Øyvind Østerud

Øyvind Østerud was a Norwegian political scientist.

Life and career

Østerud was born in Nes on 27 April 1944. His parents were barrister Helge Østerud and Olga-Sofie Østerud nee Scharning. He married Kirsten Thorsen in 1970.
A professor of political science at the University of Oslo from 1980, Østerud’s research interests were nationalism, geopolitics and international conflicts, and international politics. He chaired the research project from 1998 to 2003. He was a fellow of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters and served as its praeses from 2008 to 2011.
Østerud died on 23 June 2025, at the age of 81.