Yrjö Jahnsson, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Finnish economist and professor
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Place of Birth: Turku, South-Western Finland Regional State Administrative Agency, Finland
About Yrjö Jahnsson
- Yrjö Jahnsson (1877–1936) was a Finnish economics professor at the University of Helsinki (appointed 1911).
- In the early 1930s he was openly critical of the strict monetary policy of the "orthodox" government and central bank.
- Ideologically he was a supporter of the Fennoman movement.
- During the 1920s and 1930s he was successful in business and made a substantial amount of money, which was used by his wife (Hilma Jahnsson (1882–1975)) to establish the Yrjö Jahnsson Foundation.
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