Welcome to the Department of History

What does it mean to be Norwegian? Why do not all Saamis speak Saami? Why do Norwegians celebrate May 17.?


Why are the Middle East an area of conflict and why did the Roman Empire go down? These and other historical questions will be answered during the study at our department.

Foreign students with no knowledge in Norwegian can attend these english courses:

* Arctic Norway – aspects of history, culture and politics (30 ects-credits)
Containing three courses: HIS-1111 (History), SOA-1006 (Social Anthropology) and STV-1006 (Political Science)
The course will run each autumn term. BA-level.

* HIS- 2002 The Sami Nation (10 ects-credits)
The course will run each spring term. BA-level (second year)/ part of the course: Master in Indigenous studies.

* HIS-2010 Bachelor-thesis (each term/BA-level (2.year)/10 ects-credits.

* HIS-3005 Introduction to the History of Indigenous Peoples: Colonisation and Revival (10 ects-credits)
The course runs each autumn term. Master-level: part of the course: Master in Indigenous studies.

* Other English-courses available from time to time:
- HIS-2006 The Black Death and the Late Medieval Crisis (spring-terms/BA-level (2.year)/10 ects-credits)
- HIS-1014 The Towns in Medieval Society (autumn-terms/BA-level/10 ects-credits)
- HIS-1013 Knut the Great and his World: Society, politics and the Church in northern Europe 950-1050 (autumn-terms/BA-level/10 ects-credits)
- HIS-3020 Towns in medieval Scandinavian society (both terms/Master-level/10 ects-credits)





Let the universe expand, study history in Tromsø!