onsdag 28. oktober 2026

A church in the Belgian hills - the Church of Saint John the Baptist in Sean-Jean-Sart

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  Earlier this month, I was hiking the hills of Eastern Belgium together with two friends. It was a lovely opportunity to immerse myself in ...
tirsdag 27. oktober 2026

Histories from home, part 8 - a sign of a different landscape

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Some historical remnants are important because they indicate that the landscape was once different from how we see it today. Of such remnant...
søndag 25. oktober 2026

A Belgian haul

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  Earlier this month, my youngest sister and I went to Belgium for a week, and one of the main goals for that trip was to expand my personal...
onsdag 30. september 2026

An unexpected re-enactment - a story from the fjords

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  In a recent blogpost , I mentioned that I have been writing short pieces on local history for the parish magazine of my municipality. This...
tirsdag 29. september 2026

Saint Michael in Tønsberg, part 2 - the church on the mountain

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  Today, September 29, is the feast of Saint Michael and All Angels. In the Middle Ages, Saint Michael was an important figure in Latin Chri...
søndag 27. september 2026

Authoritarianism, generative AI, and the war against reality

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  Quis evadet?    - Hendrick Goltzius, 1594  In the past three years, generative AI has infected daily life on a destructive scale. It is a ...
lørdag 26. september 2026

Histories from home, part 7 - the shapes of history

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  This year, I have been working quite a bit on the history of my native village, Hyen, in the Western Norwegian fjords. While I have always...