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The Murder Allegation in Karl Ove Knausgård’s Min Kamp

Kjersti Aarstein
Scandinavian Studies, September 2025, 97 (4) 74-96; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/sca.97.4.74
Kjersti Aarstein
Kjersti Aarstein is an associate professor at the University of Bergen, Norway, where she has previously explored Karl Ove Knausgård’s Min kamp in her dissertation titled Vold og visjoner (2018).
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vol. 97 no. 4 74-96
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https://doi.org/10.3368/sca.97.4.74
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  1. Kjersti Aarstein (kjersti.aarstein{at}uib.no) is an associate professor at the University of Bergen, Norway, where she has previously explored Karl Ove Knausgård’s Min kamp in her dissertation titled Vold og visjoner (2018).
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