As one of the survivors from the Economics Department of Stockholm University from the 1930s, I would like to supplement the paper by Rolf Henriksson about the Political Economy Club with some remarks based on my recollections and experiences.

First let me introduce myself. I started my studies at Stockholm University in 1931, where my introduction to economics was handled by Alf Johansson. I passed my first examination in the subject for Gösta Bagge in 1934 and my advanced examination later in the 1930s for Johansson. I listened to Gustav Cassel's lectures in his last year and to the lectures given by Gunnar Myrdal, who spoke vividly about the problems that preoccupied him at that time, namely, business cycles and public finance. In the corridors and at advanced seminars, I met Erik Lindahl, Karin Kock, and Dag Hammarskjöld. As fellow students, I also met Erik Lundberg and Ingvar Svennilson, who were a few years ahead of me.

In 1936 I was appointed secretary of a committee that was investigating the problems of monopolies in Swedish industry with Bertil Ohlin as chairman. In due course this led to a number of other assignments that finally made me give up the academic for an administrative career. I have given a somewhat fuller account of the environment at Stockholm University in the 1930s and my own adventures in the forthcoming volume The Stockholm School of Economics Remembered (edited by Lars Jonung).