Trygve Haavelmo
Norwegian economist and Nobel Laureate (1911–1999)
Who was Trygve Haavelmo?
Trygve Magnus Haavelmo (13 December 1911 – 28 July 1999), born in Skedsmo, Norway, was an economist whose research interests centered on econometrics. After attending Oslo Cathedral School, Haavelmo received a degree in economics from the University of Oslo in 1930 and eventually joined the Institute of Economics with the recommendation of Ragnar Frisch. In 1936, Haavelmo studied statistics at University College London while he subsequently traveled to Berlin, Geneva, and Oxford for additional studies. Haavelmo assumed a lecturing position at the University of Aarhus in 1938 for one year and then in the subsequent year was offered an academic scholarship to travel abroad and study in the United States. He received his PhD in 1946 from Oslo University for his work on The Probability Approach in Econometrics which he had completed while at Harvard in 1941.
Trygve Magnus Haavelmo, born in Skedsmo, Norway, was an economist whose research interests centered on econometrics. Haavelmo was Frisch's assistant for a period of time until he was appointed as head of computations for the institute. During World War II he worked with Nortraship in the Statistical Department in New York City.
Historical significance
He received the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences in 1989.