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Trygve Haavelmo

1911 - 1999

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Trygve Magnus Haavelmo (13 December 1911 – 28 July 1999), born in Skedsmo, Norway, was an economist whose research interests centered on econometrics. He received the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences in 1989. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Trygve Haavelmo is the 53rd most popular economist (up from 66th in 2019), the 58th most popular biography from Norway (down from 43rd in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Norwegian Economist.

Trygve Haavelmo was a Norwegian economist who is most famous for the Haavelmo Theorem. This theorem states that if a model is to be used to predict future events, it must be calibrated with data from the past.

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Among ECONOMISTS

Among economists, Trygve Haavelmo ranks 53 out of 414. Before him are William Petty, Bertil Ohlin, Tansu Çiller, Edmund Phelps, Ronald Coase, and Gary Becker. After him are Dominique Strauss-Kahn, Karl Polanyi, Jeffrey Sachs, Werner Sombart, Theodore Schultz, and Frédéric Bastiat.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1911, Trygve Haavelmo ranks 38. Before him are Feodor Lynen, Robert Johnson, Wilhelm Mohnke, Gian Carlo Menotti, Max Frisch, and Klaus Fuchs. After him are Odysseas Elytis, Lê Đức Thọ, Richard Baer, Jules Dassin, Lee Yoo-hyung, and Jean Harlow. Among people deceased in 1999, Trygve Haavelmo ranks 25. Before him are Robert Bresson, Willi Stoph, Glenn T. Seaborg, Wilt Chamberlain, Georgios Papadopoulos, and Joe DiMaggio. After him are Oliver Reed, Gerhard Herzberg, Julius Nyerere, Iris Murdoch, Jerzy Grotowski, and Daniel Nathans.

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In Norway

Among people born in Norway, Trygve Haavelmo ranks 58 out of 1,039. Before him are Gunnar Sønsteby (1918), Jon Fosse (1959), Hans Egede (1686), Inge II of Norway (1185), Eystein I of Norway (1088), and Anders Behring Breivik (1979). After him are Peder Severin Krøyer (1851), Haakon Magnusson of Norway (1068), Eiríkr Hákonarson (957), Ivar Giaever (1929), Sonja Henie (1912), and Johan Galtung (1930).

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Among ECONOMISTS In Norway

Among economists born in Norway, Trygve Haavelmo ranks 2. Before him are Ragnar Frisch (1895). After him are Finn E. Kydland (1943), and Jon Elster (1940).

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