (eds) The Palgrave Encyclopedia of Cultural Heritage and Conflict. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham.
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2025

  • Risto, Trond. (2025) Tråante 2017 – Store norske leksikon. Store Norske Leksikon (Nettutgaven)
    Popular scientific article
  • Risto, Trond. (2025) Det første samiske landsmøtet i 1917 – Store norske leksikon. Store Norske Leksikon (Nettutgaven)
    Popular scientific article
  • Risto, Trond. (2025) Havika sameskole. Store Norske Leksikon (Nettutgaven)
    Popular scientific article
  • Risto, Trond. (2025) Seminarium Scholasticum – Store norske leksikon. Store Norske Leksikon (Nettutgaven)
    Popular scientific article
  • Risto, Trond. (2025) Seminarium Lapponicum – Store norske leksikon. Store Norske Leksikon (Nettutgaven)
    Popular scientific article
  • Risto, Trond. (2025) samisk utdanningshistorie – Store norske leksikon. Store Norske Leksikon (Nettutgaven)
    Popular scientific article
  • Risto, Trond; Reitan, Jon. (2025) The Legacy of Assimilation of the Sámi in Norway.
    Encyclopedia article
  • Risto, Trond; Reitan, Jon. (2025) Remembering Nazi Camps in Norway.
    Encyclopedia article

2024

  • Risto, Trond. (2024) Between Norwegianisation and Revitalisation in the South Sami Society: A Memory Culture Analysis of Boarding School Life and Its Aftermath. History of Education
    Academic article
  • Vesterdal, Knut; Risto, Trond; Klein, Jørgen; Bungum, Brita; Storstad, Oddveig. (2024) Etter LK20: Demokrati og medborgerskap i skolen. Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet
    Report

2021

  • Nilssen, Trond Risto. (2021) Bokanmeldelse: Camilla Ruud og Gro Ween (red.): «En trængslernes historie». En antologi om museumsmannen og historikeren Yngvar Nielsen. Historisk tidsskrift
    Book review
  • Nilssen, Trond Risto; Reitan, Jon. (2021) Falstad: Fangeleirer i diktatur og demokrati 1941–1949. Scandinavian Academic Press Scandinavian Academic Press
    Academic monograph
  • Nilssen, Trond Risto. (2021) Samisk medborgerskap i samfunn og skole.
    Academic chapter/article/Conference paper

2020

  • Nilssen, Trond Risto; Reitan, Jon. (2020) Legacies of the Nazi Camps in Norway: Falstad 1941-49. LIT Verlag LIT Verlag
    Academic monograph

2019

  • Hermanstrand, Håkon; Kolberg, Asbjørn; Nilssen, Trond Risto; Sem, Leiv Heming. (2019) Theoretical and Methodological Perspectives.
    Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
  • Hermanstrand, Håkon; Kolberg, Asbjørn; Nilssen, Trond Risto; Sem, Leiv Heming. (2019) The Indigenous Identity of the South Saami. Historical and Political Perspectives on a Minority within a Minority. Springer Springer
    Academic anthology/Conference proceedings
  • Nilssen, Trond Risto. (2019) South Saami Cultural Landscape Under Pressure.
    Academic chapter/article/Conference paper

2015

  • Nilssen, Trond Risto. (2015) Da freden brøt løs. De første månedene i frihet etter andre verdenskrig. Universitetsforlaget Universitetsforlaget
    Academic monograph

2014

  • Nilssen, Trond Risto. (2014) Kollektiv erindring og minnet om radikal ondskap.
    Academic chapter/article/Conference paper

2012

  • Nilssen, Trond Risto. (2012) Historiebruk og formidling ved tidligere konsentrasjonsleirer - den tøyelige historien.
    Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
  • Nilssen, Trond Risto. (2012) Historiebruk og formidling ved tidligere konsentrasjonsleirer.
    Academic chapter/article/Conference paper

2011

  • Lenz, Claudia; Nilssen, Trond Risto. (2011) Innledning : historiekultur, historiebevissthet og historisk kompetanse.
    Introduction
  • Nilssen, Trond Risto. (2011) Religiøs historiebruk ved tidligere konsentrasjonsleirer.
    Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
  • Lenz, Claudia; Nilssen, Trond Risto. (2011) Fortiden i nåtiden. Nye veier i formidlingen av andre verdenskrigs historie. Universitetsforlaget Universitetsforlaget
    Academic anthology/Conference proceedings
  • Fagerland, Tor Einar; Nilssen, Trond Risto. (2011) The Norwegian Fascist Monument at Stiklestad 1944-45.
    Academic chapter/article/Conference paper

