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Nils Christian Westermarck (14 July 1910 Helsinki – 17 March 2002 Espoo) was a Finnish and politician. Westermarck received his PhD in 1940 from the University of Helsinki, the Faculty of Agriculture and Forestry. During the Continuation War, Westermarck worked at the Ministry of Agriculture and after the war he became a professor at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences in Umeå. In 1949, he returned to Finland and became the Professor of Agricultural Economics at the University of Helsinki. He remained in this position until his retirement in 1973.

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  • Nils Christian Westermarck (14 July 1910 Helsinki – 17 March 2002 Espoo) was a Finnish and politician. Westermarck received his PhD in 1940 from the University of Helsinki, the Faculty of Agriculture and Forestry. During the Continuation War, Westermarck worked at the Ministry of Agriculture and after the war he became a professor at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences in Umeå. In 1949, he returned to Finland and became the Professor of Agricultural Economics at the University of Helsinki. He remained in this position until his retirement in 1973. In 1953–1954 and again in 1970, Westermarck was the Minister of Agriculture and Forestry. In 1960, he received the honorary title of Academician from the President of Finland, Urho Kekkonen. He was the Deputy Director of the International Federation of Agricultural Producers between 1955 and 1958. During 1961–1970, Westermarck was the Director of the International Association of Agricultural Economists. The Association's triennial conference's prize for the best poster is named after him. (en)
  • Nils Christian Westermarck, född 14 juli 1910 i Helsingfors, död 10 mars 2002 i Esbo, var en finländsk lantbruksekonom. Han var bror till Hakon Westermarck. Westermarck blev agronomie- och forstdoktor 1940. Han innehade 1949–1973 den svenskspråkiga professuren i vid Helsingfors universitet och skötte även professuren i hushållsekonomi 1967–1971. Westermarck tjänstgjorde 1953–1954 som andre lantbruksminister och var 1970 lantbruksminister. I början av 1960-talet var han ordförande i den så kallade Westermarckkommittén som hade uppdraget att råda bot på överproduktionen inom lantbrukssektorn. Han erhöll akademikers titel 1980. Westermarck publicerade arbeten om lantbruksekonomiska och jordbrukspolitiska frågor samt utgav 1982 ett antal självbiografiska artiklar under titeln Ur en färdemans liv. (sv)
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  • Nils Christian Westermarck (14 July 1910 Helsinki – 17 March 2002 Espoo) was a Finnish and politician. Westermarck received his PhD in 1940 from the University of Helsinki, the Faculty of Agriculture and Forestry. During the Continuation War, Westermarck worked at the Ministry of Agriculture and after the war he became a professor at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences in Umeå. In 1949, he returned to Finland and became the Professor of Agricultural Economics at the University of Helsinki. He remained in this position until his retirement in 1973. (en)
  • Nils Christian Westermarck, född 14 juli 1910 i Helsingfors, död 10 mars 2002 i Esbo, var en finländsk lantbruksekonom. Han var bror till Hakon Westermarck. Westermarck blev agronomie- och forstdoktor 1940. Han innehade 1949–1973 den svenskspråkiga professuren i vid Helsingfors universitet och skötte även professuren i hushållsekonomi 1967–1971. Westermarck publicerade arbeten om lantbruksekonomiska och jordbrukspolitiska frågor samt utgav 1982 ett antal självbiografiska artiklar under titeln Ur en färdemans liv. (sv)
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  • Nils Westermarck (sv)
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