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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. Lindahl posed the question of financing public goods in accordance with individual benefits. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Erik Lindahl is the 360th most popular economist (down from 345th in 2019), the 1,085th most popular biography from Sweden (down from 959th in 2019) and the 6th most popular Swedish Economist.

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Among ECONOMISTS

Among economists, Erik Lindahl ranks 360 out of 414. Before him are Robert Torrens, Jagdish Bhagwati, James Wilson, Fatih Birol, Frank Fetter, and Mariana Mazzucato. After him are Arkady Dvorkovich, W. Michael Blumenthal, Nicholas Stern, Baron Stern of Brentford, Rose Friedman, Ariel Rubinstein, and Masaaki Shirakawa.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1891, Erik Lindahl ranks 265. Before him are Oliverio Girondo, Martti Nieminen, Josef Šroubek, Nella Larsen, Petras Klimas, and Norman Taber. After him are Jetta Goudal, Charles Coughlin, Madge Kennedy, Irving Pichel, Mamie Smith, and James Wilson. Among people deceased in 1960, Erik Lindahl ranks 217. Before him are Dudley Nichols, Nils Widforss, John Rupert Firth, Otto Nilsson, Liesl Karlstadt, and Karl Gustafsson. After him are Curt Goetz, Olle Larsson, Raoul Paoli, Lawrence Tibbett, Dora Marsden, and Benjamin Bradshaw.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Erik Lindahl ranks 1,085 out of 1,879. Before him are Sven-Åke Lundbäck (1948), Tomas Pettersson (1947), Georg de Laval (1883), Eva Ström (1947), Cecilia Malmström (1968), and Jan Halvarsson (1942). After him are Lennart Magnusson (1924), Erik Svensson (1903), Stig Sjölin (1928), Göta Pettersson (1926), Hasse Borg (1953), and Jakob Cedergren (1973).

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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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