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Erik Lindahl

1891 - 1960

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Erik Lindahl (21 November 1891 – 6 January 1960) was a Swedish economist. He was professor of economics at Uppsala University 1942–58 and in 1956–59 he was the President of the International Economic Association. He was an also an advisor to the Swedish government and the central bank, and in 1943 was elected as a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Erik Lindahl has received more than 53,954 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Erik Lindahl is the 345th most popular economist (down from 320th in 2019), the 959th most popular biography from Sweden (down from 865th in 2019) and the 6th most popular Swedish Economist.

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Among ECONOMISTS

Among economists, Erik Lindahl ranks 345 out of 414. Before him are James Wilson, Henryk Grossman, Abel Aganbegyan, José Ángel Gurría, Sri Mulyani, and Don Patinkin. After him are Nicholas Stern, Baron Stern of Brentford, Bjørn Lomborg, Fatih Birol, Martin Wolf, Edith Abbott, and Ester Boserup.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1891, Erik Lindahl ranks 248. Before him are Ernest Leonard Johnson, Boris Lavrenyov, Hendrik Adamson, Birbal Sahni, Oliverio Girondo, and Mamie Smith. After him are Jean Jacoby, Bernhard Zondek, Béla von Kehrling, John A. Costello, Lorenzo Mangiante, and August Gailit. Among people deceased in 1960, Erik Lindahl ranks 204. Before him are Juan Manuel Frutos, Ettore Chimeri, Liesl Karlstadt, John Rupert Firth, Julie Vinter Hansen, and Dudley Nichols. After him are Aneurin Bevan, Otto Nilsson, Gavriil Adrianovich Tikhov, Thalia Flora-Karavia, August Gailit, and Alfred E. Green.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Erik Lindahl ranks 959 out of 1,879. Before him are Nick Bostrom (1973), Sven-Gunnar Larsson (1940), Malin Åkerman (1978), Staffan Tapper (1948), Kjell Grede (1936), and Eric Carlberg (1880). After him are Anna-Lisa Eriksson (1928), Kjell Johansson (1946), Carl Hårleman (1886), Georg Johansson (1910), Östen Undén (1886), and Axel Sjöblom (1882).

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Among ECONOMISTS In Sweden

Among economists born in Sweden, Erik Lindahl ranks 6. Before him are Gunnar Myrdal (1898), Bertil Ohlin (1899), Knut Wicksell (1851), Eli Heckscher (1879), and Gustav Cassel (1866).

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