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Knut Wicksell

1851 - 1926

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Johan Gustaf Knut Wicksell (December 20, 1851 – May 3, 1926) was a Swedish economist of the Stockholm school. He was professor at Uppsala University and Lund University. He made contributions to theories of population, value, capital and money, as well as methodological contributions to econometrics. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Knut Wicksell has received more than 212,612 page views. His biography is available in 31 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 29 in 2019). Knut Wicksell is the 124th most popular economist (down from 106th in 2019), the 204th most popular biography from Sweden (down from 179th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Swedish Economist.

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Among ECONOMISTS

Among economists, Knut Wicksell ranks 124 out of 414. Before him are Edward C. Prescott, Joan Robinson, Jeremy Rifkin, Jean Tirole, Lucas Papademos, and Harriet Martineau. After him are Robert J. Shiller, Tjalling Koopmans, Alan Greenspan, George Stigler, John Harsanyi, and James Meade.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1851, Knut Wicksell ranks 22. Before him are Adolf von Harnack, Arne Garborg, Frederick Francis III, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Friedrich von Wieser, Vincent d'Indy, and Asa Griggs Candler. After him are Émile Boirac, Alexander, Prince of Orange, Bernardino Machado, Charles Dupuy, George Francis FitzGerald, and Guillaume Bigourdan. Among people deceased in 1926, Knut Wicksell ranks 33. Before him are Victor, Prince Napoléon, Mikao Usui, William Bateson, Ellen Key, Friedrich von Wieser, and John Louis Emil Dreyer. After him are Alphonse Borrelly, Émile Coué, Ugyen Wangchuck, Eino Leino, Prince Philippe, Duke of Orléans, and Théo van Rysselberghe.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Knut Wicksell ranks 204 out of 1,879. Before him are Ingvar Carlsson (1934), Nicolai Gedda (1925), Carl Gustaf Wrangel (1613), Markus Persson (1979), Birger, King of Sweden (1280), and Axel Fredrik Cronstedt (1722). After him are Gunnar Asplund (1885), Per Olov Enquist (1934), Ann-Margret (1941), Princess Sophie of Sweden (1801), Sigfrid Edström (1870), and Salomon August Andrée (1854).

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Among ECONOMISTS In Sweden

Among economists born in Sweden, Knut Wicksell ranks 3. Before him are Gunnar Myrdal (1898), and Bertil Ohlin (1899). After him are Eli Heckscher (1879), Gustav Cassel (1866), and Erik Lindahl (1891).

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