General Information:
(Born 1945, married to Aase S. Lundestad, two children Erik, born 1969, Helge, born 1976), Norwegian citizen, Lutheran.

Position:

• Director of the Norwegian Nobel Institute, Secretary of the Norwegian Nobel Committee 1990 -
• Adjunct professor of international history, University Oslo, 1991 -

Temporary positions:

• Charles Warren Fellow, History Dept., Harvard Univ.
  1978-79.
• Visiting Scholar, Center for International Affairs, Harvard Univ. 1983.
• Fellow, Woodrow Wilson International Center, Washington,D.C. 1988-89.
• Vice President, University of Tromsø, 1981-83.

Books: (in English)

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 Trends 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.

Lundestad has contributed to many other anthologies and his articles on contemporary international relations have been published in numerous journals and newspapers, including Diplomatic History, Cold War History, International Affairs, and International Herald Tribune.

Lundestad has also written books and articles in Norwegian on Norwegian history, particularly Norwegian foreign policy after 1945. He is frequently used as a commentator on Norwegian television and radio.

Lundestad has been awarded honorary degrees from Luther College and Augustana College. He is a member of the Royal Historical Society (UK) and the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters.

June 2007
Geir Lundestad