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Matti Erik Goksøyr

Professor emeritus Department of Sport and Social Sciences
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Email
mattieg@nih.no
Phone
+47 23 26 24 06
Mobile phone
+47 97 75 92 71

Background and experience

Matti Goksøyr is a professor emeritus in sport history at the Institute of Sport and social Science.

Goksøyr graduated as a Cand. polit at the University of Bergen in1981. He started working at the has worked at the Norwegian School of Sport Sciences in 1984 and received his doctorate in sports history in 1991. From 2006-2012 he was head of the former section for culture and society at NIH.

Over the years Goksøyr has published several books and articles in Norwegian and English. He has aslo  supervised doctoral students, led research projects and authored textbooks.

Research

Professor emeritus in sports history and sport and Society

Publications

  • Goksøyr, Matti & Krieger, Jörg (2023). 1946, Year One? Prospects from the European Athletics Championships in Oslo on Gender, Amateurism and Politics. In Krieger, Jörg (Eds.), Athletics in the Nordic Countries: History and Developments. Common Ground Publishing. ISSN 9781957792507. p. 97–120. doi: 10.18848/978-1-957792-52-1/CGP. Full text in Research Archive
  • Goksøyr, Matti & Heyerdahl, Gaute (2021). The 1952 and 1994 Olympic Flames: Norway’s Quest for Winter Olympic Identity. International Journal of the History of Sport. ISSN 0952-3367. 38(13-14). doi: 10.1080/09523367.2021.1984893. Full text in Research Archive
  • Goksøyr, Matti (2019). The Rings and the Swastika: Political Ambiguity in Sport before and during Second World War. International Journal of the History of Sport. ISSN 0952-3367. doi: 10.1080/09523367.2019.1687448. Full text in Research Archive
  • Goksøyr, Matti (2019). Idrettshistorie. In Sæther, Stig Arve (Eds.), Idrettsvitenskap : perspektiver og praksis. Universitetsforlaget. ISSN 9788215030913. p. 43–63. Full text in Research Archive
  • Goksøyr, Matti (2018). How can you play when your house is on fire? : the Norwegian sports strike during the second world war. Scandinavian Journal of History. ISSN 0346-8755. 43(4), p. 433–456. doi: 10.1080/03468755.2018.1464275. Full text in Research Archive
  • Goksøyr, Matti (2016). Utenforland? Periferier, identiteter, og fotball i nord. In Pedersen, Helge Christian & Skille, Eivind Åsrum (Ed.), Utafor sporet? Idrett, identiteter og regionalisme i nord. Oplandske Bokforlag. ISSN 9788275182447. p. 60–78. Full text in Research Archive
  • Goksøyr, Matti (2013). Taking Ski Tracks to the North. The Invention and Reinvention of Norwegian Polar Skiing: Sportisation, Manliness and National Identities. International Journal of the History of Sport. ISSN 0952-3367. 30(6), p. 563–579. doi: 10.1080/09523367.2012.760998. Full text in Research Archive
  • Goksøyr, Matti (2013). Close strangers or strange friends? The London Olympics and Anglo-Norwegian sports relations in a historical perspective. International Journal of the History of Sport. ISSN 0952-3367. 30(7), p. 805–824. doi: 10.1080/09523367.2013.790646. Full text in Research Archive
  • Goksøyr, Matti & Hanstad, Dag Vidar (2012). Elite sport development in Norway – a radical transformation. In Andersen, Svein S & Ronglan, Lars Tore (Ed.), Nordic elite sport : same ambitions - different tracks. Universitetsforlaget. ISSN 9788215019390. p. 27–42. Full text in Research Archive
  • Goksøyr, Matti (2011). Heltebilder i utvikling : fra idrettsmann til utøver - idealtyper og historiske variasjoner. In Hanstad, Dag Vidar; Breivik, Gunnar; Sisjord, Mari Kristin & Skaset, Hans B. (Ed.), Norsk Idrett - Indre spenning og ytre press. Akilles forlag. ISSN 9788272862281. p. 181–197. Full text in Research Archive
  • Goksøyr, Matti (2011). Skrivende fotballspillere og kjempende poeter; Berlin-OL og Nobels fredspris i 1936. Idrott, historia & samhälle. ISSN 0280-2775. p. 61–70. Full text in Research Archive
  • Goksøyr, Matti (2010). Nationalism. In Pope, S.W. & Nauright, John (Ed.), Routledge companion to sports history. Routledge. ISSN 9780415773393. p. 268–294. Full text in Research Archive
  • Goksøyr, Matti & Olstad, Finn (2009). '... far to the north' : geography and football in Norway. Soccer and Society. ISSN 1466-0970. 10(03.apr), p. 324–340. Full text in Research Archive
