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5 March 2026: Ingvil Nordland (LANDSAM and Språkrådet)

By Jayne P Lambrou

Skilt i Ørland kommune med tre ulike skrivemåter av samme stedsnavn: Dypfest, Djupfest og Dybfest.
Dypfest, Djupfest og Dybfest. Signs in Ørland, Norway showing three different spellings of the same place name: Dypfest, Djupfest and DybfestPhoto: Terje Dybvik / Fosna-Folket

Ingvil Nordland (Department of Urban and Regional Planning, Faculty of Ladscape and Society) defends her PhD thesis: 'Names, norms and nation: toponymic standardization as a political technology of government'.

Norsk tittel på avhandlingen: Navn, normering og nasjon: skriftnormering av stedsnavn som styringsteknologi

Title of the trial lecture:

Navnsetting etter kommunereformen i 2017 - problemrepresentasjoner og romlige effekter.

Time and place:

Place: Sørhellinga - SU 105 (Mazemap)
Time:
12:30 Welcome and trial Lecture
13:20 Break
13:40 Presentation of the research and thesis defence
16:00 Ends
16:45 Reception in Gamle styrerommet i Cirkus

Evaluation committee:

  • Professor Stian Hårstad, NTNU, Norway
  • Associate Professor Alexandra Petrulevich, Uppsala University, Sweden
  • Associate Professor Marius Fiskevold, School of Landscape Architecture, Faculty of Landscape and Society, NMBU  

Supervisors:

  • Professor Synne Movik, Department of Urban and Regional Planning, Faculty of Landscape and Society, NMBU
  • Professor Anne Katrine Geelmuyden, School of Landscape Architecture, Faculty of Landscape and Society, NMBU
  • Dr. Knut E. Karlsen, Språkrådet 
  • Former supervisor: Professor Emeritus Tim Richardson, Department of Urban and Regional Planning, Faculty of Landscape and Society, NMBU og Dr. Berit Sandnes, Kartverket.

Host:

Kristine Lien Skog, Head of Department of Urban and Regional Planning, Faculty of Landscape and Society, NMBU

Thesis nr. 2026:6
ISSN 1894-6402
ISBN 978-82-575-2322-0

Ingvil Nordland works for Språkrådet and has researched how place names are written.
Ingvil Nordland works for Språkrådet and has researched how place names are written. Photo: Språkrådet

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