2024/2025
The Nordic Little Ice Age (1300-1900)
The Nordic Little Ice Age (1300-1900)
Lessons from Past Climate Change (NORLIA)
Humanities
![Project illustration made up of Nigard Glacier, Norway, painting by Johan Christian Dahl (Bergen Kunstmuseum), and a historical temperature graph.](/sites/default/files/2024-06/2402_NORLIA_Illustration-Nigard_Glacier-JCDahl_KODE.jpg)
Principal investigators
Abstract
What happened the last time Nordic societies encountered rapid climate change? How did natural and social environments interact during this Little Ice Age (1300-1900)? What can be learned from the ways people adapted to challenges that are in many ways similar to the ones we face today? The Nordic Little Ice Age (NORLIA) project renders these fundamental questions researchable, using a novel 'socionatural' approach that connects climatology, history and climate communication.
Fellows
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Hans Linderholm
Prof. Dr.
Gothenburg University
Year at CAS
Research Area
Climate research
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Geography
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Geosciences
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Natural Sciences
Helene Løvstrand Svarva
Dr.
Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU)
Year at CAS
Astrid Ogilvie
Prof. Dr.
University of Colorado Boulder / Stefansson Arctic Institute in Akureyri; https://www.svs.is/en/about-us/associate-scientists/dr-astrid-ej-oglivie
Year at CAS
Research Area
Climate research
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History
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Humanities
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Social Sciences
Affiliated researchers
Scott
Bremer
Dr.
University of Bergen (UiB)
Håkon
Glørstad
Prof. Dr.
University of Oslo (UiO)
Matias
Kallevik
PhD candidate
University of Oslo (UiO)
Wendy
Khumalo
PhD candidate
Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU)
Bo
Poulsen
Prof. Dr.
Aalborg University