Course literature
You can find a fair amount of the literature in a Kompendium, which is for sale in the Akademika bookshop. The texts included in the Kompendium are marked with an * in the list below.
In addition, several texts are from five books, which students should buy or borrow from the library. The five books are:
(1) Amdam and Lange (eds.), Crossing the Border. Studies in Norwegian Business History, Oslo: Scandinavian University Press (1994).
(2) Berg, M. and Bruland, K. (eds.), Technological Revolutions in Europe 1760-1860. Historical Perspectives, Cheltenham: Edward Elgar (1998).
(3) Bruland, K., British Technology and European Industrialization. The Norwegian Textile Industry in the mid-nineteenth century, Cambridge: CUP (1989/2003).
(4) Bruland, K. (ed.), Technology Transfer and Scandinavian Industrialisation, New York, Oxford: Berg Press (1989).
(5) Danielsen, R. (et al), Norway: A history from the Vikings to Our Own Times, Oslo: Scandinavian University Press (1995).
The remaining literature listed below will be handed out during the course, as will some additional literature.
Aanstad, Siri, ‘Establishing Production Abroad: O.Mustad & Son in France in the Late Nineteenth Century’, ms., University of Oslo (2003). (11 pp)
Amdam, R.P., ’Norwegian Glass on Norwegian Tables: Attempts to Transform the Glass Industry into an Export Industry’, Amdam, R.P. and Lange, E. (eds.), Crossing the Borders. Studies in Norwegian Business History, Oslo: Scandinavian University Press (1994), pp. 85-99. (11 pp)
Andersen, H. W., ’Safety or Economy? The Classification Concept and International Technological Competition’ Amdam, R.P. and Lange, E. (eds.), Crossing the Borders. Studies in Norwegian Business History, Oslo: Scandinavian University Press (1994), pp. 73-85. (11 pp)
*Bergh, T., ‘Ideal and Reality in Norwegian Macroeconomic Planning 1945-1965’, Scandinavian Journal of History, Vol 3 (1978), pp. 75-104. (30 pp)
Bruland, K., British Technology and European Industrialization. The Norwegian Textile Industry in the mid-nineteenth century, Cambridge: CUP (1989/2003). (150 pp)
*Bruland, K., ‘Skills, learning and the international diffusion of technology: a perspective on Scandinavian industrialisation’, Berg, M. and Bruland, K. (eds.), Technological Revolutions in Europe 1760-1860. Historical Perspectives, Cheltenham: Edward Elgar (1998), pp. 161-188. (19 pp)
Bruland, K., ‘The Norwegian Mechanical Engineering Industry and the Transfer of Technology, 1800-1900’, Bruland, K. (ed.), Technology Transfer and Scandinavian Industrialisation, New York, Oxford: Berg Press (1989). pp. 229-295. (28 pp.)
*Bruland, K., ‘Patterns of resistance to new technologies in Scandinavia: an historical perspective’, M.Bauer (ed), Resistance to New Technology - Past and Present, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp.124-144 (1995) (20 pp)
Bruland, K. and Wicken, O., ‘Nordic Countries: Modern Norway’, Mokyr, J. (ed.), The Oxford Encyclopedia of Economic History Vol. 4, New York: Oxford University Press (2003), pp. 103-105. (2pp)
Danielsen, R. (et al), Norway: A history from the Vikings to Our Own Times, Oslo: Scandinavian University Press (1995). Chapters 15-27. (150 pp)
Espeli, H., ‘Diffusion of Mechanical Technology in Norwegian Agriculture 1875-1960: the Importance of Independent Importers and Dealers’, Amdam, R.P. and Lange, E. (eds.), Crossing the Borders. Studies in Norwegian Business History, Oslo: Scandinavian University Press (1994), pp. 161-176. (7 pp)
*Grytten, O. H., ’Monetary Policy and Restructuring of the Norwegian Economy during the Years of Crises, 1920-1939’, Myllyntaus, T. (ed.), Economic Crises and Restructuring in History: experiences of small countries, St. Katharinen: Scripta Mercaturae Verlag, pp. 93-124. (1998). (18 pp)
*Grytten, O.H., ’Norwegian Policy Response to the International Economic Disintegration During the Inter-War Years’, discussion paper, Bergen: Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration (2002) (22 pp)
*Haarstad, K., ‘A Historiographical Survey of Det Store Hamskifte in Norwegian Agruculture’, Scandinavian Journal of History, Vol 8, No2 (1983), pp.
