Knutepunkt
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The annual Knutepunkt conference, first held in 1997, has been a vital institution in establishing a Nordic live role playing identity, and in establishing the concept of "Nordic LARP" as a unique approach. A live role playing avant-garde movement, which pursues radical experimentation and the recognition of role-playing as a form of art, has been connected to the Knutepunkt conferences. The scope of the Knutepunkt conference has expanded rather rapidly over the last few years with participants showing up from numerous non-Scandinavian countries. The last 2 or 3 years has seen participants from USA, Germany, France, Italy and Russia as well as from the main Scandinavian countries.
The name of the convention varies with the organizing country (the meaning of the name being "nodal point" in the language of the hosting country).
- Knutepunkt 1997 Oslo, Norway
- Knutpunkt 1998 Stockholm, Sweden
- Knudepunkt 1999 Copenhagen, Denmark
- Solmukohta 2000 Helsinki, Finland
- Knutepunkt 2001 Oslo, Norway
- Knutpunkt 2002 Stockholm, Sweden
- Knudepunkt 2003 Copenhagen, Denmark (Feb. 2003) (Official site was http://www.nordiclarp.org/knudepunkt/ which was simply a redirect to http://www.liveforum.dk/knudepunkt/)
- Solmukohta 2004 Espoo, Finland (Feb. 2004)
- Knutepunkt 2005 Oslo, Norway (Feb. 2005)
- Knutpunkt 2006 Barnens Ö (Children's Island), Sweden (Apr. 2006)
- Knudepunkt 2007. Denmark. (2007)
[edit] Publications
The last four Knutepunkt conferences have been accompanied by books on LARP Theory.
- Morten Gade, Line Thorup & Mikkel Sander (eds.): As Larp Grows Up. Knudepunkt 2003. ISBN 87-989377-0-7. http://www.laivforum.dk/kp03_book/
- Markus Montola & Jaakko Stenros (eds.): Beyond Role and Play. Solmukohta 2004. ISBN 952-91-6842-X. http://www.ropecon.fi/brap/
- Petter Bøckman & Ragnhild Hutchison (eds.): Dissecting Larp. Knutepunkt 2005. ISBN 82-997102-0-0 (print) ISBN 82-997102-1-9 (online) http://knutepunkt.laiv.org/
- Thorbiörn Fritzon & Tobias Wrigstad (eds.) : Role, Play, Art. Knutpunkt 2006. ISBN 91-631-8853-8 ISBN 978-631-8853-4. http://jeepen.org/kpbook/
