Bertil Holmlund
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Bertil Holmlund (born 5 February 1947) is a Swedish
economist An economist is a professional and practitioner in the social sciences, social science discipline of economics. The individual may also study, develop, and apply theories and concepts from economics and write about economic policy. Within this ...
, currently
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of
Economics Economics () is a behavioral science that studies the Production (economics), production, distribution (economics), distribution, and Consumption (economics), consumption of goods and services. Economics focuses on the behaviour and interac ...
at
Uppsala University Uppsala University (UU) () is a public university, public research university in Uppsala, Sweden. Founded in 1477, it is the List of universities in Sweden, oldest university in Sweden and the Nordic countries still in operation. Initially fou ...
. He was a member of the prize committee for the
Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences The Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences, officially the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel (), commonly referred to as the Nobel Prize in Economics(), is an award in the field of economic sciences adminis ...
from 1998 to 2001 and from 2005 to 2006 and was the chairman of the committee from 2008 to 2010. Holmlund is a member of the
Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences () is one of the Swedish Royal Academies, royal academies of Sweden. Founded on 2 June 1739, it is an independent, non-governmental scientific organization that takes special responsibility for promoting nat ...
since 2004.''Nya ledamöter invalda''
Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences 2004-11-05


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1946 births Labor economists Living people Swedish economists Umeå University alumni Academic staff of Uppsala University Members of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences {{Sweden-economist-stub