Hjerppe, R., ‘Nordic Countries: Modern Finland’, Mokyr, J. (ed.), The Oxford Encyclopedia of Economic History Vol. 4, New York: Oxford University Press (2003), pp. 101-103 (2pp)
Hodne, F., ‘Transfer Patterns of Technology: Theory and Evidence’, The Norwegian Mechanical Engineering Industry and the Transfer of Technology, 1800-1900’, Bruland, K. (ed.), Technology Transfer and Scandinavian Industrialisation, New York, Oxford: Berg Press (1991). pp. 157-185. (27 pp)
*Hodne, F. , Grytten, O.H. and Alme, J., ‘Norwegian real wages: trends in prices and wages, 1850-1950’, in Scholliers, P. and Zamagni, V. (eds.), Labour’s Reward. Real wages and economic change in 19th and 20th-century Europe, Aldershot: Edward Elgar, pp. 61-75. (1995) (11 pp)
Johansen, H. C., ‘Nordic Countries: ‘Modern Denmark’, Mokyr, J. (ed.), The Oxford Encyclopedia of Economic History Vol. 4, New York: Oxford University Press, (2003), pp. 100-101. (1 p)
*Knutsen, S. and Lie, E., ‘Financial Fragility, Growth Strategies and Banking Failures: The Major Norwegian Banks and the Banking Crisis, 1987-92’, Business History, Vol 44, No 2 (April 2002), pp. 88-111. (22 pp)
Krantz, O., ‘Nordic Countries: Modern Sweden’, Mokyr, J. (ed.), The Oxford Encyclopedia of Economic History Vol. 4, New York: Oxford University Press (2003), pp. 105-107. (2pp)
*Lange, E., ’The Concession Laws of 1906-09 and the Norwegian Industrial Development’, Scandinavian Journal of History, Vol. 16, No. 3 (1991), pp. 311-330. (19 pp)
Lange, E., ‘The Rise and Fall of Borregaard: a Corporate History’, Amdam, R.P. and Lange, E. (eds.), Crossing the Borders. _Studies in Norwegian Business History, Oslo: Scandinavian University Press (1994), pp. 21-49. (25 pp)
*Lange, E. and Pharo, H., ‘Planning and Economic Policy in Norway, 1945-1960’, Scandinavian Journal of History, Vol 16, No 3 (1991). (14 pp)
Ljungberg, J., ‘Nordic Countries: General Overview’, Mokyr, J. (ed.), The Oxford Encyclopedia of Economic History Vol. 4, New York: Oxford University Press (2003), pp. 95-99. (4pp)
Ljungberg, J., ‘Nordic Countries: General Overview’, Mokyr, J. (ed.), The Oxford Encyclopedia of Economic History Vol. 4, New York: Oxford University Press (2003), pp. 95-99. (4pp)
Moen, E., ’Norway’s Entry into the Age of Paper: the Development of the Pulp and Paper Industry in the Drammen District’, in Bruland, K. (ed.), Technology Transfer and Scandinavian Industrialisation, New York, Oxford: Berg Press (1991)
*Montgomery, A., ‘From a Northern Customs Union to EFTA’, Scandinavian Economic History Review, Vol III, No 1 (1960), pp. 45-70. (26 pp)
Nerheim, G., ‘The Development and Diffusion of European Water Turbines, 1870-1920’, The Norwegian Mechanical Engineering Industry and the Transfer of Technology, 1800-1900’, Bruland, K. (ed.), Technology Transfer and Scandinavian Industrialisation, New York, Oxford: Berg Press (1991). pp. 333-363. (23 pp).
Nordvik, H.W., ’Norwegian banking in the inter-war period’, Feinstein, C. (ed.), Banking, Currency and Finance in Europe between the Wars, Oxford: (1995), pp.
*Nordvik, H.W. and Grytten, O.H., ‘The Labour Market, Unemployment and Economic Growth in Norway, 1920-1939’, Scandinavian Economic History Review, (12 pp)
Nordvik, H., ‘Conflict and Cooperation: Competitive Strategies and the Struggle for Control over the Norwegian Tobacco Market, 1905-1930’, Amdam, R.P. and Lange, E. (eds.), Crossing the Borders. Studies in Norwegian Business History, Oslo: Scandinavian University Press (1994), pp. 131-161. (16 pp)
*Pharo, H., ‘The Marshall Plan and the modernization of the Norwegian economy’, Extrait du colloque “Le Plan Marshall et le relevement economique de l’Europe (21 au 23 mars 1991), CHEFF (1993), pp. 591-605. (14 pp)
*Sejersted, F., ‘A Theory of Economic Development in Norway in the Nineteenth Century’, Scandinavian Economic History Review, Vol. XL, No. 1 (1992), pp (30 pp)
*Sejersted, F., ‘Science and Industry. Modernisation Strategies in Norway 1900-1940’, Caron, F., Erkert, P, Fischer, W. (eds.), Innovations in the European Economy between the Wars, Berlin, New York: Walter de Gruyter (1995) (22 pp)
Sejersted, F., ‘An Old Production Method Mobilizes for Self-Defence’, in Berg, M. and Bruland, K. (eds.), Technological Revolutions in Europe 1760-1860. Historical Perspectives, Cheltenham: Edward Elgar (1998), pp. 230-241. (10 pp)
Sogner, K., ‘The Norwegian Consumer Electronics Industry: the Rise and Fall of Tandberg’, Amdam, R.P. and Lange, E. (eds.), Crossing the Borders. Studies in Norwegian Business History, Oslo: Scandinavian University Press (1994), pp. 111-131. (16 pp) british technology Thue, L., ‘Barriers to Trade: the History of the Norwegian Power Export’, Amdam, R.P. and Lange, E. (eds.), Crossing the Borders. Studies in Norwegian Business History, Oslo: Scandinavian University Press (1994), pp. 49-73. (22 pp)
*Wicken, O., ‘Industrial Change in Norway during the Second World War. Electrification and Electrical Engineering’, Scandinavian Journal of History, Vol 8, No 2 (1983), pp. 119-150. (29 pp)