Bjørn Tore Rosendahl holds a PhD in history from the University of Agder, with the article-based thesis “Seafarers or war sailors? The ambiguities of ensuring seafarers’ services in times of war in the case of the Norwegian merchant fleet during the Second World War”. He has been employed at ARKIVET since 2005, initially as Head of Education.
In 2012, he assumed the position of researcher with a focus on the history of Norwegian merchant seafarers during the Second World War.
In 2014, he launched Krigsseilerregisteret.no and established the Centre for the History of Seafarers at War, which he currently leads. He is also responsible for ARKIVET’s research and public dissemination related to the history of wartime captivity.