Thorsten Streyffert (1892–1983) — Economist and Forester

In 1828, a decision was reached to establish a higher educational institution for forestry in Sweden, the Royal Forest Institute. In 1915 this institute was reorganized to become the Royal Swedish College of Forestry (which today constitutes the Faculty of Forestry within the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences). It was, however, not until 1939 that a specific professorship in economics was established in the field of forestry. The title of the professorship naturally enough became “forest economics”, but it also included certain aspects of the subject “forest mensuration and management planning of forest land” as well as teaching in “forest...