Trond Svandal, a division leader at Arkiv Øst, received his MA in medieval history from the University of Oslo in 2004. He has published two books on the Hospitallers in Varna, Norway: Johannitterordenen: En ridderorden ved verdens ytterste grense (Middelalderforum, 2006) and Hellige krigere: Johannitterne på Værne kloster (Valdisholm forlag, 2010). Svandal has also done research on the Napoleonic wars in Norway and published many articles on various aspects of the local history of Østfold.
