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Bertil Ohlin
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Bertil Ohlin

Politician · born April 23, 1899 · died 1979

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Bertil Gotthard Ohlin was a Swedish economist and politician. He was a professor of economics at the Stockholm School of Economics from 1929 to 1965.

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  1. ~25Became professor1924
  2. ~45Became party leader1944
  3. ~78Received the Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel1977

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