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Place of Birth: Christiania, Norway
About Preben Munthe
- Preben Hempel Munthe (15 October 1922 - 3 January 2013) was a Norwegian economist. He was born in Aker, the son of librarian Wilhelm Munthe (1883–1965) and his wife Jenny Hempel (1882–1975).
- Gerhard Munthe was his elder brother.
- The younger Munthe finished his secondary education in 1941, and graduated from the University of Oslo with the cand.oecon.
- degree five years later.
- He was employed as a research fellow at the Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration in the following year, and was promoted to docent in 1956.
- He took his doctorate in 1961, and was a professor at the University of Oslo from 1961 to 1992.
- Parallel to this he served as the State Conciliator of Norway from 1965 to 1974.
- His published works include Freedom of Entry into Industry and Trade (1959), Produsentenes vertikale markedspolitikk som pristeoretisk problem (1960), Horisontale karteller (1961), Sirkulasjon, inntekt og økonomisk vekst (1976, third ed.
- 1983), Penger, kreditt og valuta (1978, second ed.
- 1982) and Markedsøkonomi (1979, third ed.
- 1982).Munthe was a consultant for the Norwegian Nobel Committee from 1959 to 1983, and served on the editorial board of Familieboka (fourth edition, 1973–1975) and Store norske leksikon (first edition 1978–1981; second edition 1985–1989; third edition 1995–1999).
- He was chairman of Norsk Hydro from 1974 to 1977, Freia from 1978 to 1990, Aschehoug Forlag from 1979 to 1992 and Fritt Ord from 1981 to 2000.
- He was a board member of IBM in Norway, Nora Industrier and Bergen Bank, and edited Bergen Bank's quarterly publication from 1967 to 1982.
- He was decorated as a Commander of the Royal Norwegian Order of St.
- Olav in 1971, and was chancellor for the order from 1985 to 2000.
- In 1974 he became a member of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters.
- Munthe has been honoured with two Festschriften, published in 1982 and 2000.He was married to architect Siri Serck-Hanssen, and resided in Oslo.
- Munthe died in January 2013 at the age of 90.
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