Trygve Haavelmo

Trygve Haavelmo, Norwegian economist and mathematician, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1999)

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Born: December 13, 1911
Died: July 28, 1999
Zodiac sign: Sagittarius
Birth year: 1911

About Trygve Haavelmo

Trygve Magnus Haavelmo (13 December 1911 – 28 July 1999), born in Skedsmo, Norway, was an economist whose research interests centered on econometrics. He received the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences in 1989. 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. Haavelmo was Frisch's assistant for a period of time until he was appointed as head of computations for the institute. 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.

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Trygve Haavelmo timeline

1930After 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.
1938Haavelmo 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.

The world when Trygve Haavelmo was born

Trygve Haavelmo was born in 1911. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Culture in 1911

Best-selling book"The Broad Highway" – Jeffery Farnol

Headlines and milestones

Major sports momentFirst Indianapolis 500 race
Top headlineTriangle Shirtwaist Factory fire kills 146 workers
Technology milestoneFirst transcontinental airplane flight (49 days)
World population~1.71B

United States snapshot

U.S. leaderWilliam Howard Taft
U.S. population93.4M

1911 versus 2026

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Measure	1911	2026
Population	93.4M	341 million

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