Bertil Holmlund (born 5 February 1947) is a Swedish

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, currently

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. He was a member of the prize committee for the

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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

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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