Telephone · Welcome to the Nobel Prize Laureate Collection

ID-nummer

2004.004.001

Titel

Telephone

Objektkategori

Vetenskapliga instrument, material & modeller

Publik beskrivning

In the 20th century, the telephone became an increasingly important way to keep in touch with colleagues. This phone belonged to Gunnar Myrdal, who had a wide network as a researcher and politician. In 1933, he became professor of economics, and the following year a member of the Swedish parliament for the Social Democrats.
Myrdal also worked internationally. He spent the years before and after the Second World War in the U.S., writing such works as the highly-acclaimed An American Dilemma, a study of race relations and the conditions of the African American population. He also received assignments from the United Nations. Myrdal's analyses focused not just on economic factors. He also wove in historical, social, political, and other aspects. In the latter part of his life, he became committed to fighting the unequal distribution of global resources between rich and poor countries.

The telephone was donated to the Nobel Prize Museum by the Myrdal family in 2004.

Pristagare

Gunnar Myrdal

Provenance

350 Nobel Museum Temporary