Stig Tenold is Professor of Economic History at the Department of Economics, NHH.

His main research is within the field of contemporary maritime history, both from an economic history and from a business history angle. The research has resulted in six single-authored, two co-authored and three edited books, as well as more than thirty articles in peer-reviewed journals. In addition, he has published articles in scientific journals and anthologies on East-Asian economic development, trade policy and popular music.

Stig's most recent books are:

• Sjøfartsbyen? Bergen og sjøfarten 1973-2018, Gyldendal Akademisk 2023
• Med flagget til topps. Historien om norsk skipsfart i det 20. århundre, Gyldendal Akademisk 2020
• Twentieth Century Shipping: Norway's Successful Navigation of the World's Most Global Industry, Palgrave Macmillan 2019 (free electronic download here)
• Shipping and Globalization in the Post-War Era: Contexts, Companies, Connections (edited with Petersson and White), Palgrave Macmillan 2019 (free electronic download here)

Tenold has won prizes for outstanding performance as a lecturer, awarded by the NHH Master's degree students (2011) and by the NHH Bachelor's degree students (2019). He has regularly given lectures and courses in maritime history and economics at other universities in Europe and Asia.

In the period 2021-25, Tenold served as Vice Rector for Academic Affairs at NHH. He has also been awarded the title Excellent Teaching Practitioner, and is currently Academic Director of the CEMS programme at NHH.