Þór Whitehead

Þór Whitehead (born August 19, 1943 ) is an Icelandic historian. He is a professor at the University of Iceland .

Þór Whitehead did extensive research on the history of Iceland during the Second World War and the Cold War . His best-known work is the multi-volume series "Ísland í síðari heimsstyrjöld" ("Iceland in World War II"). He received his PhD from the University of Oxford and in 1981 he was Professor of History at the University of Reykjavík . From 1983 to 1985 he headed the Institute for History there as its director. From 1986 to 1988 he was a Humboldt Fellow at the Military History Research Office of the Bundeswehr in Freiburg im Breisgau . In 2002/03 and 2005/06 he was visiting professor in France.

Works

• Kommúnistahreyfingin á Íslandi 1921-1934 . (The Communist Movement in Iceland). 1921-1934). 1979.
• Ísland í sídari heimsstyrjöld . (Iceland in the Second World War). Volumes I-IV, 1980-1999.
• Íslandsaevintýri Himmlers 1935-1937 . (Himmler's Iceland Adventure 1935-1937). 1988.
• The Ally Who Came in from the Cold . A Survey of Icelandic Foreign Policy 1946-1956 1998.
• Ísland í hers höndum . (Iceland and the Allied Military Presence. Pictures from a War 1939-1945. 2002.

Web links

• Interview in The Reykjavík Grapevine
• Þór Whitehead's website at the University of Iceland

Note: Icelanders are referred to by their first name or first and last name, but not just their surname. Further information can be found under Icelandic personal name .