Jakob Sverdrup (30 November 1919 – 5 December 1997) was a Norwegian historian.
He was born in Bergen[1] as a son of the professor of religious studies Georg Johan Sverdrup (1885–1951).
[2] He started his career as a journalist, and became the editor of foreign news in Arbeiderbladet.
degree in 1974 with the thesis Et statsmonopol blir til—Vinmonopolet frem til 1932.
He worked as a lecturer at the University of Oslo from 1963 and as assisting professor from 1983.