Editing Per Jacobsson (section)

{{Short description|Swedish economist (1894–1963)}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| name                = Per Jacobsson
| image               = Per Jacobsson Anefo.jpg
| caption             = Jacobsson in 1962
| office              = Managing director of the <br />[[International Monetary Fund]]
| term_start          = 21 November 1956
| term_end            = 5 May 1963
| predecessor         = [[Ivar Rooth]]
| successor           = [[Pierre-Paul Schweitzer]]
| birth_date          = {{birth date|1894|02|05|df=y}}
| birth_place         = [[Tanum Municipality|Tanum]], [[Bohuslän]], Sweden
| death_date          = {{death date and age|1963|05|05|1894|02|05|df=y}}
| death_place         = London, United Kingdom
| resting_place_coordinates = 
| nationality         = Swedish
| alma_mater          = [[Uppsala University]]
| profession          = Economist
| religion            = 
| signature           = 
}}
'''Per Jacobsson''' (5 February 1894 – 5 May 1963) was a Swedish economist who served as the first and longstanding chief economist of the [[Bank for International Settlements]] from 1931 to 1956, and as the managing director of the [[International Monetary Fund]] (IMF) from 1956 until his death in 1963.<ref>{{Citation |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1963/05/06/archives/per-jacobsson-economist-dead-monetary-funds-director-fought.html |title=Per Jacobsson, Economist, Dead; Monetary Fund's Director Fought Currency Crises |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |date=6 May 1963 }}.</ref>