Per Gudbrand Norseng (born 1951) is a Norwegian historian.
He was born in Oslo, and took the cand.philol. degree at the University of Oslo in 1983 with the paper Administrativ prisfastsettelse i det norske middelaldersamfunnet. He has been a research fellow at the University of Oslo, an associate professor at the University of Trondheim and Oslo University College, senior research librarian at the University Library of Oslo, a senior curator at the Follo Museum[1] and Berg-Kragerø Museum. He was then the chief curator, and from 2010 the director of the Norwegian Maritime Museum. From 1993 to 1996 he chaired the Norwegian Historical Association.[2]
His most important publications include Byen under Eikaberg: fra byens oppkomst til 1536, co-written with Arnved Nedkvitne. It was published in 1991 as volume one of Oslo bys historie (History of Oslo) and revised in 2000 and released as Middelalderbyen ved Bjørvika: Oslo 1000-1536. He was also the project leader of the work Østfolds historie (History of Østfold county),[1] He co-wrote volume one and two; Øst for Folden (released 2003) and I Borgarsysle (with Sven G. Eliassen, released 2005).[3]