A History of Economic Thought in Sweden

Lars Magnusson (Uppsala University, Sweden)

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English

Routledge
10 September 2025

Historiography; European history; Economic theory & philosophy; Economic history

Series: The Routledge History of Economic Thought

Situating key texts and writers in their proper historical context, this book presents a history of Swedish economic thinking from early modern times to the present day.

Highlighting key elements of Swedish political, economic and social history allows the book to shed new light on important parts of the story including the development of neo-classical economics from the late 19th century - associated with leading names such as Knut Wicksell, Gustav Cassel and Eli Heckscher – and the rise of the so-called Stockholm school in the 1920s and 30s. But the book also goes back further to explore the Swedish economic literature of the 18th century, particularly its more “liberal” version of mercantilism and cameralism, as well as early modern and medieval developments. Throughout, the book emphasizes the unique nature of much of the economic thinking emanating from Sweden. Emulation and adaption of political economic thinking imported from abroad – primarily the UK, France and German speaking countries - is an important part of this story, but this is shown to be an active process which has resulted in great originality in Swedish economic thought.

This book will be of interest to readers in the history of economic thought, economic history, the history of ideas and Swedish history.

By: Lars Magnusson (Uppsala University Sweden)
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
Weight: 560g
ISBN: 9781032628479
ISBN 10: 1032628472
Series: The Routledge History of Economic Thought
Pages: 210
Publication Date: 10 September 2025
Audience: College/higher education , Primary
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

1 Swedish Economic Thought – Ideas in Context 2 Polity and Economy in Early Modern Sweden 3 Natural Liberty in the Age of Freedom 4 National liberalism 5 Historical Economics and Marginalism 6 The Stockholm School 7 The Swedish Model 8 Epilogue References Index

Lars Magnusson is Emeritus Chair Professor of Economic History at the Uppsala University in Sweden and working member of the Swedish Royal Academy of Science. He has been visiting fellow in a number of universities and scholarly institutes for example in Göttingen, Paris and Florence. He has written extensively on Swedish and European economic history as well as on general history of economic thought. Among the publications could be mentioned: Mercantilism: The Shaping of Politiical Economy (1994), An Economic History of Sweden (2000), The Tradition of Free Trade (2004); The Political Economy of Mercantilism (2015), and A Breif History of Political Economy: Tales of Marx, Keynes and Hayek (2016).