Söderström Medal for Economics
| Söderström Medal for Economics | |
|---|---|
| Location | Stockholm |
| Country | Sweden |
| Presented by | Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences |
| First award | 1907 |
| Most recent recipient | Erik Lundberg (1980) |
| Total | 12 |
The Söderström Medal in Economics (Swedish: Söderströmska medaljen[1]) was an award in economic sciences, presented by the Royal Swedish Academy of Science in Stockholm, Sweden. First awarded in 1907, the most recent recipient was awarded in 1980.
The Söderström Medal was superseded by the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences,[2] also awarded by the Academy, established in 1968 by Sweden's central bank, Sveriges Riksbank, to celebrate its 300th anniversary and in memory of Alfred Nobel.[3]
List of winners
| No. | Winners | Year | Nationality | Institution(s) | Field(s) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gustav Gröndal | 1907 | ||||
| 2 | David Davidson | 1912 | Sweden | Uppsala University | Neo-Ricardianism | |
| 3 | Gustav Cassel | 1922 | Sweden | Stockholm School | Mathematical economics | |
| 4 | Marcus Wallenberg Sr | 1927 | Sweden | Stockholms Enskilda Bank | ||
| 5 | Eli Heckscher | 1933 | Sweden | Stockholm School | ||
| 6 | John Maynard Keynes | 1939 | United Kingdom | King's College, Cambridge | [4] | |
| 7 | Gunnar Myrdal | 1947 | Sweden | Stockholm School | Macroeconomics | [5] |
| 8 | Piero Sraffa | 1961 | Italy | Trinity College, Cambridge |
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| 9 | Alvin Hansen | 1964 | United States | Harvard |
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| 10 | Tarlok Singh | 1970 | India | Planning Commission of India | [7] | |
| 11 | François Perroux | 1971 | France | |||
| 12 | Erik Lundberg | 1980 | Sweden | Stockholm School |
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See also
References
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- ^ a b Arthmar, Rogério; McLure, Michael (2019) [18 September 2017]. "Sraffa, Myrdal, and the 1961 Söderström Gold Medal" (Abstract). The Scandinavian Journal of Economics. 121 (2): 843–853. doi:10.1111/sjoe.12274. Retrieved 4 January 2026 – via JStor.org.
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- ^ Raikar, Sudhir (8 May 2024). "Remarkable Civil Servant and Redeemer of Refugees: Tarlok Singh (1913 – 2005)". LinkedIn Pulse. Retrieved 4 January 2025 – via LinkedIn.