Trond Bergh (born 16 September 1946) is a Norwegian

economic historian Economic history is the academic learning of economies or economic events of the past. Research is conducted using a combination of historical methods, statistical methods and the application of economic theory to historical situations and inst ...

, and researcher at the Department of Innovation and Economic Organisation of the

BI Norwegian Business School BI Norwegian Business School () is the largest business school in Norway and the second largest in all of Europe. BI has in total four campuses with the main one located in Oslo. The university has 845 employees consisting of an academic staff o ...

Life and work

Bergh was born in

Tvedestrand is municipality in Agder county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Sørlandet. The administrative center is the town of Tvedestrand. There are many villages in the municipality including Dypvåg, Fiane, Gjeving, Gødders ...

, and took the cand.philol. degree at the

University of Oslo The University of Oslo ( no, Universitetet i Oslo; la, Universitas Osloensis) is a public research university located in Oslo, Norway. It is the highest ranked and oldest university in Norway. It is consistently ranked among the top universit ...

in 1973. Bergh was the director of the Labour Movement Archive and Library from 1989 to 1999, and was then employed at the Centre for Business History and, later at the Department of Innovation and Economic Organisation of

. With the latter work Bergh became involved in a legal case. Former secretary of the

Standing Committee on Finance and Economic Affairs The Standing Committee on Finance and Economic Affairs ( no, Finanskomiteen) is a standing committee of the Parliament of Norway. It is responsible for policies relating to economic policy, monetary and credit policy, the financial and credit syste ...

Haakon Bingen Haakon Bingen (22 September 1918 – 16 March 2002) was a Norwegian economist and civil servant. History He was born in Trøgstad, and studied economy at the University of Oslo. When the university was closed during the occupation of Norway by ...

sued Bergh and Eriksen as well as the publishing house Cappelen Akademiske Forlag, because the second volume of ''Den hemmelige krigen'' contained information that portrayed Bingen as a close friend of communist

Peder Furubotn Peder Furubotn (29 August 1890 – 28 November 1975) was a Norwegian cabinetmaker, politician for the Communist Party and resistance member during World War II. Early and personal life Furubotn was born in Brekke, Sogn og Fjordane, the son o ...

. In late 1999 the

Supreme Court of Norway The Supreme Court of Norway (Norwegian Bokmål: ''(Norges) Høyesterett''; Norwegian Nynorsk: ''(Noregs) Høgsterett''; lit. ‘Highest Court’) was established in 1815 on the basis of section 88 in the Constitution of the Kingdom of Norway, whi ...

found that this was not true, and circulation of the book was forbidden, until the reference to Bingen had been amended. Bingen was also entitled to of costs.

Publications

Bergh's books on Norwegian economic history include ''Vekst og Velstand'' (1977), ''Norge fra u-land til i-land'' (1983) and ''Foredlet virke: Historien om Borregaard 1889–1989'' (with

Even Lange Even Lange (born 5 June 1946) is a Norwegian economic historian. He was born in Oslo as the son of politician Halvard Manthey Lange (1902–1970) and teacher Aase Monsen (1911–1979). On the maternal side he was a nephew of Randi and Per Monsen ...

, 1989). He also penned ''Storhetstid 1945–1965'', released 1987 as volume five of ''

Arbeiderbevegelsens historie i Norge ''Arbeiderbevegelsens historie i Norge'' ( en, History of the Workers' Movement in Norway) is a six-volume work about the labour movement history of Norway. It was released between 1985 and 1990 by Tiden Norsk Forlag. It was not the first work abo ...

'', and in 1998 he released the two-volume history on surveillance in Norway, ''Den hemmelige krigen: overvåking i Norge 1914–1997'' about

surveillance Surveillance is the monitoring of behavior, many activities, or information for the purpose of information gathering, influencing, managing or directing. This can include observation from a distance by means of electronic equipment, such as c ...

together with Knut Einar Eriksen. Bergh has also written volume I of the two-volume series from 2004 on the railway history of Norway, ''Jernbanen i Norge 1854–2004'', the first volume covering the period from 1854 to 1940.

References

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