Nordic annual role-playing game conference
The Knutepunkt is an annual role-playing game conference held annually in the Nordic countries since 1997. It has been a vital institution in establishing a Nordic role-playing identity, and in establishing the concept of "Nordic larp " as a unique approach. Though the conference started out strictly as a Live action role-playing (larp for short) event, it has since embraced role-playing games in a more general fashion. Today the conference still has an emphasis on larp, but programs devoted to traditional tabletop role-playing as well as newer arrivals such as freeform are common.
A live action 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. Since about 2003 Knutepunkt has seen participants from the United States , Germany , France , Poland , Italy , Russia , Estonia , Belarus , Belgium , the Netherlands , Israel , Czech Republic , United Kingdom and Austria , among others.
Knutepunkt is Norwegian for "meeting point" or "knot point" as it can be directly translated as, and locally the term is translated into Swedish Knutpunkt , Danish Knudepunkt and Finnish Solmukohta . The name of the convention refers to the point where two pieces of rope or string joins in a knot, and varies with the organizing country.
The organising country changes each year in this order: Norway , Sweden , Denmark and Finland .
Event
Location
Notes
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 (Feb. 2003)
Copenhagen , Denmark[ 1]
Solmukohta 2004 (Feb. 2004)
Espoo , Finland[ 2]
Knutepunkt 2005 (Feb. 2005)
Oslo , Norway[ 3]
Knutpunkt 2006 (Apr. 2006)
Barnens Ö (Children's Island), Sweden
[ 4]
Knudepunkt 2007 (Feb. 2007)
Helsinge , Denmark[ 5]
Solmukohta 2008 (Apr. 2008)
Nurmijärvi , Finland[ 6]
Knutepunkt 2009 (16-19 Apr. 2009)
Haraldvangen , Norway[ 7]
Knutpunkt 2010 (Apr. 2010)
Katrineholm , Sweden
Knudepunkt 2011 (Feb. 2011)
Helsinge , Denmark
Solmukohta 2012 (Apr. 2012)
Nurmijärvi , Finland[ 8]
Knutepunkt 2013 (Apr. 2013)
Haraldvangen , Norway[ 9]
Knutpunkt 2014 (3-6 Apr 2014)
Halland , Sweden
Knudepunkt 2015 (12-15 Feb. 2015)
Knutepunkt Village (Midtfyns gymnasium ,Ringe fri- og efterskole , Nordagerskolen ,Midtfyns fritidscenter ), Denmark
[ 10]
Solmukohta 2016 (9-14 Mar. 2016)
Finland
[ 11]
Knutepunkt 2017 (23-26 Feb. 2017)
Oslo , Norway
Knutpunkt 2018 (15-18 Mar. 2018)
Lund , Sweden
Knudepunkt 2019 (8-11 Feb. 2019)
Vejen , Denmark[ 12]
Solmukohta 2020 (2–5 Apr. 2020)
Tampere , Finland
Knutepunkt 2021 (7-20 Oct. 2021)
Oslo , Norway
Knutpunkt 2022 (9-12 Sep. 2022)
Linköping , Sweden
Knudepunkt 2023 (May. 2023)
Vejen , Denmark
Solmukohta 2024 (13-14 Apr. 2023)
Tampere , Finland
Since 2001 the Knutepunkt conferences have been accompanied by books on larp theory ,
with the exception of the 2002 conference in Stockholm.
