Tord Palander Explained

Tord Palander
Birth Date:6 October 1902
Birth Place:Stockholm, Sweden
Death Date:1972
Nationality:Swedish
Institution:University of Uppsala
Gothenburg School of Business, Economics and Law
Field:Regional science, urban economics
Alma Mater:Stockholm University

Tord Folkeson Palander (6 October 1902 – 1972)[1] was a Swedish economist. His Ph.D. thesis, Beiträge zur Standortstheorie (Contributions to Location Theory), completed in 1935 at the Stockholm University College, laid foundations to regional science.

Palander first studied chemical engineering at the Royal Institute of Technology, and graduated in 1926. He then started to study economics at the Stockholm University College. In 1941, Palander became a professor at the Gothenburg School of Business, Economics and Law, and in 1948 at the University of Uppsala.

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  1. Book: . 1972 . 133 .