Alva Myrdal

Myr·dal

[meer-dahl, -dawl, mur-; Swedish myr-dahl]
noun
1.
Al·va (Rei·mer) [al-vuh rey-mer; Swedish ahl-vah rey-muhr] , 1902–86, Swedish sociologist and diplomat: Nobel peace prize 1982 (wife of Gunnar Myrdal).
2.
(Karl) Gun·nar [kahrl guhn-er, goon-; Swedish kahrl goon-nahr] , 1898–1987, Swedish sociologist and economist: Nobel prize for economics 1974.
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myrdal

noun
Swedish economist (1898-1987) 
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