# Norwegian Sociology Canon

The Norwegian Sociology Canon (Norwegian: Norsk sosiologisk kanon) is an award presented from 2009 to 2011 to 25 nonfiction texts, that are considered to have had the greatest influence on sociology in Norway. The list of works was published in the journal of the Norwegian Sociology Association (Norwegian: Norsk sosiologforening).
The jury that created the list was composed of Willy Pedersen (chair), Andreas Hompland, Cathrine Holst, Ida Hjelde, and Ola Korsnes. The criteria for selection were "professional originality and quality, professional impact, social impact, craftsmanship and methodological soundness, and literary value."

## List

| Author | Title | Published | External link |
| Eilert Sundt | Om giftermål i Norge (Marriage in Norway) | 1855 | Full text |
| Eilert Sundt | Om sædelighets-tilstanden i Norge (Morality in Norway) | 1857, 1864, 1866 | Full text 1 Full text 3 |
| Nils Christie | Fangevoktere i konsentrasjonsleire (Prison Guards in Concentration Camps) | 1952 | National Library |
| Hans Skjervheim | Deltakar og tilskodar og andre essays (Participant and Onlooker, and Other Essays) | 1976 | National Library |
| Vilhelm Aubert | Om straffens sosiale funksjon (The Social Function of Punishment) | 1954 | National Library |
| Gabriel Øidne | Litt om motsetninga mellom Austlandet og Vestlandet (On the Distinction Between Eastern and Western Norway), in Syn og Segn | 1957 | |
| Vilhelm Aubert, Ulf Torgersen, Tore Lindbekk, Sonja Pollan, & Karl Tangen | Akademikere i norsk samfunnsstruktur (Academics in Norwegian Social Structure), in Tidsskrift for samfunnsforskning | 1960 | |
| Sverre Lysgaard | Arbeiderkollektivet: en studie i de underordnedes sosiologi (The Workers' Collective: A Study in the Sociology of Subordinates) | 1961 | National Library |
| Harriet Holter | Kjønnsroller og sosial struktur (Gender Roles and Social Structure), originally published in the anthology Kvinners liv og arbeid (edited by Dahlström et al.) | 1962 | National Library |
| Vilhelm Aubert | Sosiologi (Sociology) | 1964 | National Library |
| Ottar Brox | Avvisning av storsamfunnet som økonomisk tilpasningsform (Rejection of Mainstream Society as a Form of Economic Adjustment), in Tidsskrift for samfunnsforskning | 1964 | |
| Yngvar Løchen | Idealer og realiteter i et psykiatrisk sykehus (Ideals and Realities in a Psychiatric Hospital) | 1965 | National Library |
| Thomas Mathiesen | The Defences of the Weak: A Sociological Study of a Norwegian Correctional Institution | 1965 | |
| Stein Rokkan | Numerisk demokrati og korporativ pluralisme: To beslutningskanaler i norsk politikk (Numerical Democracy and Corporate Pluralism: Two Decision Channels in Norwegian Politics) | 1966 | National Library |
| Dag Østerberg | Forståelsesformer. Et filosofisk bidrag (Forms of Understanding: A Philosophical Contribution) | 1966 | National Library |
| Ole-Jørgen Skog | The Collectivity of Drinking Cultures | 1985 | |
| Kari Wærness | The Rationality of Caring | 1984 | |
| Harriet Holter (ed.) | Patriarchy in a Welfare Society | 1984 | ISBN 82-00-07058-1 |
| Jon Elster | Ulysses and the Sirens. Studies in Rationality and Irrationality | 1979 | |
| Cato Wadel | Hva er arbeid? (What is Work?), in Tidsskrift for samfunnsforskning nos. 5-6 1977 | 1977 | |
| Natalie Rogoff Ramsøy | Sosial mobilitet i Norge: En studie av endring i levekår og sosial status basert på livshistorier til 3400 norske menn (Social Mobility in Norway: A Study of Changes in Living Conditions and Social Status Based on Life Stories of 3,400 Norwegian Men) | 1977 | National Library |
| Gudmund Hernes | Makt og avmakt: En begrepsanalyse (Power and Powerlessness: A Conceptual Analysis) | 1975 | National Library |
| Stein Bråten | Model Monopoly and Communication: Systems Theoretical Notes on Democratization | 1973 | |
| Johan Galtung | Imperialismen: en strukturalistisk teori (A Structural Theory of Imperialism) | 1971 | |
| Natalie Rogoff Ramsøy (ed.) | Det norske samfunn (Norwegian Society) | 1968 | National Library |