Died 1979-08-03.
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Bertil Ohlin
Bertil Gotthard Ohlin was a Swedish economist and politician. He was a professor of economics at the Stockholm School of Economics from 1929 to 1965. He was also leader of the People's Party, a social-liberal party which at the time was the largest party in opposition to the governing Social Democratic Party, from 1944 to 1967. He served briefly as Minister of Commerce and Industry from 1944 to 19…
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politics · Swedish economist, politician, and Nobel Laureate (1899–1979) · economist · politician · university teacher · also Bertil Ohlin, Bertil Gotthard Ohlin, Ohlin
Born 23 April 1899 · Died 3 August 1979 · Q179493
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1979· 1 entry
1977· 3 entries
Awarded the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences — for their pathbreaking contribution to the theory of international trade and international capital movements.
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Awarded Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel (1977).
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Together with the British economist James Meade "for their pathbreaking contribution to the theory of international trade and international capital movements"
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1969· 1 entry
Career landmark: Representative of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (1969–1971).
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1965· 1 entry
Awarded Commanders Grand Cross of the Order of the Polar Star (1965).
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1964· 1 entry
Career landmark: President of the Nordic Council (1964–1964).
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1959· 1 entry
Career landmark: President of the Nordic Council (1959–1959).
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1954· 1 entry
Career landmark: Representative of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (1954–1961).
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1952· 2 entries
Awarded doctor honoris causa from the University of Paris (1952).
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Career landmark: substitute member of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (1952–1954).
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1949· 2 entries
Awarded doctor honoris causa from the University of Grenoble (1949).
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Career landmark: Representative of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (1949–1952).
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1945· 2 entries
Awarded Fellow of the Econometric Society (1945).
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Career landmark: member of the Second Chamber (1945–1970).
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1944· 2 entries
Career landmark: Minister of Trade (1944–1945).
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Career landmark: party leader (1944–1967).
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1938· 1 entry
Career landmark: member of the First Chamber (1938–1944).
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1937· 1 entry
Ohlin spent half a year at the University of California, Berkeley, as a visiting professor
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1934· 1 entry
Career landmark: chairperson (1934–1939).
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1933· 1 entry
Ohlin published Interregional and International Trade
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1930· 1 entry
Ohlin succeeded Eli Heckscher, his teacher, as a professor of economics, at the Stockholm School of Economics
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1929· 2 entries
Debated with John Maynard Keynes and contradicted the latter's view on the consequences of the heavy war reparations payments imposed on Germany
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Career landmark: professor (1929–1965).
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1925· 1 entry
Became a professor at the University of Copenhagen
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1924· 1 entry
Career landmark: professor (1924–1929).
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1923· 2 entries
Studied at Harvard University (1922–1923).
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And his doctorate from Stockholm University a year after in 1924 at the age of 25
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1915· 1 entry
Studied at Lund University (1915).
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1899· 1 entry
Born 1899-04-23.
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