Bjørn Sørenssen
About
Bjørn Sørenssen
POSITION: Professor emeritus
FIELD OF STUDY: Film studies, media studies, new media technology
SEKSJON: Seksjon for film og bildemedier
Bjørn Sørenssen i bibsys
Bjørn Sørenssen i frida
PROJECTS:
Digital Eye - Documentary and Realism in the Age of Audiovisual Convergence. New Modes of Articulation and Social Participation. Prosjekt finansiert gjennom NFRs program KIM (Kommunikasjon, informasjonsteknologi og medier).
Cinema and Emerging European Nations (CEEN) International network for research on national film history and the construction of the national.
Local film - global medium. Film production in Trondheim 1906 - 1955.
COST Action A30 - East of West - Setting a New Central and Eastern Eurpean Media Research Agenda
Moving Testimonies: New Documentary Assemblages. International book projects under the leadership of Janet Walker og Bhaskar Sarkar, University of California at Santa Barbara
RESEARCH INTERESTS:
Film history, documentary, new media technology, digital media
Publications
2021
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Sørenssen, Bjørn;
Werenskjold, Rolf;
Hochscherf, Tobias.
(2021)
Dissent and dissidents in central and eastern european film.
Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television
Academic article
-
Sørenssen, Bjørn.
(2021)
Verfremdung/entfremdung and modernism: ‘pseudo-language’ in la vis.
Short Film Studies
Academic article
2020
-
Sørenssen, Bjørn.
(2020)
Arnljot Berg og "Bobbys krig".
Carlsson Bokförlag
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
2019
-
Sørenssen, Bjørn.
(2019)
Olav Dalgard - Politics, Film, Theatre and the Avant-Garde in Norway in the Interwar Years.
Brill Academic Publishers
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
2018
-
Sørenssen, Bjørn.
(2018)
Orions Belte: The Birth of the Norwegian “High-Concept” Movie in the Shadow of the Second Cold War.
Palgrave Macmillan
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
2017
-
Sørenssen, Bjørn.
(2017)
Thor Iversen and Arctic Expedition Film on the Geographical and Documentary Fringe in the 1930s.
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
2016
-
Sørenssen, Bjørn.
(2016)
Lindsay Anderson:The Polish Connection.
Palgrave Macmillan
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
2015
-
Sørenssen, Bjørn.
(2015)
The restraints and opportunities of film school productions: Urzad in context.
Short Film Studies
Academic article
-
Sørenssen, Bjørn.
(2015)
Frozen Kisses. Cinematographical Reflections on Norway´s role in the Cold War.
Nordicom
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
2014
-
Sørenssen, Bjørn.
(2014)
Digital Diffusion of Delusions: A World Wide Web of Conspiracy Documentaries.
Palgrave Macmillan
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
2013
-
Sørenssen, Bjørn.
(2013)
Eating Out and Norwegian "dirty realism".
Short Film Studies
Academic article
-
Sørenssen, Bjørn.
(2013)
The Forgotten Cinematographer of Mount Suribachi: Bill Genaust´s Eight-Second Iwo Jima Footage and the Historical Facsimile.
Wallflower Press
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
2012
-
Sørenssen, Bjørn.
(2012)
From Playground to Frozen Hell. Winter Landscape and Masculinity as a Theme in Some Norwegian Films.
Scandinavian Academic Press
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
-
Sørenssen, Bjørn.
(2012)
The Polish Black Series Documentary and the British Free Cinema Movement.
Wiley-Blackwell
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
-
Sørenssen, Bjørn;
Salmi, Hannu;
Kau, Edvin Vestergaard;
Olsson, Jan.
(2012)
World War II and Scandinavian Cinema: An Overview.
Journal of Scandinavian Cinema
Academic article
-
Vande Winkel, Roel;
Jönsson, Mats;
Sørensen, Lars-Martin;
Sørenssen, Bjørn.
(2012)
German film distribution in Scandinavia during World War II.
