Lars Calmfors (born 12 July 1948 in

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) is a Swedish

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and professor of

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at the

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. He received his

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from the

Stockholm School of Economics The Stockholm School of Economics (SSE; sv, Handelshögskolan i Stockholm, HHS) is a private business school located in city district Vasastaden in the central part of Stockholm, Sweden. SSE offers BSc, MSc and MBA programs, along with ...

in 1978. He headed the official Swedish Government Commission on the

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, which in 1996 recommended to wait with introducing the euro. In 2003 when Sweden held a referendum on whether to join the EMU, Calmfors advocated in favor of joining. Calmfors has been a member of the

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since 1993, the

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since 1995, and a chairman of the

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1996–1998 and 2003–2007. Between 2007 and 2011 he was the president of the

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, whose task is to evaluate Swedish economic policy.

References

External links

Calmfors' webpage at University of Stockholm
Swedish economists Academic staff of Stockholm University Stockholm School of Economics alumni Members of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences Members of the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences 1948 births Living people {{Sweden-economist-stub