Associate Professor

Pål Berg Svenungsen

Field of work

Associate Professor in History at Western Norway University of Applied Sciences (Campus Sogndal)

 

"I really love the Middle Ages! And I really love to study the impact of the Crusades in Scandinavia and Europe. Oh, and I also love Vikings!" 

 

Education:

2016 Ph.d. History (University of Bergen)

2010 Master History (University of Bergen)

 

Research interests:

The Middle Ages, Medieval Scandinavia, The Crusade Movement, Viking age Scandinavia, Political Culture in the Middle Ages, Historiography, Public History, Microhistory

 

Research blog (in Norwegian)

Middelalderbloggen (visit site)

 

Public History (in Lego):

The Lego Medievalist at Instagram (visit page)

 

Published books:

En kort introduksjon til korstogene (2020), visit site

Courses taught

Courses I teach:

  • Norwegian and International History, c.500-1500
  • Public History
  • Medieval Political Culture
  • The World of the Vikings
  • Work Placement in History
  • Global History
  • Bachelor Supervision
Research areas
  • Medieval Scandinavia
  • Medieval Europe
  • The Crusades
  • The Papacy
  • Historiography
  • Political Culture
  • Digital history teaching
Research groups

Selected publications

  • "Arkeologer fant rester av en kvinne blant levningene til krigermunker fra middelalderen. Hva gjorde hun der?"

    Svenungsen, Pål Berg, Dæhlen, Marte (2024)
  • De norske korsfarerne

    Svenungsen, Pål Berg, Brenna, Anders (2024)
  • "Historikar bygger mellomalderen i Lego"

    Svenungsen, Pål Berg, Katrine, Sele (2024)
  • "Utfordringer med KI"

    Svenungsen, Pål Berg (2024)
  • Historikaren formidlar historie gjennom lego

    Svenungsen, Pål Berg, Strand, Hilde Kristin (2024)