Norges Bank Conference
Bogstad Gård, 7 June 2005
Norges Bank is arranging a conference on historical monetary statistics at Bogstad Gård on Tuesday, 7 June. Bogstad Gård will provide a special setting for the conference and the celebration of the dissolution of Norway's union with Sweden.
Jan F. Qvigstad, Executive Director of Norges Bank Monetary Policy and Chief Economist, will take a closer look at 500 years of price history in Norway. Price stability is the norm. The characteristic features of periods with high inflation and with deflation will be considered in more detail. Professor Ola Grytten, Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration, will present wage statistics going back to the 1730s. Professor Lars Jonung, who works at the EU Commission, will provide an account of the Scandinavian currency union from the early 1870s. Historian and author Bård Frydenlund will talk about business development and investments prior to 1814 in Christiania and the surrounding area, with special emphasis on Peder Anker and his time.
Programme
Part I
Moderator: Jarle Bergo, Deputy Governor
Part II
Programmme in PDF-format (246 kB)