Jørn Sandnes (3 May 1926 – 12 April 2007) was a Norwegian historian. He was born in

Snåsa Municipality (Norwegian language, Norwegian; ) or ; /ˈsnɔ̯ɑse/ is a List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in Trøndelag Counties of Norway, county, Norway. It is part of the Innherred Districts of Norway, region. The administrative centre of the ...

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. He was appointed Professor in Trondheim from 1975 to 1992, From 1984 he served as the first rector at the

University of Trondheim The Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU; ) is a public university, public research university in Norway and the largest in terms of enrollment. The university's headquarters is located in Trondheim (city), Trondheim, with region ...

. Among his works is ''Norsk Stadnamnleksikon'' from 1976 (jointly with Ola Stemshaug), and ''Avfolking og union'', volume four of ''Cappelens Norgeshistorie'' from 1977. He was the principal editor of the six volumes of ''Trondheims historie'' from 1997. Sandnes was the younger brother of politician Arne Sandnes.

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1926 births 2007 deaths People from Snåsa 20th-century Norwegian historians Academic staff of the Norwegian University of Science and Technology Rectors of universities and colleges in Norway {{norway-historian-stub