Journal of Scandinavian Cinema
Academic article
2011
-
Sørenssen, Bjørn.
(2011)
From Will to Reality - Norwegian Film During the Nazi Occupation, 1940 - 1945.
Palgrave Macmillan
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
2010
-
Sørenssen, Bjørn.
(2010)
A Fly on the Wall. On Dom kallar oss mods and the Mods Trilogy.
Nordic Academic Press
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
2009
-
Sørenssen, Bjørn.
(2009)
From "Super Babies" and "Nazi Bastards" to Victims Finding a Voice. The Memory Trajectory of the Norwegian Lebensborn Children.
Routledge
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
-
Sørenssen, Bjørn.
(2009)
Dokumentarfilmens "Basic Story" og "Standard Version" - noen historiografiske overlegninger.
Cappelen Damm Høyskoleforlaget
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
-
Sørenssen, Bjørn.
(2009)
Breaking the Age Barrier in the Internet Age:The Story of Geriatric1927.
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
-
Sørenssen, Bjørn.
(2009)
A Modern Medium for a Modern Message.Norsk Jernverk 1947-1974,Through the Camera Lens.
Amsterdam University Press
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
-
Sørenssen, Bjørn.
(2009)
The “Socially Useful” in Public Broadcasting: Between Idealism and Utilitarianism – the Griersonian Element in a Tradition.
Medijska Istrazivanja
Academic article
2008
-
Sørenssen, Bjørn.
(2008)
Digital Video and Alexandre Astruc´s "caméra stylo": the new avant-garde in documentary realized?.
Studies in Documentary Film
Academic article
2005
-
Sørenssen, Bjørn.
(2005)
Heftig og begeistret/Cool and Crazy.
Wallflower Press
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
-
Sørenssen, Bjørn.
(2005)
Hrafn Gunnlaugsson�The Viking Who Came in from the Cold?.
Wayne State University Press
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
2003
-
Sørenssen, Bjørn.
(2003)
Meeting MAN OF MARBLE In Nowa Huta: �Visual Eloquence� and Documentary Form.
Wallflower Press
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
2001
-
Sørenssen, Bjørn.
(2001)
Radical Romanticism in Scandinavian Documentary: The Norwegian Nature Meme in "For harde livet".
Film History. An International Journal
Academic article
-
Sørenssen, Bjørn.
(2001)
Å fange virkeligheten. Dokumentarfilmens århundre.
Universitetsforlaget
Universitetsforlaget
Academic monograph
2000
-
Sørenssen, Bjørn.
(2000)
The Truman Show - Film,Television and the Convergence of Private and Public Space.
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
1996
-
Dahl, Hans Fredrik;
Gripsrud, Jostein;
Iversen, Gunnar;
Skretting, Kathrine;
Sørenssen, Bjørn.
(1996)
Kinoens mørke, og fjernsynets lys : film og fjernsyn i Norge gjennom hundre år.
Gyldendal Litteratur
Gyldendal Litteratur
Non-fiction book
1994
-
Sørenssen, Bjørn.
(1994)
"I Have a Plan!" The Olsen Gang Captures Denmark and Norway: Negotiating the Popular Culture Gap.
The Velvet Light Trap
Academic article
-
Sørenssen, Bjørn.
(1994)
Kyberkultur i hverdagen.
Tendens (Kultursociologisk Forening)
Academic article
1992
-
Sørenssen, Bjørn.
(1992)
Från Foxjournal til CNN - Om informationens fiktionalisering som nyhetsformat.
Filmhäftet
Academic article
1991
-
Sørenssen, Bjørn.
(1991)
The Voice of Reconstruction: the Norwegian Post-war Newsreel as History of a Mentality.
Universitetsforlaget
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
1989
-
Sørenssen, Bjørn.
(1989)
Forfattere ved samlebåndet: Screenwriter-profesjonen i Hollywoods gullalder.
Edda. Nordisk tidsskrift for litteraturforskning
Academic article
1986
-
Sørenssen, Bjørn.
