Annika Hvithamar (born 1971Brief biography at Kristeligt Dagblad) is a Danish Sociologist of religion, who serves as head of the Department of Cross-Cultural and Regional Studies at the University of Copenhagen. Her research specializes in religion in Russia including the Russian Orthodox Church and religious minorities such as Jehovah's Witnesses.Hvithamar interviewed about her work on Jehovah's WitnessesDepartment Website Bio She received her PhD in Sociology of Religion from the University of Copenhagen in 2003. Hvithamar, Annika. 2003. "Kirken i Rusland og Rusland i kirken : perspektiver på Den Ortodokse Kirkes Sociale Doktrin i relation til det russiske kirke-stat forhold i det 21. århundrede". Dissertation, University of CopenhagenPortrait in Kristeligt Dagblad on the occasion of her 50th birthdayInterview about her 2009 Book "Ruslands ikoner - fra brugskunst til billedkunst"
Notable works Hvithamar, Annika. 2016. "Not Just Caviar and Balalaikas: Unity and Division in Russian Orthodox Congregations in Denmark." Orthodox Identities in Western Europe: Migration, Settlement and Innovation (2016): 213. Hvithamar, A. 2008. Sacred Stories: Religion and Spirituality in Modern Russia. Journal of Religion in Europe, 1(3), pp. 358–360. Hvithamar, Annika. 20015. "Jehovas Vidner. I grænsefladen af den danske religionsmodel." Religionsvidenskabeligt tidsskrift 62: 125–137. Hvithamar, Annika. 2009. Ruslands ikoner: fra brugskunst til billedkunst (Russian Icons: From craft to art). Gyldendal A/S, 2009.
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