Journal publications

  • Risto, Trond. (2025) Tråante 2017 – Store norske leksikon. Store Norske Leksikon (Nettutgaven)
    Popular scientific article
  • Risto, Trond. (2025) Det første samiske landsmøtet i 1917 – Store norske leksikon. Store Norske Leksikon (Nettutgaven)
    Popular scientific article
  • Risto, Trond. (2025) Havika sameskole. Store Norske Leksikon (Nettutgaven)
    Popular scientific article
  • Risto, Trond. (2025) Seminarium Scholasticum – Store norske leksikon. Store Norske Leksikon (Nettutgaven)
    Popular scientific article
  • Risto, Trond. (2025) Seminarium Lapponicum – Store norske leksikon. Store Norske Leksikon (Nettutgaven)
    Popular scientific article
  • Risto, Trond. (2025) samisk utdanningshistorie – Store norske leksikon. Store Norske Leksikon (Nettutgaven)
    Popular scientific article
  • Risto, Trond. (2024) Between Norwegianisation and Revitalisation in the South Sami Society: A Memory Culture Analysis of Boarding School Life and Its Aftermath. History of Education
    Academic article
  • Nilssen, Trond Risto. (2021) Bokanmeldelse: Camilla Ruud og Gro Ween (red.): «En trængslernes historie». En antologi om museumsmannen og historikeren Yngvar Nielsen. Historisk tidsskrift
    Book review

Books

  • Nilssen, Trond Risto; Reitan, Jon. (2021) Falstad: Fangeleirer i diktatur og demokrati 1941–1949. Scandinavian Academic Press Scandinavian Academic Press
    Academic monograph
  • Nilssen, Trond Risto; Reitan, Jon. (2020) Legacies of the Nazi Camps in Norway: Falstad 1941-49. LIT Verlag LIT Verlag
    Academic monograph
  • Hermanstrand, Håkon; Kolberg, Asbjørn; Nilssen, Trond Risto; Sem, Leiv Heming. (2019) The Indigenous Identity of the South Saami. Historical and Political Perspectives on a Minority within a Minority. Springer Springer
    Academic anthology/Conference proceedings
  • Nilssen, Trond Risto. (2015) Da freden brøt løs. De første månedene i frihet etter andre verdenskrig. Universitetsforlaget Universitetsforlaget
    Academic monograph
  • Lenz, Claudia; Nilssen, Trond Risto. (2011) Fortiden i nåtiden. Nye veier i formidlingen av andre verdenskrigs historie. Universitetsforlaget Universitetsforlaget
    Academic anthology/Conference proceedings

Part of book/report

  • Risto, Trond; Reitan, Jon. (2025) The Legacy of Assimilation of the Sámi in Norway.
    Encyclopedia article
  • Risto, Trond; Reitan, Jon. (2025) Remembering Nazi Camps in Norway.
    Encyclopedia article
  • Nilssen, Trond Risto. (2021) Samisk medborgerskap i samfunn og skole.
    Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
  • Hermanstrand, Håkon; Kolberg, Asbjørn; Nilssen, Trond Risto; Sem, Leiv Heming. (2019) Theoretical and Methodological Perspectives.
    Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
  • Nilssen, Trond Risto. (2019) South Saami Cultural Landscape Under Pressure.
    Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
  • Nilssen, Trond Risto. (2014) Kollektiv erindring og minnet om radikal ondskap.
    Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
  • Nilssen, Trond Risto. (2012) Historiebruk og formidling ved tidligere konsentrasjonsleirer - den tøyelige historien.
    Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
  • Nilssen, Trond Risto. (2012) Historiebruk og formidling ved tidligere konsentrasjonsleirer.
    Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
  • Lenz, Claudia; Nilssen, Trond Risto. (2011) Innledning : historiekultur, historiebevissthet og historisk kompetanse.
    Introduction
  • Nilssen, Trond Risto. (2011) Religiøs historiebruk ved tidligere konsentrasjonsleirer.
    Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
  • Fagerland, Tor Einar; Nilssen, Trond Risto. (2011) The Norwegian Fascist Monument at Stiklestad 1944-45.
    Academic chapter/article/Conference paper

