Author Archives: HHG

Chydenius Pioneer of Nordic Liberal Thought

The Finnish-Swedish Lutheran priest Anders Chydenius expressed similar ideas as Adam Smith did in the Wealth of Nations, but eleven years earlier, claims Professor Hannes H. Gissurarson, the Academic Director of RNH, in an essay on Chydenius which forms the … Continue reading

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Gissurarson: Should Ukraine Join EEA?

Increasing international trade has made it more efficient to operate smaller political units because they can benefit from the international division of labour, Professor Hannes H. Gissurarson, RNH Academic Director, said at the Liberty Forum of ECR, European Conservatives and … Continue reading

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Snorri Sturluson as a Nordic Pioneer of Liberal Thought

On 1 November Swedish magazine Svensk Tidskrift published a paper by Professor Hannes H. Gissurarson, RNH Academic Director, which is the former part of a work on Nordic pioneers of liberal thought. The paper was about Snorri Sturluson, author of … Continue reading

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Three Forthcoming Lectures

In the second week of November 2019, RNH Academic Director Professor Hannes H. Gissurarson gives three lectures. On 8 November in Kyiv he discusses free trade and the problem of Ukraine. He argues that international free trade makes it possible … Continue reading

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Platform: Kamiński Re-elected President

Polish historian Dr.  Łukasz Kamiński was re-elected President of the Platform of European Memory and Conscience at its annual meeting 3–6 November 2019, at the Tirana International Hotel in Tirana, the capital of Albania. RNH is a member of the … Continue reading

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European Parliament Endorses Platform

RNH is a member of the Platform of European Memory and Conscience which seeks to keep alive the memory of the victims of totalitarianism, communism and Nazism. RNH Academic Director Professor Hannes H. Gissurarson has given lectures at Platform conferences … Continue reading

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