Karin Kock-Lindberg

Karin Kock was born in Stockholm, and studied at the London School of Economics and Stockholm University.[1] 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.[1]

She published several works in economics, her speciality being credit and trade cycle problems.[2] 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.[2]

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.[1] She served as minister without portfolio of questions regarding the economy in 1947–1948 and as Minister of Public Housekeeping (Swedish: Folkhushållningsminister) in 1948–1949.[1]

Following the dissolving of the Ministry of the Domestic Economy in 1950, Karin Kock became Director of Statistics Sweden.[1] She was head of the agency from 1950 to 1957.[2] During 1953 and 1954 she was chairman of the Swedish Statistical Society.[2] She became a fellow of the American Statistical Association in 1956[3] and a member of the International Statistical Institute in 1958.[2]

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.[2]

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.[1]

• Olivia Nordgren
• Kerstin Hesselgren

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

• Karin Kock-Lindberg at Svenskt kvinnobiografiskt lexikon