«Å sette maten i banken.» Momenter fra fryseboksanleggenes historie

Abstract

This chapter explores the role of expertise in the introduction and subsequent discontinuation of public freezer storage facilities (food banks) for household use in Norway in the 1940s, 50s and 60s. The aim of the chapter is to shed light on how food systems are transformed or maintained or destabilized. It does so through an investigation into how deep-freezing experts at the state institute for household research established criteria for evaluating the use of freezing technology, how they worked to stabilize the relationship between technology, users, and foods, and how these experts were vital in promoting such facilities, but also in de-stabilizing them through promoting a new technology: the in-home freezer. As such, the chapter tells a story about one attempt to shape the development of a part of the Norwegian food system.