Bo Södersten (5 June 1931 – 5 September 2017) was a Swedish economist and politician. A native of

Dalarna County Dalarna County () is a county or '' län'' in central Sweden (Svealand). It borders on the counties of Uppsala, Jämtland, Gävleborg, Västmanland, Örebro and Värmland. It also borders on the Norwegian counties of Hedmark and Trøndelag to ...

, Södersten attended

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and the

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, where he studied under Ingvar Svennilson. From 1961 to 1962, Södersten spent time at the

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and the

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in the United States. He completed his dissertation in 1964, after returning to Stockholm. Södersten taught at the

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from 1971 to 1977. He then joined the faculty of

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. Södersten served on the

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from 1979 to 1988 as a member of the

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. Södersten moved to

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in 1998, after his wife Birgit Friggebo was appointed governor of the county. Upon the end of her gubernatorial term, Friggebo and Södersten moved to Stockholm. In 2022, a book was published about him entitled ''Bo Södersten from Left to Right. Portrait of a Political Economist''.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Sodersten, Bo 1931 births 2017 deaths 20th-century Swedish economists Stockholm University alumni Uppsala University alumni University of California, Berkeley alumni Massachusetts Institute of Technology alumni Academic staff of Lund University Academic staff of the University of Gothenburg Members of the Riksdag from the Social Democrats Members of the Riksdag 1979–1982 Members of the Riksdag 1982–1985 Members of the Riksdag 1985–1988