Dag Coward (1910–2000) was a Norwegian

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who served as the fourth rector of the

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(NHH) from 1964–1972. Born in

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he studied at the

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, where he took the economics exam in 1931. He was appointed Knight of the Order of St. Olav.

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1910 births 2000 deaths University of Oslo alumni Academic staff of the Norwegian School of Economics Rectors of the Norwegian School of Economics People from Kristiansand 20th-century Norwegian economists {{Norway-economist-stub