AKA Bertil Gotthard Ohlin

Born: 23-Apr-1899
Birthplace: Klippan, Sweden
Died: 3-Aug-1979
Location of death: Vålädalen, Sweden
Cause of death: unspecified

Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Economist

Nationality: Sweden
Executive summary: Hecksher-Ohlin model of free trade

Leader of the Swedish Liberal Party (1944-67).

Daughter: Anne Wibble (Swedish Minister of Finance 1991-94)

    University: BA, University of Lund (1917)
    University: MA, Harvard University (1923)
    University: PhD, Stockholm University (1924)
    Professor: University of Copenhagen (1925-30)
    Professor: Stockholm University (1930-)

    Nobel Prize for Economics 1977 (with James Edward Meade)
    Swedish Minister Commerce (1944-45)
    Swedish Member of Parliament 1938-70

Author of books:
Interregional and International Trade (1933, economics)
The Problem of Employment Stabilisation (1949, economics)

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