Helge Danielsen
Helge Danielsen (b. 1968) is professor of modern history. He has been member of the IFS staff since 2008, doing research on topics such as Norwegian NATO-policy and US–Norway relations during the Cold War. He was Head of the Centre for Security Policy at IFS from 2016–2019, and Head of Research in the autumn of 2014 and spring of 2017.
Danielsen holds a PhD in history from the University of Oslo (UO) (2004). He has broad teaching experience. From 2010 to 2013 he was responsible (convenor) for the MA-course “NATO –cooperation within the alliance” at FHS. From 2020–2023, he was leader of the study program ‘Master in military studies’ at FHS.
Danielsen’s current research analyses the public diplomacy of the Federal Republic of Germany towards Norway (1949–1970).
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- Cold War history
- Trans-Atlantic relations
- NATO
- US military assistance to Norway
- Public diplomacy and propaganda
- Contemporary history
- Oral history
- Nationalism and national identity
- 19th century Scandinavian histor