Einar A Niemi
Professor Emeritus
Department of Archeology, History, Religious Studies and The
University of Tromso
Norway
Biography
Born 1943. Cand.philol. University of Oslo 1972. Lecturer Vadsø Gymnasium 1972-75. Amanuensis in History University of Tromsø 1975-77. County Conservatorium in Finnmark 1977-89. Professor II in History at the University of Tromsø 1984-89. Current position since 1989.
Research Interest
" General Norwegian, Nordic and European history recent times, especially the 1800s, with particular emphasis on demographic history, economic history and social history. * Migration history with the main emphasis on the North Calotte and the transatlantic migration. * Minority and ethnopolitical history and border history with the main emphasis on the North Calotte. * Regional history and regionalism with emphasis on Northern Norway and the Northern Calotte. * City and local history. * History and history of science. * Cultural history, architecture and construction."
