Jan Eivind Myhre

Jan Eivind Myhre is a Norwegian historian and Professor Emeritus at the Department of Archaeology, Conservation and History, University of Oslo. His field of work is in modern Norwegian and European history from 1800, with a particular emphasis on social history, population history, migration history, urban history and historiography. Myhre has previously published a number of books e.g. Norsk innvandringshistorie (Norwegian immigration history) (2003) and Norsk byhistorie 700-2000 (Norwegian urban history) (2006).

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Contributions to nordics.info

An old black and white photo of a crowded ship.

08 September 2021 - Jan Eivind Myhre

800,000 Norwegians left their homes and moved to other countries between the years of 1830 and 1920. The majority went to North America, but many…

Caricature of people in a pyramid: King at the top, supported by the upper class with floss hats, again supported by the many workers

26 July 2021 - Jan Eivind Myhre

Voluntary organisations were a new and important phenomenon in Norway in the nineteenth century and included many different types of associations,…

Painting with boy sitting on hay cart with women and men walking.

09 June 2021 - Jan Eivind Myhre

From the 1830s to the 1920s about 800,000 Norwegians emigrated, mostly to America. There is less general awareness of the fact that between 100,000…

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