Three students receive the Cassel Prize
The Cassel Prize is awarded to students with particularly outstanding results in their first term of economics.
The prize was established in 2006 by the Department of Economics at Stockholm University, and is awarded every term to a maximum of three students.
Students honoured with the prize in the autumn term of 2023 are:
- Elias Ipek
- Karin Mörtberg
- Kristoffer Westerberg
Gustav Cassel became the first professor of economics at Stockholm University in 1904.
Photo: unknown photographer/Wikipedia. Source: Ivar Anderson, Svenska Dagbladets historia, 1. 1884-1940. Stockholm 1960.
More about Gustav Cassel
Gustav Cassel was promoted to the first professor of economics at Stockholm University in 1904.
Cassel had a background in mathematics and became highly influential to the economics field in the 1920s.
Text by: Anneli Eriksson
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Last updated: January 4, 2024
Source: Department of Economics