As mathematics had been my best subject at school, my parents proposed - and I accepted - studies at the University of Lund in mathematics, statistics, and economics. The choice of the latter subject is said to be due to the fact that at the age of five years, I was very fond of calculating the cost of the various cakes my mother used to bake.
Bertil Ohlin was a Swedish economist and politician. He was awarded the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences for his contributions to the theory of international trade and international economics. Ohlin's research and theories have had a significant impact on the field of economics.