Geir Lundestad is a Norwegian

Norway

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 historian, who serves as the director of the Norwegian Nobel Institute

Norwegian Nobel Institute

The Norwegian Nobel Institute was established in 1904 in Kristiania , Norway.The principal duty of the Nobel Institute is to assist the Norwegian Nobel Committee in the task of selecting the recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize and to organize the annual Nobel event in Oslo.The institute is situated...

. In this capacity, he also serves as the secretary of the Norwegian Nobel Committee

Norwegian Nobel Committee

The Norwegian Nobel Committee awards the Nobel Peace Prize each year.Its five members are appointed by the Norwegian Parliament and roughly represent the political makeup of that body.-History:...

. However, he is not a member of the committee itself.

Born in Sulitjelma

Sulitjelma

Sulitjelma is a village in Fauske municipality in Nordland, Norway. The village has 481 residents . Sulitjelma is situated in a lush inland valley only 140 meters amsl along the shore of the Langvatnet lake. There are many old mines in the area. Sultitjelma are virtually sourrounded by mountains...

, Lundestad studied history at the University of Oslo

University of Oslo

The University of Oslo , formerly The Royal Frederick University , is the oldest and largest university in Norway, situated in the Norwegian capital of Oslo. The university was founded in 1811 and was modelled after the recently established University of Berlin...

 and University of Tromsø

University of Tromsø

The University of Tromsø is the world's northernmost university. Located in the city of Tromsø, Norway, it was established in 1968, and opened in 1972. It is one of eight universities in Norway. The University of Tromsø is the largest research and educational institution in northern Norway...

, graduating in 1970 with a cand.philol. degree and in 1976 with a doctorate respectively. From 1974 to 1990, he held various positions as Lecturer and Professor at the University of Tromsø before beginning his positions with the Norwegian Nobel Institute and Committee. Subsequently, he has been associated with the University of Oslo as an Adjunct Professor of International History. Lundestad spent several years in the United States as a research fellow

Research fellow

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, at Harvard University

Harvard University

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, from 1978 to 1979 and again in 1983, and at the Woodrow Wilson Center in Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C.

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, between 1988 and 1989.

He is a member of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters

Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters

The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters is a learned society based in Oslo, Norway.-History:The University of Oslo was established in 1811. The idea of a learned society in Christiania surfaced for the first time in 1841. The city of Throndhjem had no university, but had a learned...

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Select bibliography

• The American Non-Policy Towards Eastern Europe 1943-1947. (Oslo - New York, 1975, reprinted 1978)
• America, Scandinavia, and the Cold War 1945-1949. (New York - Oslo, 1980)
• East, West, North, South: Major Developments in International Politics Since 1945. (Oslo - Oxford, 1987, updated in 1991, 1996, 1999 and 2004) English, Norwegian, Swedish, Russian, Chinese and Turkish editions.
• The American "Empire" and Other Studies of US Foreign Polict in Comparative Perspective. (Oxford - Oslo, 1990)
• Beyond the Cold War: New Dimensions in International Relations. (edited with Odd Arne Westad, Oslo - Oxford, 1993)
• The Fall of Great Powers, Peace, Stability, and Legitimacy. (edited by Lundestad, Oxford - Oslo, 1994)
• "Empire " by Integration: The United States and European Integration 1945-1997. (Oxford, 1998.) Japanese edition 2005.
• No End to Alliance. The United States and Western Europe: Past, Present, and Future. (edited by Lundestad, Macmillan 1998.)
• “The Nobel Peace Prize” in Agneta Wallin Levinovitz and Nils Ringertz, eds., The Nobel Prize. The First 100 years. (London – Singapore, 2001).
• War and Peace in the 20th Century and Beyond . (edited with Olav Njølstad, Singapore, 2002)
• The United States and Western Europe Since 1945: From “Empire” by Invitation to Transatlantic Drift. (Oxford, 2003, paperback 2005), Norwegian edition 2004.
• Just Another Major Crisis? The United States and Europe Since 2000. (edited by Lundestad, Oxford 2008)

External links

• CV, nobelprize.org
• Interview, 2005.