She is a Norwegian social anthropologist and researcher at The museums for coastal heritage and reconstruction of Finnmark in Northern Norway and a PhD student at the UIT- The Artic University of Norway. The doctoral dissertation soon to be delivered is about daily life and the living conditions of the 50 000 people who were forced to evacuate from Finnmark and Northern Troms in 1944 by the German occupants. The theme of the dissertation is an important part of the story of the museum. Stenvold has been interviewing time witness about their experiences from the war for more than fifteen years.
Articles related to the topic in English: https://septentrio.uit.no/index.php/nordlit/article/view/3640/3618
