About Ivar Rooth
Lived 1888 – 1972 (aged 83). Ivar Rooth was a Swedish economist and business undergraduate.
Ivar Rooth (2 November 1888 – 27 February 1972) was a Swedish lawyer and economist who served as the governor of the Swedish National Bank from 1929 to 1948 and the second managing director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) from 1951 to 1956. He was also a member of the board of directors of the Bank of International Settlements.
Career Rooth was born on 2 November 1888, in Stockholm, Sweden. He was the son of Otto Rooth and Ellen Hertzman. He graduated from Uppsala University with a Candidate of Law degree in 1911.
He had four children, including physician Gösta Rooth.
Rooth died in Sweden on 27 February 1972.
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Who was Ivar Rooth?
Swedish economist (1888-1972)
When was Ivar Rooth born?
Ivar Rooth was born on 2 November 1888 in Hedvig Eleonora parish.
When did Ivar Rooth die?
Ivar Rooth died on 27 February 1972 in Lidingö Parish.
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Ivar Rooth was an economist and business undergraduate.
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Ivar Rooth was Swedish.
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