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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. His economic contributions would influence both the Keynesian and Austrian schools of economic thought. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Knut Wicksell has received more than 199,163 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). Knut Wicksell is the 107th most popular economist (up from 127th in 2019), the 180th most popular biography from Sweden (up from 209th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Swedish Economist.

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Among ECONOMISTS

Among economists, Knut Wicksell ranks 107 out of 315Before him are Alan Greenspan, Alfred Weber, William Nordhaus, Vernon L. Smith, Dale T. Mortensen, and Eugene Fama. After him are Tjalling Koopmans, Robert J. Shiller, Jean Tirole, Lorenz von Stein, Kristalina Georgieva, and Robert B. Wilson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1851, Knut Wicksell ranks 17Before him are Eugen Böhm von Bawerk, Léon Bourgeois, Martinus Beijerinck, Friedrich von Wieser, Frederick Francis III, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, and Adolf von Harnack. After him are Vincent d'Indy, Isabella, Princess of Asturias, Torakusu Yamaha, Asa Griggs Candler, Alexander, Prince of Orange, and Princess Maria Antonietta of Bourbon-Two Sicilies. Among people deceased in 1926, Knut Wicksell ranks 32Before him are Mikao Usui, Victor, Prince Napoléon, William Bateson, Constantin Fehrenbach, Ellen Key, and Friedrich von Wieser. After him are Prince Philippe, Duke of Orléans, Ugyen Wangchuck, Théo van Rysselberghe, Émile Coué, John Louis Emil Dreyer, and Alphonse Borrelly.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Knut Wicksell ranks 180 out of 1,612Before him are Gunnar Asplund (1885), Sten Sture the Younger (1493), John I of Sweden (1201), Tage Erlander (1901), Oscar Montelius (1843), and Britt Ekland (1942). After him are PewDiePie (1989), Franz Berwald (1796), Markus Persson (1979), Hugo Alfvén (1872), Princess Sophie of Sweden (1801), and Per Albin Hansson (1885).

Among ECONOMISTS In Sweden

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