Pål Thonstad Sandvik (born 1967) is a Norwegian historian and professor of economic history at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim. Sandvik's research has an emphasis on the political economy of the Nordic countries from 1750 to the present. This includes Norwegian and Nordic business history, the regulation of land and natural resources, the relationship between multinational corporations and small countries, and the development of the non-ferrous metal industry during the twentieth century.
Sandvik earned his Master's Degree in history from the University in 1993 and subsequently wrote a number of major works on Norwegian history and on the Falconbridge nickel refinery in Norway.Kristiansands historie 1945-99, Kristiansand 1999, 711 p.”Den trønderske kapitalismen”, i Ida Bull (hovedred.) Trøndelags historie bd. 3, Trondheim 2005.Falconbridge Nikkelverk 1910-1929-2000, et internasjonalt selskap i Norge, Kristiansand 2004, 368 p He earned his Ph.D. from NTNU in 2008 on his dissertation The Making of a Subsidiary, Falconbridge Nikkelverk, 1910-1929-2004.
He has published extensively on the history of Norway and the Nordic countries. His contribution to the commission history on the Norwegian aluminum company Norsk Hydro sparked controversy upon publication due to evidence that the company's management collaborated with the German occupying forces during the Second World War.Finn Erhard Johannesen, Asle Rønning og Pål Thonstad Sandvik,Nasjonal kontroll og industriell fornyelse, Norsk Hydros historie 1945-77, Oslo 2005, 468 p. In 2018, the first edition of Sandvik's textbook on Norwegian economic history titled Nasjonens Velstand: Norges økonomiske historie 1800-1940 was published, followed by a revised second edition in 2022. He has also published a number of articles on the regulation of cartels and trusts in Norway, among them the Scandinavian oil industry before the Second World War and the margarine trust Unilever in the interwar years.
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External links https://www.ntnu.no/ansatte/paal.sandvik