Francis Sejersted

Francis Sejersted
Francis Sejersted (2009)
Born	(1936-02-08)8 February 1936 Oslo, Norway
Died	25 August 2015(2015-08-25) (aged 79) Oslo, Norway
Occupation	Professor

Francis Sejersted (8 February 1936 – 25 August 2015) was a Norwegian history professor and the chairman of the Norwegian Nobel Committee (which awards the Nobel Peace Prize) from 1991 until 1995.

Sejersted was born in Oslo. He performed his military service at the prestigious Russian language program of the Norwegian Armed Forces. He was later educated in history as well as Nordic linguistics and literature at the University of Oslo and achieved a cand.philol. degree in 1965 and a doctorate in 1973. In 1962 Francis Sejersted was president of the Norwegian Students' Association representing the student wing of the Conservative Party of Norway, a party he remained affiliated with.

From 1971 to 1973 Sejersted served as docent in history at the University of Oslo and was thereafter professor of social and economic history at the same institution until 1998. From 1988 to 1998 he served as Director of the Centre for Technology and Culture at the University and from 1999 until his death in 2015 he was a fellow of the Institute for Social Research. As a historian, Sejersted's field of expertise was the economical, technological and political history of Scandinavian countries between the Napoleonic Wars and World War II. From 1971-1975 he was editor of Historisk Tidsskrift ("Historical Review") and since 1984 served as Co-Editor of Nytt norsk tidsskrift.