Gjermund Forfang Rongved

Short description

I am an associate professor of economic history at the study programme for International Studies at the University of Inland, Norway. My ph.d. in economic -political history is from the University of Oslo from 2014 and I have a master's degree in history from the same institution in 2009.

Previously I have worked at the Norwegian Institute for Defence Studies, where I taught courses on total defence and societal security. I have worked on research projects covering Norwegian monetary policy, defence policy, and lately I have been occupied with Norwegian and international security policy seen through the lense of small states' total defence. In the later years, I have also done research on small states and small state cooperation in the first half of the 20th century, seen through the Scandinavian Monetary Union and the Oslo States.

My research interests include international relations, security policy, small state cooperation, civil-military relations, total defence, economic policy, economic preparedness, political history and monetary unions.

At the University of Inland I teach the introductory course in international studies and history and a course in international history covering the years 1914 to 1989 for the first-year students, as well as a new course in international and Norwegian security policy for the second-year students.

Recent international article:

G. F. Rongved (2024), "Finding common ground: rebuilding the Scandinavian Monetary Union in the interwar years", Scandinavian Economic History Review, vol 72 (3) 

Recent books:

European Total Defence. Past, Present and Future (Routledge, 2025). The book is edited by me, and the chapters written by me and a team of talented researchers and experts on national total defence concepts in a range of European countries.

Totalforsvaret i praksis ("Total Defence in Practice", Gyldendal, 2022). The book is edited by me as well as Per Martin Norheim-Martinsen, and the chapters are written by me and a team of talented Norwegian researchers and experts on important aspects of Norwegian total defence.

Recent Op Eds:

On Norwegian total defence 3.0 in Klassekampen

On Norwegian foreign policy in Klassekampen

On conscription in Aftenposten

On the TV-series "Makta" in VG

On Norwegian monetary policy in Morgenbladet

On Russia and the war in Ukraine in Minerva