Anette Alfsvåg, Ingrid Storrø, Erlend Eidsem Hansen (eds.): The Book . Knudepunkt 2001. no ISBN
Morten Gade, Line Thorup & Mikkel Sander (eds.): As Larp Grows Up . Knudepunkt 2003. ISBN 87-989377-0-7 https://web.archive.org/web/20060718051716/http://www.laivforum.dk/kp03_book/
Markus Montola & Jaakko Stenros (eds.): Beyond Role and Play . Solmukohta 2004. ISBN 952-91-6842-X https://web.archive.org/web/20060615144314/http://www.ropecon.fi/brap/
Petter Bøckman & Ragnhild Hutchison (eds.): Dissecting Larp . Knutepunkt 2005. ISBN 82-997102-0-0 ISBN 82-997102-1-9 http://knutepunkt.laiv.org/kp05/ Archived 2008-09-29 at the Wayback Machine
Thorbiörn Fritzon & Tobias Wrigstad (eds.) : Role, Play, Art . Knutpunkt 2006. ISBN 91-631-8853-8 http://jeepen.org/kpbook/
Jesper Donnis, Morten Gade & Line Thorup (eds.): Lifelike . Knudepunkt 2007. ISBN 978-87-989377-1-5 https://web.archive.org/web/20070314102705/http://www.liveforum.dk/kp07book/
Jaakko Stenros & Markus Montola (eds.): Playground Worlds . Solmukohta 2008. ISBN 978-952-92-3579-7 ISBN 978-952-92-3580-3 https://web.archive.org/web/20091221130755/http://www.ropecon.fi/pw/
Matthijs Holter, Eirik Fatland & Even Tømte (eds.): Larp, the Universe and Everything . Knutepunkt 2009. ISBN 978-82-997102-2-0 http://knutepunkt.laiv.org/2009/book/ Archived 2009-04-11 at the Wayback Machine
Larsson, Elge (ed.): Playing Reality . Knutpunkt 2010 | Interacting Arts . ISBN 978-91-977140-1-3 ISBN 978-91-977140-2-0 https://web.archive.org/web/20110818143459/http://interactingarts.org/pdf/Playing%20Reality%20(2010).pdf
Thomas Duus Henriksen, Christian Bierlich, Kasper Friis Hansen & Valdemar Kølle (eds.): Think Larp - Academic Writings from KP2011 . Published by Rollespilsakademiet in conjunction with the Knudepunkt 2011 conference. ISBN 978-87-92507-04-4 https://web.archive.org/web/20120425051237/http://rollespilsakademiet.dk/kpbooks/think_larp_web.pdf
Claus Raasted (ed.): Talk Larp - Provocative Writings from KP2011 . Published by Rollespilsakademiet in conjunction with the Knudepunkt 2011 conference. ISBN 978-87-92507-05-1 https://web.archive.org/web/20120425051302/http://rollespilsakademiet.dk/kpbooks/talk_larp_web.pdf
Lars Andresen, Charles Bo Nielsen, Luisa Carbonelli, Jesper Heebøll-Christensen, Marie Oscilowski (eds.): Do Larp - Documentary Writings from KP2011 . Published by Rollespilsakademiet in conjunction with the Knudepunkt 2011 conference. ISBN 978-87-92507-06-8 https://web.archive.org/web/20110812230824/http://rollespilsakademiet.dk/kpbooks/do_larp_web.pdf
Juhana Pettersson (ed.): States of Play: Nordic Larp Around the World . Published by Pohjoismaisen roolipelaamisen seura in conjunction with the Solmukohta 2012 conference. ISBN 978-952-67599-4-4 ISBN 978-952-67599-5-1 http://www.nordicrpg.fi/julkaisut/states-of-play/
Eleanor Saitta, Marie Holm-Andersen and Jon Back (ed.): “The Foundation Stone of Nordic Larp.” Published by Knutpunkt in conjunction with the Knutpunkt 2014 conference ISBN 978-91-637-4565-2 ISBN 978-91-637-4566-9 http://nordiclarp.org/w/images/8/80/2014_The_Foundation_Stone_of_Nordic_Larp.pdf
Jon Back (ed.): “Knutpunkt 2014: Sharpening the Cutting Edge.” Published by Knutpunkt in conjunction with the Knutpunkt 2014 conference ISBN 978-91-637-5217-9 ISBN 978-91-637-5218-6 http://nordiclarp.org/w/images/e/e8/2014_The_Cutting_Edge_of_Nordic_Larp.pdf
Charles Bo Nielsen and Claus Raasted (ed.): “The Knudepunkt 2015 Companion Book.” Published by Rollespilsakademiet, Copenhagen, Denmark in conjunction with the Knudepunkt 2015 conference ISBN 978-87-92507-24-2 http://nordiclarp.org/w/images/2/27/Kp2015companionbook.pdf
Charles Bo Nielsen and Claus Raasted (ed.): “The Nordic Larp Yearbook 2014.” Published by Rollespilsakademiet, Copenhagen, Denmark in conjunction with the Knudepunkt 2015 conference ISBN 978-87-92507-23-5 http://nordiclarp.org/w/images/6/6d/Nordiclarpyearbook2014.pdf Video documentation [ edit ] In 2011 the Knutepunkt conference was documented in a number of videos now published on the Knudepunkt 2011 Vimeo Channel .