Report

  • Vesterdal, Knut; Risto, Trond; Klein, Jørgen; Bungum, Brita; Storstad, Oddveig. (2024) Etter LK20: Demokrati og medborgerskap i skolen. Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet
    Report

Teaching

Courses

  • LBAS1003 - Ethics and politics for archives and museums
  • DID3804 - Experts in Teamwork - Didactic design and innovation: School-Community Collaboration for Future Education

Outreach

2025

  • Academic lecture
    Risto, Trond; Sem, Leiv Heming; Hermanstrand, Håkon. (2025) Nasjonsbygginga og samisk historie. Historiedagene 2025 , Trondheim 2025-09-11 - 2025-09-13
  • Academic lecture
    Risto, Trond. (2025) Assimilering og identitet: Internatskolenes betydning for sørsamiske samfunn og minnekultur. Nasjonsbygginga og samisk historie , Trondheim 2025-09-11 - 2025-09-13
  • Academic lecture
    Risto, Trond. (2025) Norwegianization, Resistance and Cultural Boundaries: A Historiographic Analysis of South Saami School History. 31. Nordiske historikermøtet i Reykjavik NHM2025 , Islands universitet 2025-08-13 - 2025-08-15

2024

  • Programme participation
    Risto, Trond. (2024) Landssvikoppgjøret. NRK NRK [Radio] 2024-09-02
  • Academic lecture
    Risto, Trond. (2024) Educational Assimilation of the Sami in Norway. AHM Day , University of Amsterdam 2024-10-30 - 2024-10-30
  • Academic lecture
    Klein, Jørgen; Reitan, Jon; Risto, Trond. (2024) Farewell Shtetl: Jewish migration from the Baltics to Norway in the late 19th century. Faglig seminar , Trondheim 2024-03-04 - 2024-03-04

2023

  • Academic lecture
    Nilssen, Trond Risto. (2023) The legal purges in Norwegian Post-war memory. THE MEMORY AND MEMORIALIZATION OF WORLD WAR II IN NORWAY , Madison Wisconsin 2023-02-02 - 2023-02-02
  • Academic lecture
    Nilssen, Trond Risto. (2023) Hyper-sensitivity in Norwegian Post-War Memory Culture. Carceral Spaces in Holocaust and Genocide Studies , Leicester 2023-09-22 - 2023-09-23

2022

  • Academic lecture
    Nilssen, Trond Risto. (2022) Sørsamisk minnekultur - Mellom fornorsking og revitalisering. Nordiska historikermötet , Göteborg 2022-08-08 - 2022-08-11

2019

  • Lecture
    Nilssen, Trond Risto. (2019) Terror og forfølgelse under andre verdenskrig. Operasjon Oleander teateroppsetning , Leksvik 2019-08-31 - 2019-08-31
  • Academic lecture
    Nilssen, Trond Risto. (2019) The Norwegianization and Assimilation through the South Saami Boarding Schools - Intentions and Consequences. NAISA Conference 2019 , Hamilton Waikato 2019-06-26 - 2019-06-29
  • Lecture
    Hermanstrand, Håkon; Kolberg, Asbjørn; Nilssen, Trond Risto; Sem, Leiv Heming. (2019) Lansering og presentasjon av bok utgitt på Springer: The Indigenous Identity of the South Saami. Historical and Political Perspectives on a Minority within a Minority. Boklansering , Levanger 2019-02-05 - 2019-02-05
  • Lecture
    Nilssen, Trond Risto. (2019) Kampen om fortiden - om Nasjonal Samlings bruk av Olavsarven. Olavsfestdagene i Roma , Roma 2019-10-16 - 2019-10-18

2018

  • Academic lecture
    Nilssen, Trond Risto. (2018) Offentligheten og de skjulte historiene: Overgangsregimet i norske fangeleirer og fengsler våren 1945. Historiedagene 2018 , Kristiansand 2018-06-01 - 2018-06-03

2017

  • Lecture
    Nilssen, Trond Risto. (2017) Historiske og politiske forhandlinger om sørsamisk kultur og identitet. Hattfjelldalskonferansen 2017 , Hattfjelldal 2017-03-22 - 2017-03-23
  • Academic lecture
    Nilssen, Trond Risto. (2017) Sørsamiske kultur- og minnelandskaper i krise? En analyse av debatten om planer for utbygging av vindmøller i sørsamiske reinbeitedistrikter. Sluttkonferanse samisk forskning II , Nord universitet Bodø 2017-04-26 - 2017-04-27

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