(1986)
The Documentary Aesthetics of Humphrey Jennings.
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
1983
-
Sørenssen, Bjørn.
(1983)
Fra Joseph Conrads "Heart of Darkness" over T.S.Eliot til Francis Coppolas "Apocalypse Now". En filmklassiker fra 1979 og dens litterære bakgrunn.
Vinduet
Popular scientific article
1982
-
Sørenssen, Bjørn.
(1982)
Arbeiderfilmen i Norge 1928 - 1940.
Tidsskrift for arbeiderbevegelsens historie
Academic article
Journal publications
-
Sørenssen, Bjørn;
Werenskjold, Rolf;
Hochscherf, Tobias.
(2021)
Dissent and dissidents in central and eastern european film.
Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television
Academic article
-
Sørenssen, Bjørn.
(2021)
Verfremdung/entfremdung and modernism: ‘pseudo-language’ in la vis.
Short Film Studies
Academic article
-
Sørenssen, Bjørn.
(2015)
The restraints and opportunities of film school productions: Urzad in context.
Short Film Studies
Academic article
-
Sørenssen, Bjørn.
(2013)
Eating Out and Norwegian "dirty realism".
Short Film Studies
Academic article
-
Sørenssen, Bjørn;
Salmi, Hannu;
Kau, Edvin Vestergaard;
Olsson, Jan.
(2012)
World War II and Scandinavian Cinema: An Overview.
Journal of Scandinavian Cinema
Academic article
-
Vande Winkel, Roel;
Jönsson, Mats;
Sørensen, Lars-Martin;
Sørenssen, Bjørn.
(2012)
German film distribution in Scandinavia during World War II.
Journal of Scandinavian Cinema
Academic article
-
Sørenssen, Bjørn.
(2009)
The “Socially Useful” in Public Broadcasting: Between Idealism and Utilitarianism – the Griersonian Element in a Tradition.
Medijska Istrazivanja
Academic article
-
Sørenssen, Bjørn.
(2008)
Digital Video and Alexandre Astruc´s "caméra stylo": the new avant-garde in documentary realized?.
Studies in Documentary Film
Academic article
-
Sørenssen, Bjørn.
(2001)
Radical Romanticism in Scandinavian Documentary: The Norwegian Nature Meme in "For harde livet".
Film History. An International Journal
Academic article
-
Sørenssen, Bjørn.
(1994)
"I Have a Plan!" The Olsen Gang Captures Denmark and Norway: Negotiating the Popular Culture Gap.
The Velvet Light Trap
Academic article
-
Sørenssen, Bjørn.
(1994)
Kyberkultur i hverdagen.
Tendens (Kultursociologisk Forening)
Academic article
-
Sørenssen, Bjørn.
(1992)
Från Foxjournal til CNN - Om informationens fiktionalisering som nyhetsformat.
Filmhäftet
Academic article
-
Sørenssen, Bjørn.
(1989)
Forfattere ved samlebåndet: Screenwriter-profesjonen i Hollywoods gullalder.
Edda. Nordisk tidsskrift for litteraturforskning
Academic article
-
Sørenssen, Bjørn.
(1983)
Fra Joseph Conrads "Heart of Darkness" over T.S.Eliot til Francis Coppolas "Apocalypse Now". En filmklassiker fra 1979 og dens litterære bakgrunn.
Vinduet
Popular scientific article
-
Sørenssen, Bjørn.
(1982)
Arbeiderfilmen i Norge 1928 - 1940.
Tidsskrift for arbeiderbevegelsens historie
Academic article
Books
-
Sørenssen, Bjørn.
(2001)
Å fange virkeligheten. Dokumentarfilmens århundre.
Universitetsforlaget
Universitetsforlaget
Academic monograph
-
Dahl, Hans Fredrik;
Gripsrud, Jostein;
Iversen, Gunnar;
Skretting, Kathrine;
Sørenssen, Bjørn.
