RESEARCH INTERESTS

Early Modern Scandinavia, History of Political Economy, History of Science

BIOGRAPHY

I study political economy in the eighteenth-century Danish Empire. Often overlooked in histories of early modern empires, the lands of the Danish Oldenburg monarchs stretched from northern Europe to the Arctic, the Caribbean, West-Africa, and India. My work examines how Danish actors sought to reform their empire in the latter half of the eighteenth century. Of particular interest is the extent to which we can study the Danish Empire as a coherent political-economic entity, and how international currents of thought interacted with local ideas and practices in shaping economic reforms and debate.

Before coming to Chicago, I completed a BA in History at the University of Iceland, and an MA in European History, Politics, and Society at Columbia University. My research has been supported by the Fulbright Foreign Student Program, The Leifur Eiríksson Foundation, The American-Scandinavian Foundation, The National Bank of Iceland, Den Arnamagnæanske Legat, the Memorial Fund of Björn Þorsteinsson, and The Jón Sigurðsson Memorial Prize.

PUBLICATIONS

Jón Steingrímsson og Skaftáreldar [Jón Steingrímsson and the Laki Eruption]. Reykjavík: The Icelandic Historical Society, 2022.