Ragnar Frisch
Ragnar Frisch (1895-1973) founded the Department of Economics at the University of Oslo in 1932. His numerous groundbreaking contributions led to him being awarded the Nobel Prize in Economics in 1969, alongside Jan Tinbergen.
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Ragnar Frisch teaching (unknown date). Unknown photographer, MUV, UiO.
Ragnar Frisch was born in Kristiania (Oslo), Norway on 3 March 1895. He was appointed Professor at the Royal Frederick University (from 1939 University of Oslo) in 1931. In 1932 he founded the Department of Economics at the University of Oslo, which he directed until retirement in 1965.
Ragnar Frisch was an ardent protagonist for more scientific economics in the interwar period and played an active role internationally through his scholarly contributions but also through his efforts for the Econometric Society and its journal Econometrica, which may be regarded as landmarks both for the scientification and the internationalization of economics. For many years Frisch was the only Norwegian economist of international renown and became a father figure for Norwegian economics. Frisch was awarded (jointly with Jan Tinbergen) the first Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel in 1969. Ragnar Frisch died in 1973.
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The University of Oslo Library keeps several documents, letters, books, and dissertations by and about Ragnar Frisch. Museum of University History (MUV) also has a text about Frisch.
The Frisch Centre
The Ragnar Frisch Centre for Economic Research is an independent research institution founded by the University of Oslo and operational from 1 January 1999. The Frisch Centre conducts economic research in co-operation with the Department of Economics at the University of Oslo.