Geir Lundestad

Geir Lundestad (born in 1945) is a Norwegian historian and present Director of the Norwegian Nobel Institute and Professor of the University of Oslo. Lundestad was born in Sulitjelma, a mining community in Northern Norway, and raised in Bodø. Image File history File linksMetadata Geir_Lundestad. ... 1945 (MCMXLV) was a common year starting on Monday. ... The Norwegian Nobel Institute was established in 1904 in Oslo (Kristiania), Norway. ... The University of Oslo (in Norwegian Universitetet i Oslo, in Latin Universitas Osloensis) was founded in 1811 as Universitas Regia Fredericiana (the Royal Frederick University, in Norwegian Det Kongelige Frederiks Universitet). ... In norwegian: Nord-Norge meaning Northern Norway. ... County Nordland District Salten Municipality NO-1804 Administrative centre Bodø Mayor (2005) Odd-Tore Fygle (Ap) Official language form BokmÃ¥l Area  - Total  - Land  - Percentage Ranked 62 1,392 km² 1,308 km² 0. ...

Lundestad is one of Norway's best known historians. His field is contemporary history, with a focus on US relations to Western Europe during the Cold War. His most reknown article "Empire by invitation", describes Western-Europe's attempts to attach the US to a stable commitment to West-European security against the Soviet Union in the late 1940's. A common understanding of Western Europe in modern times. ... The Cold War (1947-1991) was the open yet restricted rivalry that developed after World War II between groups of nations practicing different ideologies and political systems. ...

He received his MA (Cand.philol.) in history from the University of Oslo in 1970, PhD from the University of Tromsø in 1976. Lundestad been Director of the Norwegian Nobel Institute in Oslo and Secretary of the Norwegian Nobel Committee since 1990. The University of Oslo (in Norwegian Universitetet i Oslo, in Latin Universitas Osloensis) was founded in 1811 as Universitas Regia Fredericiana (the Royal Frederick University, in Norwegian Det Kongelige Frederiks Universitet). ... 1970 (MCMLXX) was a common year starting on Thursday. ... The University of Tromsø (Universitetet i Tromsø) is the worlds northernmost university. ... 1976 (MCMLXXVI) was a leap year starting on Thursday. ... MCMXC redirects here; for the Enigma album, see MCMXC a. ...

Lundestad held positions at the University of Tromsø from 1974: Associate Professor of History, Professor of American Civilization 1979-88, Professor of History 1988-90. He has also been a research fellow at Harvard University (1978-79, 1983) and at the Woodrow Wilson Center in Washington, D.C. (1988-89). While being the Director of the Nobel Institute, Lundestad is also Adjunct Professor of International History at the University of Oslo. Harvard University (incorporated as The President and Fellows of Harvard College) , is a private university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. One of the eight Ivies, it was founded in 1636. ...

His main publications are: The American Non-Policy Towards Eastern Europe 1943-1947 (1975), America, Scandinavia and the Cold War 1945-1949 (1980), East, West, North, South. Major Developments in International Politics since 1945. (First Norwegian Edition in 1985, later revised, Fifth Edition 2004), "Empire" by integration: the United States and European integration 1945-1997 (1998).

Lundestad is known as a soccer enthusiast. His favorite football club is Bodø/Glimt, a club he played for in his youth. He is also a supporter of the English club Wolverhampton Wanderers. F.K. Bodø/Glimt is a Norwegian football club from the city of Bodø and was founded in 1916. ... Motto: (French for God and my right) Anthem: God Save the King/Queen Capital London (de facto) Largest city London Official language(s) English (de facto) Unification    - by Athelstan AD 927  Area    - Total 130,395 km² (1st in UK)   50,346 sq mi  Population    - 2006 est. ... Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. is an English football club playing at Molineux. ...

In academic circles, Lundestad is known for his humor and direct statements, a characteristic Lundestad attributes to his family ties in Northern Norway. In norwegian: Nord-Norge meaning Northern Norway. ...

Bibliography of books in English

• The American policy towards Poland 1943
• The American non-policy towards Eastern Europe 1943-1947
• The Marshall plan and Eastern Europe
• America, Scandinavia, and the Cold War 1945-1949
• The American "Empire" and other studies of US foreign policy in a comparative perspective
• East, West, North, South : major developments in international relations since 1945
• Beyond the cold war : new dimensions in international relations / edited by Geir Lundestad and Odd Arne Westad ; 90th Anniversary Nobel Jubilee Symposium
• The Fall of great powers : peace, stability, and legitimacy / Geir Lundestad (ed.).
• "Empire" by integration : the United States and European integration, 1945-1997
• War and peace : in the 20th century and beyond : proceedings of the Nobel Centennial Symposium / editors Geir Lundestad and Olav Njølstad
• No end to alliance : the United States and Western Europe : past, present and future / Nobel Symposium 105 ; edited by Geir Lundestad
• The United States and Western Europe since 1945 : from "empire" by invitation to transatlantic drift