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Chapters: Anders Chydenius, Jussi V. Koivisto, Pentti Kouri, Vesa Kanniainen, Bengt R. Holmström, Rolf Kullberg, Ernst Nevanlinna, Sirkka Hämäläinen. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 31. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Anders Chydenius (pronounced ; 26 February 1729 1 February 1803) was the leading classical liberal of Nordic history. Born in Sotkamo, Ostrobothnia, Sweden (today in northeastern Finland) and having studied under Pehr Kalm at the Royal Academy of Åbo, Chydenius became a priest, Enlightenment philosopher and member of the Swedish Riksdag of the Estates. Anders Chydenius was born in 1729 at Sotkamo, Ostrobothnia (now part of Kainuu region) where his father Jacob was a chaplain. The family moved to Kuusamo in 1734 where his father became a rector. Anders' childhood was spent in the barren area of northern Finland. He and his brother Samuel were taught privately by their father and then they went to Uleåborg grammar school (trivialskola). After the Russo-Swedish War (17411743), the boys studied privately in Tornio and entered the Royal Academy of Åbo in 1745. They also studied at Uppsala University in Sweden. Anders studied mathematics, natural sciences, Latin and philosophy. In 1746 the father Jacob and family moved to Gamlakarleby. In 1753, after graduation, Anders was appointed preacher of the Chapel of the dependent parish of Nedervetil (today, part of Kronoby) in Ostrobothnia. He was married in 1755 to Beata Magdalena Mellberg, daughter of a merchant from Jakobstad. The couple was childless. While in Nedervetil he was active in many projects such as the clearing of the marshes, experimenting with new breeds of animals and plants, and adopting new methods of cultivation of potatoes and tobacco. His aim was to enlighten the peasants by example. Chydenius practiced me...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=658274 ... Read more