Sune Carlson


Sune Carlson was a Swedish economist. He was considered a pioneer in establishing international business as a research area.

Life and work

Carlson obtained his MA in economics at the Stockholm School of Economics in 1932 and his PhD at the University of Chicago in 1936.
In 1951, he published "Executive Behavior", a classic study of CEO behavior. In 1958, Carlson founded the Department of Business Studies at Uppsala University. From 1972-1979, he was a member of the committee that selects the laureates for the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences, the Economics Prize Committee, and served as an associate member from 1980.
He was a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences from 1965 and of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences from 1972.

Selected publications

Articles, a selection