Nordic New Testament Conference University of Gothenburg, 12–15 June 2026
The XIII Nordic New Testament Conference will take place at the Faculty of Humanities, University of Gothenburg, 12–15 June 2026. New Testament scholars, including doctoral students, in the Nordic and Baltic countries are invited to participate in the conference.
Nordic New Testament Conference University of Gothenburg, 12–15 June 2026
The XIII Nordic New Testament Conference will take place at the Faculty of Humanities, University of Gothenburg, 12–15 June 2026. New Testament scholars, including doctoral students, in the Nordic and Baltic countries are invited to participate in the conference.
NNTC 2026 is hosted by the Department of Literature, History of Ideas, and Religion, with generous support from Helge Ax:son Johnsons stiftelse and Sven och Dagmar Saléns stiftelse.
Sign up for regular updates about the conference by sending an e-mail to nntc2026@lir.gu.se
Registration for the conference
Registration for the conference is open up to, and including, 31 March 2026. Please register by paying the conference fee as specified below and by filling out the registration form at https://forms.office.com/e/a1g6sesmq9?origin=lprLink
Conference fees and payment
Conference fees are non-refundable and should be paid to the Treasurer of the Swedish Exegetical Society at the time of registration. Please pay through Swish (in Sweden) or Vipps/MobilePay (in other countries). Use the QR codes below or enter the appropriate numbers into the app on your smartphone. If you encounter any problems, contact us at nntc2026@lir.gu.se
The rates are SEK 1750 (standard rate for holders of a PhD degree) and SEK 750 (discounted rate for doctoral students).
This includes full participation in the conference sessions, a light welcome reception on Friday, an excursion with some drinks and snacks on Saturday, a conference dinner on Sunday, as well as lunches and coffee/tea with pastries on Saturday, Sunday, and Monday. It does not include dinner on Friday and Saturday or housing, which participants are kindly asked to arrange on their own.
Housing options
Discounted rooms are available for booking in two hotels at short walking distance (ca 10 minutes) from the Faculty of Humanities, which is located at Renströmsgatan 6. Use the following links to book your room:
Hotel Lorensberg, Berzeliigatan 15:
Book Hotel Lorensberg for NNTC2026 (valid until 11 May)
Comfort Hotel Panorama, Eklandagatan 51–53:
BOKA HOTELLRUM HÄR (valid until 12 April)
Low-budget alternatives can be found through Hotels in Gothenburg
Programme
All sessions will take place at the Faculty of Humanities, Renströmsgatan 6. The plenary sessions will be in Jubileumssalen (J222).
Details on the programme may change. A schedule for the seminar sessions will be published, along with abstracts for all seminar papers, in April.
Friday 12 June
15.00–17.00 Arrival and onsite registration
17.00–17.15 Welcome address by the Dean of the Faculty of Humanities, followed by some practical information
17.15–18.15 Keynote lecture I: Kasper Bro Larsen, Aarhus University, “Metalepsis in the Gospels: Postclassical Narratology and Early Christian Storytelling”
18.15–19.15 Welcome reception (drinks and snacks)
Saturday 13 June
9.00–10.00 Keynote lecture II: Outi Lehtipuu, University of Helsinki, “Historical but Non-canonical? Non-historical but Canonical? John 7:53–8:11 in Scholarship”
10.00–10.30 Coffee and tea
10.30–12.00 Seminar session I
12.00–13.30 Lunch at the Museum of World Culture, Södra vägen 54
13.30–14.30 Special session I: PhD projects in progress
14.30–15.00 Coffee and tea
15.00–16.30 Special session I: PhD projects in progress
17.00–19.00 Excursion – sightseeing by boat (with drinks and snacks), departing from Kungsportsplatsen
Sunday 14 June
9.00–10.30 Seminar session II
10.30–13.30 Coffee and tea, followed by Sunday morning break, and lunch at the Museum of World Culture, Södra vägen 54
13.30–14.30 Keynote lecture III: Marianne Bjelland Kartzow, University of Oslo, “Nordic and New Testament Neighborhoods: Intersectional Entanglements”
14.30–15.00 Coffee and tea
15.00–16.30 Seminar session III
16.30–17.00 Break
17.00–18.00 Keynote lecture IV: Rúnar Már Thorsteinsson, University of Iceland, “Did Paul Address Jesus Followers (’Christians’) in Romans?”
18.15–21.00 Dinner at Restaurang Tiljan, Berzeliigatan 1
Monday 15 June
9.00–10.00 Keynote lecture V: Karin Neutel, Umeå University, “Why We Need to Demythologize the Bible – Again”
10.00–10.30 Coffee and tea
10.30–12.00 Seminar session IV
12.00–13.30 Lunch at the Museum of World Culture, Södra vägen 54
13.30–15.00 Business meetings, farewell and departure
Conference committee
Tobias Hägerland (coordinator)
Matthew Larsen (Denmark)
Lotta Valve (Finland)
Sigurvin Lárus Jónsson (Iceland)
Anders Martinsen (Norway)
Thomas Kazen (Sweden)
Ellen Aasland Reinertsen (doctoral students representative)
Lukas Hagel (doctoral students representative)