  • Goksøyr, Matti (2007). "Vi skal ikke være rævasittere i et departement" : Rolf Hofmos visjoner og virke for folkeidretten. Arbeiderhistorie. ISSN 0801-7778. p. 33–61. Full text in Research Archive
  • Goksøyr, Matti; Eriksen, Anne; Drivenes, Einar-Arne & Jølle, Harald Dag (2006). The memories, Into the Ice : the History of Norway and the Polar Regions. Gyldendal Akademisk. p. 451–479. Full text in Research Archive
  • Goksøyr, Matti; Loland, Sigmund; Skirstad, Berit & Waddington, Ivan (2006). Pains and strains on the ice : some thoughts on the physical and mental struggles of polar adventurers, Pain and injury in sport : social and ethical analysis. Routledge. p. 76–88. Full text in Research Archive
  • Goksøyr, Matti (2005). Fra dannelsesobjekt til investeringsobjekt - de norske amatører blir profesjonelle, Århus. Klim. p. 35–52. Full text in Research Archive
  • Fasting, Kari; Hanstad, Dag Vidar & Goksøyr, Matti (2005). Idrettspolitikk og kvinnepolitikk, Fred er ei det beste. Festskrift Hans B. Skaset 70 år. Gyldendal Undervisning. p. 209–219. Full text in Research Archive
  • Breivik, Gunnar; Hanstad, Dag Vidar & Goksøyr, Matti (2005). Trenger vi en egen type etikk i eliteidretten? Fred er ei det beste. Festskrift til Hans B. Skaset 70 år, Fred er ei det beste. Festskrift til Hans B. Skaset 70 år. Gyldendal Undervisning. p. 182–189. Full text in Research Archive
  • Loland, Sigmund; Hanstad, Dag Vidar & Goksøyr, Matti (2005). Prestasjon eller dannelse? Verdikollisjoner i konkurranseidrett, Fred er ei det beste. Festskrift Hans B. skaset 70 år. Gyldendal Forlag. p. 172–181. Full text in Research Archive
  • Olstad, Finn & Goksøyr, Matti (2005). Fra dannelsesobjekt til investeringsobjekt : de norske amatører bliver professionelle, Professional fodbold. Klim. p. 35–52. Full text in Research Archive
  • Goksøyr, Matti (2005). Wintersportlichkeiten: Beziehungen und gegenseitiger Einfluss, Hundert Jahre Deutsch-Norwegische Begegnungen : Nicht nur Lachs und Würstchen. Berliner Wissenschafts-Verlag. Full text in Research Archive
  • Goksøyr, Matti (2005). Flagstad United! Rune Slagstad: Samlede polemikker. Pax, Oslo 2005. Pax Forlag. Full text in Research Archive
  • Goksøyr, Matti (2005). Idrettspolitikk fra Rolf Hofmo til Hans B. Skaset, Hanstad og Goksøyr (eds.): Fred er ei det beste. Gyldendal, Oslo 2005. Gyldendal Akademisk. Full text in Research Archive
  • Goksøyr, Matti (2005). Og så ein svensk-norsk landskamp! : ein blir så patriotisk i slike stunder : Norsk-svenske idrettsforbindelser etter 1905, Norsk-svenske relasjoner i 200 år. Aschehoug & Co. p. 72–86. Full text in Research Archive
  • Goksøyr, Matti & Olstad, Finn (2005). Mellom folkeoppdragere og sensasjonspakk. Et historisk perspektiv på medier og fotball. ?. 2(2), p. 19–33. Full text in Research Archive
  • Goksøyr, Matti (2004). Snille piker går ikke til sydpolen. In Drivenes, Einar-Arne & Jølle, Harald Dag (Ed.), Norsk polarhistorie, bind I. Ekspedisjonene. Gyldendal Akademisk. p. 317–329. Full text in Research Archive
  • Goksøyr, Matti (2004). Polarhelten og den polare opplevelsen. In Drivenes, Einar-Arne & Jølle, Harald Dag (Ed.), Norsk polarhistorie, bind I. Ekspedisjonene. Gyldendal Akademisk. p. 330–343. Full text in Research Archive
  • Goksøyr, Matti & Olstad, Finn (2004). Mellom "folkeoppdragere" og "sensasjonspakk". Et historisk perspektiv på medier og fotball. ?. 2(2), p. 19–32. Full text in Research Archive
  • Goksøyr, Matti; Drivenes, Einar-Arne & Jølle, Harald Dag (2004). Kappløp i gamle spor. In Drivenes, Einar-Arne & Jølle, Harald Dag (Ed.), Norsk Polarhistorie, bind I. Ekspedisjonene. Gyldendal Akademisk. p. 295–343. Full text in Research Archive
  • Goksøyr, Matti & Olstad, Finn (2003). Revolution and resistance : the rise and fall of the Norwegian playing style. ?. 1(1), p. 133–141. Full text in Research Archive
  • Goksøyr, Matti; Krüger, Arnd & Murray, William (2003). Norway : neighborly neutrality. In Krüger, Arnd & Murray, William (Ed.), The Nazi Olympics : sport, politics, and appeasement in the 1930s. University of Illinois Press. ISSN 9780252028151. p. 175–194. Full text in Research Archive
  • Goksøyr, Matti (2003). Between ’sport fools’ and intellectual snobs. Sports politics in the 1950ies. (Editors: Christian Vivier et.al.), Sport et Ideologie/Sport and ideology. p. 71–76. Full text in Research Archive

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