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The instability of everyday life is highlighted in the call for papers to the conference and this could perhaps also be said about the field of everyday life research. At Linköping University work is being done which aims at mapping the field of, at first, Nordic everyday life research. After the completion of an initial phase of this work, which is to be presented in a written report some time during spring 2010, the greatest impression is that the field is large, multifaceted and elusive. The aim of the presentation is to present the initial work, which includes a total of 648 references originating from Denmark, Finland, Norway, and Sweden and having been ascribed the keyword “everyday life” or one of its Nordic counterparts within the time span from 1990 to 2008 inclusive. Points of similarity and differences between the countries will be presented. These are based on analyses of the total number of references, the most frequent authors, the reference types and the number of each type, the names of the journals, as well as the titles of the dissertations and some additional information about the dissertations. The aim of the presentation is also to lay down the broad outlines for the continuation of the work, which is about the building up of a database with open access.