Ragnar Frisch

Ragnar Anton Kittil Frisch (3 March 1895 – 31 January 1973) was an Norwegian economist. He won the first Nobel Prize in Economics with Jan Tinbergen in 1969.

Early life
Frisch was born on 3 March 1895 in Christiania, Norway.Frisch, Ragnar, "Autobiography", published in Nobel Lectures, Economics 1969–1980, Editor Assar Lindbeck, World Scientific Publishing Co., Singapore, 1992 He studied at the University of Oslo. 

Nobel Prize
He was also the co-winner with Jan Tinbergen of the first Nobel Prize in Economics in 1969 for his works with econometrics.

Studies
He is known for having founded the discipline of econometrics, and in 1933 to have created the widely used term pair macroeconomics/microeconomics.

Personal life
Frisch was married to Marie Smedal from 1920 until her death in 1952. Then he was remarried to Astrid Johannessen from 1953 until his death in 1973. Frisch had one daughter with Smedal. 

Death
Frisch died on 31 January 1973 in Oslo, Norway from a stroke, aged 77.

References

Other websites
 Autobiography at Nobel e-Museum
 Ragnar Frisch at nobel-winners.com
 IDEAS/RePEc

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Category:Norwegian Nobel Prize winners