Söderström Medal for Economics
Award established in 1907 by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
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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.
| 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The Söderström Medal was superseded by the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences,[2] also awarded by the Academy, established in 1968 by Sweden's central bank, Sveriges Riksbank, to celebrate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 | [4] | |||
| 2 | David Davidson | 1912 |  Sweden | Uppsala University | Neo-Ricardianism | [5] |
| 3 | Gustav Cassel | 1922 | Sweden | Stockholm University | Mathematical economics | [6] |
| 4 | Marcus Wallenberg Sr | 1927 | Sweden | Stockholms Enskilda Bank | [7] | |
| 5 | Eli Heckscher | 1933 | Sweden | Stockholm School of Economics | [8] | |
| 6 | John Maynard Keynes | 1939 |  United Kingdom | King's College, Cambridge | [9] | |
| 7 | Gunnar Myrdal | 1947 | Sweden | Stockholm School | Macroeconomics | [10] |
| 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 | [12] | |
| 11 | François Perroux | 1971 |  France | |||
| 12 | Erik Lundberg | 1980 | Sweden | Stockholm University |
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