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Kristin Fjelde Tjelle

Kristin Fjelde Tjelle

associate professor

Academic profile

Kristin Fjelde Tjelle is the Head of the Mission and Diakonia Archives and an associate professor at VID Specialized University, Norway. She is a historian specializing in World Christianity in the 19th and 20th centuries. While her Ph.D. focused on gender and masculinity (titled Missionary Masculinity, 1870-1930: The Norwegian Missionaries in South-East Africa), her recent research has shifted to issues such as healthcare discourses, disability history, and diaconia as social practice.

Fields of expertise

Transnational History
History of health
Gender history
History of Diaconia
Mission history

Scientific publications

2025

2010

Other publications

2012

Sterke, mjuke misjonærmenn 2012 - Kristin Fjelde Tjelle, Johanne Landsverk

2011

Jesu soldater 2011 - Kristin Fjelde Tjelle, Heidi Elisabeth Sandnes
Onward Christian soldiers 2011 - Kristin Fjelde Tjelle, Heidi Elisabeth Sandnes