(1996)
Kinoens mørke, og fjernsynets lys : film og fjernsyn i Norge gjennom hundre år.
Gyldendal Litteratur
Gyldendal Litteratur
Non-fiction book
Part of book/report
-
Sørenssen, Bjørn.
(2020)
Arnljot Berg og "Bobbys krig".
Carlsson Bokförlag
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
-
Sørenssen, Bjørn.
(2019)
Olav Dalgard - Politics, Film, Theatre and the Avant-Garde in Norway in the Interwar Years.
Brill Academic Publishers
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
-
Sørenssen, Bjørn.
(2018)
Orions Belte: The Birth of the Norwegian “High-Concept” Movie in the Shadow of the Second Cold War.
Palgrave Macmillan
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
-
Sørenssen, Bjørn.
(2017)
Thor Iversen and Arctic Expedition Film on the Geographical and Documentary Fringe in the 1930s.
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
-
Sørenssen, Bjørn.
(2016)
Lindsay Anderson:The Polish Connection.
Palgrave Macmillan
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
-
Sørenssen, Bjørn.
(2015)
Frozen Kisses. Cinematographical Reflections on Norway´s role in the Cold War.
Nordicom
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
-
Sørenssen, Bjørn.
(2014)
Digital Diffusion of Delusions: A World Wide Web of Conspiracy Documentaries.
Palgrave Macmillan
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
-
Sørenssen, Bjørn.
(2013)
The Forgotten Cinematographer of Mount Suribachi: Bill Genaust´s Eight-Second Iwo Jima Footage and the Historical Facsimile.
Wallflower Press
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
-
Sørenssen, Bjørn.
(2012)
From Playground to Frozen Hell. Winter Landscape and Masculinity as a Theme in Some Norwegian Films.
Scandinavian Academic Press
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
-
Sørenssen, Bjørn.
(2012)
The Polish Black Series Documentary and the British Free Cinema Movement.
Wiley-Blackwell
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
-
Sørenssen, Bjørn.
(2011)
From Will to Reality - Norwegian Film During the Nazi Occupation, 1940 - 1945.
Palgrave Macmillan
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
-
Sørenssen, Bjørn.
(2010)
A Fly on the Wall. On Dom kallar oss mods and the Mods Trilogy.
Nordic Academic Press
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
-
Sørenssen, Bjørn.
(2009)
From "Super Babies" and "Nazi Bastards" to Victims Finding a Voice. The Memory Trajectory of the Norwegian Lebensborn Children.
Routledge
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
-
Sørenssen, Bjørn.
(2009)
Dokumentarfilmens "Basic Story" og "Standard Version" - noen historiografiske overlegninger.
Cappelen Damm Høyskoleforlaget
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
-
Sørenssen, Bjørn.
(2009)
Breaking the Age Barrier in the Internet Age:The Story of Geriatric1927.
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
-
Sørenssen, Bjørn.
(2009)
A Modern Medium for a Modern Message.Norsk Jernverk 1947-1974,Through the Camera Lens.
Amsterdam University Press
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
-
Sørenssen, Bjørn.
(2005)
Heftig og begeistret/Cool and Crazy.
Wallflower Press
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
-
Sørenssen, Bjørn.
(2005)
Hrafn Gunnlaugsson�The Viking Who Came in from the Cold?.
Wayne State University Press
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
-
Sørenssen, Bjørn.
(2003)
Meeting MAN OF MARBLE In Nowa Huta: �Visual Eloquence� and Documentary Form.
Wallflower Press
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
-
Sørenssen, Bjørn.
(2000)
The Truman Show - Film,Television and the Convergence of Private and Public Space.
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
-
Sørenssen, Bjørn.
(1991)
The Voice of Reconstruction: the Norwegian Post-war Newsreel as History of a Mentality.
Universitetsforlaget
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
-
Sørenssen, Bjørn.
(1986)
The Documentary Aesthetics of Humphrey Jennings.
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper