Tord Palander

Tord Folkeson Palander was a Swedish economist. His Ph.D. thesis, Beiträge zur Standortstheorie, completed in 1935 at the Stockholm [University College], laid foundations to regional science.
Palander first studied chemical engineering at the Royal [Institute of Technology], and graduated in 1926. He then started to study economics at the Stockholm University College. In 1941, Palander became a professor at the Gothenburg [School of Business, Economics and Law], and in 1948 at the University of Uppsala.