Peter Larsen (born 1943) is professor of media studies at the University of Bergen, Norway.
[1] Larsen's research areas include textual and sociohistorical studies of older as well as newer visual media.
His theoretical and analytical work is informed by linguistics, semiotics, psychoanalysis and recent advances in rhetoric.
In 1978, he became associate professor at Department of Comparative Literature, University of Copenhagen, with special responsibility for media studies.
He is married to Karin Grüner Larsen, former Head Librarian at Bergen Academy of Art and Design.