About
Hans Wiggo Kristiansen is associate professor of social sciences at Oslo Metropolitan University. He is a social anthropologist and has done fieldwork in Chile, Sweden and Norway. He wrote his doctorate based on the life stories of older homosexual and bisexual men. He has also written the book Masks and Resistance, on discreet queer life in Norway 1920-1970 (published in Norwegian only) and several articles on queer history and queer aging. At the Department of Social Work, Child Welfare and Social Policy, he teaches and guides students at the Bachelors degrees in social work and child protection and at the Masters and PhD-programs in Social Work.
Field of study
Social Networks Urban Anthropology Life Stories/ narratives Feminist theory Life-evolvement Homosexuality Qualitative methodologies Gender and Gender studies Latin America Gender and sexuality Ethnographic fieldwork Queer history Social work education
Research groups
Publications and research
Scientific publications
Haaland, Inga;
Kristiansen, Hans Wiggo
(2025).
Managing collateral stigmatization while accessing biomedical HIV prevention for queer people in Dar es Salaam.
Global Public Health.
Vol. 21.
https://doi.org/10.1080/17441692.2025.2610524
Fritsche, Maria;
Kristiansen, Hans Wiggo
(2025).
«Det var meget spennende og meget farlig»: Seksuelle møter mellom norske og tyske menn i Norge under andre verdenskrig.
Historisk tidsskrift.
Vol. 104.
https://doi.org/https://www.scup.com/doi/10.18261/
Kristiansen, Hans Wiggo
(2022).
Bygdesladder, parforhold og småbyhomofile i mellom- og etterkrigstiden. Muntlige minner som kilder til skeiv lokalhistorie.
Hundstad, Dag; Hellesund, Tone; Jordåen, Runar; Munch-Møller, Marthe Glad (Ed.).
p. 47-74.
Nasjonalbiblioteket.
https://doi.org/https://issuu.com/nasjonalbibliote
Steuernagel, Carolina Rau; Engebretsen, Eivind;
Kristiansen, Hans Wiggo
; Moen, Kåre
(2019).
Ethnography of texts: a literature review of health and female homosexuality in Brazil.
Medical Humanities.
https://doi.org/10.1136/medhum-2018-011544
Kristiansen, Hans Wiggo
; Sandberg, Linn
(2018).
Older men's experiences of sexuality and their relevance for sexual rights.
Barrett, Catherine; Hinchliff, Sharron (Ed.).
Adressing the Sexual Rights of Older People. Theory, Policy and Practice. p. 42-55.
Routledge.
https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315641751-4
Grønningsæter, Arne Backer; Lescher-Nuland, Bjørn Richard;
Kristiansen, Hans Wiggo
(2013).
Holdninger, levkeår og livsløp - forskning om lesbiske, homofile og bifile.
ISBN: 9788215022246.
187 p.
Universitetsforlaget.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/4347291
Kristiansen, Hans Wiggo
(2013).
Sexualitet och värdighet bland äldre homosexuella män i Norge.
Bromseth, Janne; Anna, Silverskog (Ed.).
p. 163-183.
Studentlitteratur AB.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/3903750
Kristiansen, Hans Wiggo
; Lescher-Nuland, Bjørn Richard
(2013).
Aldring, livsløp og omsorgsbehov.
Grønningsæter, Arne Backer; Lescher-Nuland, Bjørn Richard; Kristiansen, Hans Wiggo (Ed.).
Holdninger, levkeår og livsløp - forskning om lesbiske, homofile og bifile. p. 150-167.
Universitetsforlaget.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/3579949
Grønningsæter, Arne Backer;
Kristiansen, Hans Wiggo
; Lescher-Nuland, Bjørn Richard
(2013).
Forskning om holdninger levekår og livskvalitet.
Grønningsæter, Arne Backer; Lescher-Nuland, Bjørn Richard; Kristiansen, Hans Wiggo (Ed.).
Holdninger, levkeår og livsløp - forskning om lesbiske, homofile og bifile. p. 11-21.
Universitetsforlaget.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/3761613
Kristiansen, Hans Wiggo
(2011).
Engasjert etnografi : noen tanker om samfunnsvitenskapelig homoforskning og tradisjonen fra Chicagoskolen.
Sosiologi i dag.
Vol. 41.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/4011211
