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Halfdan Keller Justesen

2026-04-22T06:41:36Z

SimonB: /* Larp Productions */

{{Infobox person
| name = Halfdan Justesen
| birth_date = {{Birth year and age|1992}}
| years_active = 1998–present
|image=Halfdan portrait (2017) by Nadina Dobrowolska.jpg
|caption=Portait of Halfdan (2017) by Nadina Dobrowolska
|organization=[[Avalon Larp Studio]]
}}

'''Halfdan Keller Justesen''' (born 1992) has larped since 1998, and introduced his parents to larp soon thereafter. He is a trained product designer and currently lives in Copenhagen, Denmark. Since 2016, Halfdan has been a crew member for over 30 international events. He organised his first larp in 2018 in collaboration with [[Avalon Larp Studio]], and joined that collective shortly after.
==Larp Productions==

*[[Avalon]] (2018)
*[[Tale of the North Wind]] (2019)
*Midwinter (2020)
*The Last Song (2022)
*Faerie (2023)
*[https://gothic.avalonlarp.studio Gothic] (2023) (2024)

*B Movie (2026)

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Sagalinn Tangen

2026-04-22T06:41:00Z

SimonB: /* Forthcoming */

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'''Sagalinn Tangen''' (born 1998) is a second generation larper, writer and larp designer from Sweden. On her mission to increase diversity in larp, her community contributions often center around intersectional feminism, and intergeneration larps. Her larp interests includes how larp as a tool for self-discovery and exploration. In her design Sagalinn's focus is on stories and tends to use secrecy over transparency, creating stories filled with uncertainty and dramatic tension. Sagalinn has larped since 2008 and set-up her first Nordic larp (Limbo) in November 2017. She is a member of [[Avalon Larp Studio]].

==Larp Productions==

*[[Limbo - The Bureaucratic Purgatory]] (2017) – Organiser
*[[Avalon]] (2018) – Organiser
*Tale of the North Wind (2019) – Organiser
*Midwinter (2020) – Writer
*The Last Song (2022) - Writer
*Gothic (2023) (2024) - Writer & Designer

===Forthcoming===

*B Movie (2026) - Writer & Designer

==Other work==

*We Will Replace You - Young Organisers Panel ([[Knutpunkt 2018]])
*Intergenerational Storytelling and larping as a family - Workshop and Conversation (State of the Larp, 2018)

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Martine Svanevik

2026-04-22T06:40:19Z

SimonB:

{{Infobox person
|name=Martine Svanevik
|nationality=Norway
|organizations={{Unbulleted list|[[Elysium]]|[[Avalon Larp Studio]]}}
|years_active=1999–present
}}
'''Martine Svanevik''' is a Norwegian larper, fiction writer, narrative and game designer. Her work has featured in both AAA games and indie productions. She's been playing and making larps since 1999. She was the CEO of Avalon larp studio from 2018 until 2024.

Editor of [[Once Upon a Nordic Larp... Twenty Years of Playing Stories]] (2017) together with [[Linn Carin Andreassen]], [[Simon Brind]], [[Elin Nilsen]], and [[Grethe Sofie Bulterud Strand]].

==Games==

===Larpwright (designer/co-designer/writer)===

*''Drømmen om Diluvrien'' (2003)
*''The collective –take the power back'' (2004)
*''Konstantinopel'' (2006)
*''Enhetsfront (United Front)'' (2005)
*''War Council'' (2008)
*''Diluvrien 2: Keiserens arv'' (2008)
*''CoW5 Spinoff - To Hell and Back'' (2016)
*''The Quota - Border Crossing'' (2017)
*''The Quota'' (2018)
*''Where Androids Die'' (2018) (character writer)
*''Avalon'' (2018)
*''Remember That Time'' (2020)
*''Midwinter'' (2020) (creative director)
*''The Last Song'' (2022) (Story lead & writer)
*''Gothic'' (2023) (2024) (Writer & Designer)
*''B Movie'' (2026) (Writer & Designer)

==Books==

*Author [[The Witchard's Almanack]] (2018)
*Editor: [[The Peckforton Papers - Essays from four decades of UK larp]] (2018)
*Editor: [[Once Upon a Nordic Larp... Twenty Years of Playing Stories]] (2017)
*Author [[The Witchard's Almanack]] (2017)
*Author Gothic (larp script) (2024)
*Editor: [[Seasons of Larp|Seasons of larp]] (2026)

==Films==

*Consulting Producer: [https://nordiclarp.org/2024/06/06/remember-that-time-we-tried-to-film-a-larp/ Remember That Time] (2024)

==Articles on Larp==

*''Larp Hacking - in'' What Do We Do When We Play? (2020)
*''I Feel Released – How Designing for Inclusivity Might Mean Including Oppression'' - article on Nordiclarp.org (2018)
*''Playing Safe?'' - article in Re-shuffling the deck - The Knutpunkt 2018 printed companion (2018)
*''Response to Charles B. Nielsen'' - article in [[Once Upon a Nordic Larp... Twenty Years of Playing Stories]] (2017)
*''Prebleed is totally a thing'' - article in [[Larp Realia - Analysis, Design, and Discussions of Nordic Larp]] (2016)
*''Branching off – Small Scale Larps on a large Scale''(2005)
*''The Collective’s little red book, A step-by-step guide to arranging larps the collective way'' - article in [[Dissecting Larp]] (2005)

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[[Category:Larp creators]]
[[Category:Larp authors]]

Category:Documentation

2026-04-22T06:35:25Z

SimonB: Added link to KP Books page

Books, movies and other publications documenting Nordic style larp.

* [[Knutepunkt-books]]

[[Category:Contents]]