Christine Myrvang
Professor
Department of Communication and Culture
Employee Profile
- Phone +4746410626
- E-mail christine.myrvang@bi.no
Biography
My major research interests are business history, from the late 18th Century to the present, and the history of modern consumer culture. I have done historical research on a broad range of topics: industry and manufacturing, knowledge, technology and expertise, retail and insurance, consumption, sales and advertising, and the media industry. My research also includes cultural history in a wide sense, and my latest work was on Sigrid Undset, the office worker who became a renowned novelist and intellectual, awarded the Nobel Price for Literature in 1928. Currently, I am writing a book on the history of the modern office over the past 200 years, to present days’ open space and online offices.
Area of Expertise
Publications
Shows 5 of 49 publication(s)
Book Einar Lie, Christine Myrvang, Kim Christian Priemel, Hanne Hagtvedt Vik (2025)
Norge etter 1914. Et lite land i en urolig verden
Chapter Christine Myrvang (2025)
De siste arkivrotter
Article Christine Myrvang (2024)
Frihetens øyeblikk? Handlinger, stemmer og taushet i det offentlige ytringsrommet på Kongsberg 1886–1890
Book review Christine Myrvang (2023)
Kristine Bruland. Den industrielle revolusjon. Kapitalisme, industri og teknologi (bokanmeldelse)
Book Christine Myrvang (2020)
Tause kilders tale. Var Dea Sigrid Undsets store, uforløste kjærlighet?
Shows 5 of 17 publication(s)
Interview Vigdis Bonvik, Christine Myrvang (2025)
Mye vil ha mer (podcast)
Interview Christine Myrvang (2023)
Grenseløs luksus
Participation in media Christine Myrvang (2019)
Studio 2: Dagbladet 150 år.
Feature article Christine Myrvang (2017)
Næringslivshistoriens håndverkere
Feature article Christine Myrvang (2017)
Historien som maskulint basketak
Shows 5 of 98 publication(s)
Conference lecture Christine Myrvang (2024)
Making space for markets: Clerks, commodities and “office science” literature in the mid-19th Century
Article Christine Myrvang (2023)
How the office estranged and empowered queer women
Commentary Christine Myrvang (2023)
Zombien Dagbladet
Commentary Christine Myrvang (2023)
Framtidas fortid er nå
Conference lecture Christine Myrvang (2023)
"Should we let silent sources 'talk'? The life and afterlife of Sigrid Undset”
| Year | Academic Department | Degree |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | University of Oslo | Ph.D Dr. Philos. |
| 1995 | University of Oslo | Master Cand. Philol. |
| 1991 | University of Oslo | Bachelor |
| Year | Employer | Job Title |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 - Present | BI Norwegian Business School | Professor |
| 2009 - 2020 | BI Norwegian Business School | Senior Researcher, Centre for Business History |
| 1996 - 2008 | University of Oslo, Centre for Technology, Innovation and Culture | Researcher |
BI Business Review articles:
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BI Business Review
How the office estranged and empowered queer women
Historically, the office was both a heterosexual straitjacket and a space where queer women could support themselves and become independent.
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BI Business Review
Art Deco: The era that lingers in spirit
A new style had its breakthrough 90 years ago at the Paris World Fair. Art deco represented the aesthetic of the machine age, urbanism and consumer society.
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BI Business Review
How Flappers Rebelled Through Feminism And Consumerism
It’s spring time, and teenagers are graduating from secondary school. It’s the time to get annoyed over the helpless youth, a well-known practice through history. The 1920s, especially, was the provocative girls’ era.