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Karin Kock-Lindberg

Karin Kock-Lindberg is a mathematics topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Karin Kock-Lindberg rather than just read about it. In short: Karin Kock-Lindberg (née Kock; 2 July 1891 – 28 July 1976) was a Swedish politician (Social Democrats) and professor of economics. In 1947 she became the first woman to hold a ministerial position in Sweden.

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Reference excerpt

Karin Kock-Lindberg (née Kock; 2 July 1891 – 28 July 1976) was a Swedish politician (Social Democrats) and professor of economics. In 1947 she became the first woman to hold a ministerial position in Sweden. She was also the first female professor of economics in Sweden. Karin Kock was known as Karin Kock-Lindberg after her marriage to lawyer Hugo Lindberg in 1936.

Biography Karin Kock was born in Stockholm, and studied at the London School of Economics and Stockholm University. She was a lecturer at Stockholm University in 1933–1938, and was appointed professor of economics in 1945, after already having functioned as such for several years. She published several works in economics, her speciality being credit and trade cycle problems. Her English language works include her doctoral thesis A Study of Interest Rates (1929) and International Trade and the GATT (1969), as well as The National Income of Sweden 1861-1930 (1937) written in collaboration with two other economists. Karin Kock was given several official assignments, such as economic adviser at the Women's Workers Association in 1936 and government delegate at the International Workers' Conference in Paris in 1945. She was a member of The Committee for Increased Women's Representation, founded in 1937 to increase women's political representation. She served as minister without portfolio of questions regarding the economy in 1947–1948 and as minister of supply in 1948–1949. Following the dissolving of the Ministry of Supply in 1950, Karin Kock became director of Statistics Sweden. She was head of the agency from 1950 to 1957. During 1953 and 1954 she was chairman of the Swedish Statistical Society. She became a fellow of the American Statistical Association in 1956 and a member of the International Statistical Institute in 1958. As head of Sweden's delegation to the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe, she acted for some years as chairman of its plenary session in Geneva. Karin Kock was also chairperson of Akademiskt bildade kvinnors förening (The Association of Female Academicians) from 1926 to 1933 and vice president of International Federation of University Women.

See also Olivia Nordgren Kerstin Hesselgren

References Focus uppslagsbok Stockholm Media Familjelexikon 7 Kat-Lat Bonniers, Verona (1981)

Further reading Karin Kock-Lindberg at Svenskt kvinnobiografiskt lexikon

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Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Karin Kock-Lindberg

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Karin Kock-Lindberg claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In mathematics, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Karin Kock-Lindberg before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Karin Kock-Lindberg ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Karin Kock-Lindberg

In research: Karin Kock-Lindberg appears in mathematics research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Karin Kock-Lindberg in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Karin Kock-Lindberg is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 1891 births, 1976 deaths, 20th-century Swedish politicians, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Karin Kock-Lindberg outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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